1900 in Wales

This article is about the particular significance of the year 1900 to Wales and its people.

Incumbents

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

Events

*4 April - An anarchist shoots at the Prince of Wales during his visit to Belgium for the birthday celebrations of the King of Belgium.
*June - The Royal Welch Fusiliers form the largest contingent in the multinational coalition forces helping to relieve the siege of Beijing during the Boxer Rebellion.
*9 July - The Dowlais Iron Company and Arthur Keen's Patent Nut and Bolt Company merged to form Guest, Keen & Co. Ltd.
*10 September - A German steamship, "Stormarn", and the "Gordon Castle" collide in fog in Cardigan Bay with the loss of 20 lives.
*25 September - Beginning of the United Kingdom general election, in which:
**Keir Hardie is elected for Merthyr Tydfil, the first Labour MP in Britain.
**Frederick Rutherfoord Harris becomes Conservative MP for Monmouth Boroughs.
**Francis Edwards regains Radnorshire for the Liberals.
**George Newnes becomes MP for Swansea Town.
**Edward James Reed regains Cardiff.
**Sir Henry Morton Stanley retires from Parliament.
*8 October - The steamer "City of Vienna" sinks off Swansea with the loss of 20 crew members. There is one survivor.
*22 November - Beginning of the long-running Penrhyn Quarry industrial dispute.
*28 December - A barque named "Primrose Hill" is wrecked on South Stack off Holyhead, with the loss of 33 lives.
*The 'Long Bridge' at Risca, formerly part of the Monmouthshire Canal, is demolished.
*The Aberdare Canal closes.
*The United States census figures show a Welsh immigrant population totalling 93,744, plus 173,416 children - an all-time high.
*Beginning of the Taff Vale Railway strike.

Arts and literature

Awards

*National Eisteddfod of Wales - held in Liverpool
**Chair - John Owen Williams
**Crown - John Thomas Job

New books

*Owen Morgan Edwards - "Tro yn Llydaw"
*David Brynmor Jones & John Rhys – "The Welsh People"
*Allen Raine - "Garthowen"
*Ernest Rhys – "The Whistling Maid"
*Silyn Roberts & W. J. Gruffydd -"Telynegion"
*Bertrand Russell - "A Critical Exposition of the Philosophy of Leibniz"

Music

*Sir Walford Davies - "Four Songs of Innocence"

port

*Rugby union - Wales win the Triple Crown.

Births

*23 January - William Ifor Jones, conductor (died 1988)
*19 April - Richard Hughes, novelist (died 1976)
*2 June - David Wynne, composer (died 1983)
*30 June - Idwal Jones, politician (died 1982)
*15 August - Wynford Vaughan-Thomas, journalist and broadcaster
*2 September - Bobby Delahay, Wales rugby union captain (died 1978)
*28 November - Trevor Roberts, 2nd Baron Clwyd, lawyer (died 1987)
*"date unknown"
**Eiluned Lewis, writer (died 1979)
**David Williams, historian (died 1978)
**Horace Williams, footballer (died 1960)

Deaths

*20 January - R. D. Blackmore, novelist with Welsh associations
*22 January - David E. Hughes, musician and professor of music
*22 March - Thomas Charles Edwards, Presbyterian leader
*14 June - Catherine Gladstone (nee Glynne)- Wife of British Prime Minister, William Ewart Gladstone
*9 October - John Crichton-Stuart, 3rd Marquess of Bute, owner of Cardiff Castle and Castell Coch
*"date unknown"
**William Williams, vet