1905 in Wales

This article is about the particular significance of the year 1905 to Wales and its people.

Incumbents

*Prince of Wales - George, Prince of Wales, son of King Edward VII of the United Kingdom
*Princess of Wales - Mary of Teck
*Archdruid of the National Eisteddfod of Wales - Dyfed

Events

*10 March - 33 men are killed in a mining accident at Cambrian Colliery, Clydach Vale, Rhondda.
*28 October - King Edward VII grants city status to Cardiff.
*Sir John Williams, 1st Baronet Williams of London, purchases the Peniarth manuscripts at the instigation of John Gwenogvryn Evans.
*Godfrey Morgan is created Viscount Tredegar.
*Thomas Price becomes Prime Minister of South Australia.
*David Lloyd George joins the new Liberal Cabinet of Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman as President of the Board of Trade.
*The earldom of Plymouth is revived in favour of Robert George Windsor-Clive, 14th Baron Windsor, who also becomes Viscount Windsor of St. Fagan's.
*Opening of the Prichard Jones Institute at Newborough, Anglesey.

Arts and literature

*Edward Morgan Humphreys joins the staff of "Y Genedl Gymreig".

Awards

*National Eisteddfod of Wales - held in Mountain Ash
**Chair - "withheld"
**Crown - Thomas Mathonwy Davies

New books

*W. H. Davies - "The Soul's Destroyer"
*"Gwaith Ann Griffiths" (ed. Owen M. Edwards)
*John Jones (Myrddin Fardd) - "Cynfeirdd Lleyn"
*Allen Raine - "Hearts of Wales"
*Gwyneth Vaughan - "O Gorlannau'r Defaid"
*John Watson - "Yr Hen Ddoctor"

Film

*"The Life of Charles Peace" made by Ifan ab Owen Edwards

Music

*David John de Lloyd is the first music graduate of University of Wales, Aberystwyth.

port

*Bowls - The International Bowling Board is formed in Cardiff.
*Rugby union
**Wales national rugby union team defeat the first touring New Zealand team at Cardiff Arms Park.
**Wales win the Home Nations Championship and take the Triple Crown.

Births

*6 January - Idris Davies, poet (died 1953)
*10 February - Rachel Thomas, actress (died 1995)
*28 February - Glyn Jones, writer (died 1995)
*1 March - Doris Hare, actress (died 2000)
*18 May - Thomas Jones Pierce, historian (d. 1964)
*28 June - Albert Clifford Williams, politician (died 1987)
*2 August - Myrna Loy, actress of Welsh descent (died 1993)
*13 August - Gareth Jones, journalist and advisor to Davis Lloyd George (died 1935)
*28 August - Cyril Walters, cricketer (died 1992)
*26 November - Emlyn Williams, dramatist and actor (died 1987)
*10 December - John Edward Jones, Plaid Cymru leader (died 1970)
*18 December - Stanley Cornwell Lewis, artist

Deaths

*March 14 - Henry Paget, 5th Marquess of Anglesey, 29
*April 25 - David Watkin Jones, poet, 73
*November 10 - Rowland Williams (Hwfa Môn), poet and archdruid, 82
*October 15 - Thomas Howells (Hywel Cynon), poet and musician, 66
*November 25 - William Cadwaladr Davies, educationist, 56
*December 14 - Nathaniel Jones, minister and poet, 73
*December 17 - Robert Jones Derfel, poet and dramatist, 81
*"date unknown" - John Thomas, photographer