1891 in Wales
Encyclopedia
This article is about the particular significance of the year 1891 to Wales
and its people
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— held at Swansea
Wales
Wales is a country that is part of the United Kingdom and the island of Great Britain, bordered by England to its east and the Atlantic Ocean and Irish Sea to its west. It has a population of three million, and a total area of 20,779 km²...
and its people
Welsh people
The Welsh people are an ethnic group and nation associated with Wales and the Welsh language.John Davies argues that the origin of the "Welsh nation" can be traced to the late 4th and early 5th centuries, following the Roman departure from Britain, although Brythonic Celtic languages seem to have...
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Incumbents
- Prince of WalesPrince of WalesPrince of Wales is a title traditionally granted to the heir apparent to the reigning monarch of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the 15 other independent Commonwealth realms...
— The Prince Albert EdwardEdward VII of the United KingdomEdward VII was King of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions and Emperor of India from 22 January 1901 until his death in 1910...
, son of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom - Princess of WalesPrincess of WalesPrincess of Wales is a British courtesy title held by the wife of The Prince of Wales since the first "English" Prince of Wales in 1283.Although there have been considerably more than ten male heirs to the throne, there have been only ten Princesses of Wales. The majority of Princes of Wales...
— Alexandra of DenmarkAlexandra of DenmarkAlexandra of Denmark was the wife of Edward VII of the United Kingdom... - ArchdruidArchdruidThe Archdruid is the title used by the presiding official of the Gorsedd.The Archdruid presides over the most important ceremonies at the National Eisteddfod of Wales including the Crowning of the Bard, The Award of the Prose Medal and Chairing of the Bard. From 1932 only former winners of the...
of the National Eisteddfod of WalesNational Eisteddfod of WalesThe National Eisteddfod of Wales is the most important of several eisteddfodau that are held annually, mostly in Wales.- Organisation :...
— Clwydfardd
Events
- South Wales & Monmouthshire School of Cookery opens in CardiffCardiffCardiff is the capital, largest city and most populous county of Wales and the 10th largest city in the United Kingdom. The city is Wales' chief commercial centre, the base for most national cultural and sporting institutions, the Welsh national media, and the seat of the National Assembly for...
. - Cymru magazine launched by Owen Morgan EdwardsOwen Morgan EdwardsOwen Morgan Edwards was a Welsh historian, educationalist and writer. He is often known as O. M. Edwards....
. - Adelina PattiAdelina PattiAdelina Patti was a highly acclaimed 19th-century opera singer, earning huge fees at the height of her career in the music capitals of Europe and America. She first sang in public as a child in 1851 and gave her last performance before an audience in 1914...
opens her private theatre at Craig-y-Nos Castle.
Awards
National Eisteddfod of WalesNational Eisteddfod of Wales
The National Eisteddfod of Wales is the most important of several eisteddfodau that are held annually, mostly in Wales.- Organisation :...
— held at Swansea
Swansea
Swansea is a coastal city and county in Wales. Swansea is in the historic county boundaries of Glamorgan. Situated on the sandy South West Wales coast, the county area includes the Gower Peninsula and the Lliw uplands...
- Chair — John Owen Williams
- Crown — David Adams
New books
- Charles Ashton — Bywyd ac Amserau yr Esgob Morgan
- George Essex EvansGeorge Essex Evans-Biography:Evans was born in London on 18 June 1863. Both his parents were Welsh. Evans's father, John Evans, Q.C., died in 1864 when Evans was only a few months old. John Evans, who was the Treasurer of the Inner Temple and a member of the House of Commons, left his family a fortune of 60 000...
— The Repentance of Magdalene Despar - Daniel OwenDaniel OwenDaniel Owen was a Welsh novelist, generally regarded as the foremost Welsh-language novelist of the 19th century.-Early life:...
— Enoc HuwsEnoc HuwsEnoc Huws is a classic novel by Daniel Owen, written in the Welsh language and first published in 1891. It has been adapted for stage and television .-Plot summary:...
Births
- 4 January — Bryn LewisBryn LewisMajor Brinley 'Bryn' Lewis was a Welsh international rugby union wing who played club rugby for Newport and Cambridge University. He is one of twelve Welsh internationals to have died in active duty during World War I....
, Wales international rugby player (died 1917) - 13 February — Kate Roberts, author (died 1985)
- 14 February — Gwynn Parry JonesGwynn Parry JonesParry Jones , known early in his career as Gwynn Jones, was a Welsh tenor of the mid-twentieth century.-Life and career:...
, singer (died 1963) - 14 March — Billy GeenBilly GeenWilliam "Billy" Purdon Geen was a Welsh international rugby union wing who played club rugby for Newport and county rugby for Monmouthshire. Geen was selected for Wales on three occasions.-Rugby career:...
, Wales international rugby union player (died 1915) - 29 March — Tom ParkerTom Parker (rugby player)Tom Parker was a Welsh international rugby union flanker who played club rugby for Swansea. Parker made his debut for Swansea in 1913 and captained his club in the 1920/21 season Parker would play 15 times for Wales, seven of them as captain...
, Wales international rugby union captain (died 1967) - 8 April — Bill BeynonBill BeynonBill Beynon was a Welsh boxer who fought professionally between 1909 and 1931. He is most notable for winning the British and Empire bantamweight boxing championship in 1913.-Boxing career:...
, British bantamweight boxing champion (died 1932) - 9 May — Fred PerrettFred PerrettFred Leonard Perrett was a Welsh international rugby union prop who played club rugby for Neath. He won five caps for Wales and in his first international game faced the touring South Africans.-Rugby career:...
, Wales international rugby union (died 1918) - 1 October — Morfydd Llwyn OwenMorfydd Llwyn OwenMorfydd Llwyn Owen was a Welsh composer, pianist and mezzo-soprano. Though she lived an abbreviated life, dying shortly before her 27th birthday, Owen was a prolific composer, as well as a member of influential intellectual circles.-Early life and education:Owen was born in Treforest, South...
, composer (died 1918) - 29 November — Glyn StephensGlyn StephensGlyn Stephens was a Welsh international rugby union prop who played club rugby for Neath. He won 10 caps for Wales and captained his country...
, Wales international rugby union captain (died 1965)
Deaths
- 6 January — Hugh Owen ThomasHugh Owen ThomasHugh Owen Thomas was a Welsh surgeon. He is considered the father of orthopaedic surgery in Britain.-Early life:...
, pioneering orthopaedic surgeon, 57 - 18 March — John Basson HumffrayJohn Basson HumffrayJohn Basson Humffray was born in Newtown, Montgomeryshire, Wales and became active in the Chartist movement before migrating to Victoria, Australia in 1853, arriving in Ballarat in November that year....
, politician, 66 - 2 May — David Lewis Wooding, genealogist, 62
- 26 September — David Charles DaviesDavid Charles DaviesDavid Charles Davies was a Welsh Nonconformist minister.He was born at Aberystwyth, his father being a merchant and a pioneer of Welsh Methodism, and his mother a niece of Thomas Charles of Bala. He was educated in his native town by a noted schoolmaster, John Evans, at Bala College, and at...
, Nonconformist leader, 65 - 18 December — Sir Love Jones-Parry, politician, 59