1901 in Wales

This article is about the particular significance of the year 1901 to Wales and its people.

Incumbents

*Prince of Wales - Edward Albert, Prince of Wales, son of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom
*Princess of Wales - Alexandra of Denmark
*Archdruid of the National Eisteddfod of Wales - Hwfa Môn

Events

*January - Samuel Thomas Evans becomes the last QC appointed by Queen Victoria.
*22 January - The Prince of Wales accedes to the throne, following the death of Queen Victoria.
*31 March - The 10-yearly Census of England and Wales is taken.
*3 April - Frederick Rutherfoord Harris, MP for Monmouth Boroughs, is unseated for alleged electoral malpractice.
*7 May - In the by-election at Monmouth Boroughs, Joseph Lawrence becomes the new Conservative MP.
*24 May - 81 miners are killed in an accident at Universal Colliery, Senghenydd.
*10 September - Twelve miners are killed in an accident at Llanbradach Colliery in Glamorgan.
*9 November - Prince George, Duke of York and his wife Mary of Teck officially become Prince and Princess of Wales.
*Gomer Berry and William Ewart Berry co-found "Advertising World".
*Samuel Walker Griffith helps draft the Australian constitution.
*Shipping magnate Alfred Lewis Jones is knighted.
*Construction of the 156-room Grand Hotel at Llandudno, the largest in Wales at the time.

Arts and literature

*Arthur Machen joins Frank Benson’s travelling theatre company.

Awards

*National Eisteddfod of Wales - held in Merthyr Tydfil
**Chair - Evan Rees
**Crown - John Gwili Jenkins

New books

*Morris Williams (Nicander) - "Damhegion Esop ar Gân" (published posthumously)
*The Dau Wynne – "A Maid of Cymru"

Music

*John Glyn Davies - "Cerddi Huw Puw"

port

*Rugby Union
**9 February Scotland beat Wales 18–8 at Inverleith, Edinburgh.

Births

*20 January - Cecil Griffiths, athlete (died 1973)
*18 February - Will Owen, politician (died 1981)
*27 February - Iorwerth Peate, poet, author and founder of the Museum of Welsh Life (died 1982)
*4 March - Edward Prosser Rhys, journalist and poet
*19 April - John Ellis Williams, novelist
*10 September - Rowe Harding, Wales and British Lions rugby player (died 1991)
*9 November - Rhys Davies, writer (died 1978)
*10 December - Ivor Jones, rugby player (died 1982)
*24 December - Hilary Marquand, economist and MP (died 1972)

Deaths

*February 21 - John Deffett Francis, artist
*June - Abel Jones (Bardd Crwst), balladeer (born 1830)
*June 1
**John Viriamu Jones, scientist
**Morgan Albert Ellis, Welsh-American preacher (born 1832)
*September 5 - Rhys Gwesyn Jones, minister and author
*September 15 - John Richards (Isalaw), musician (born 1843)
*September 22 - William Davies (Mynorydd), artist (born 1826)