Incumbents

• Prince of Wales
  Prince of Wales
  Prince 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...
  
   - Edward, Prince of Wales
  Edward VIII of the United Kingdom
  Edward VIII was King of the United Kingdom and the Dominions of the British Commonwealth, and Emperor of India, from 20 January to 11 December 1936.Before his accession to the throne, Edward was Prince of Wales and Duke of Cornwall and Rothesay...
  
  , son of King George V of the United Kingdom
  George V of the United Kingdom
  George V was King of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions, and Emperor of India, from 6 May 1910 through the First World War until his death in 1936....
  
  
• Princess of Wales
  Princess of Wales
  Princess 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...
  
   - vacant
• Archbishop of Wales
  Archbishop of Wales
  The post of Archbishop of Wales was created in 1920 when the Church in Wales was separated from the Church of England , and disestablished...
  
   - Alfred George Edwards
  Alfred George Edwards
  Alfred George Edwards was elected the first Archbishop of the disestablished Church in Wales.The son of a priest of the Church of England, Edwards was born in Llanymawddwy in Gwynedd. He studied at Jesus College, Oxford before being appointed Warden of Llandovery College in 1875...
  
  
• Archdruid
  Archdruid
  The 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 Wales
  National Eisteddfod of Wales
  The National Eisteddfod of Wales is the most important of several eisteddfodau that are held annually, mostly in Wales.- Organisation :...
  
   - Dyfed

Events

• 26 April - The last ship is launched from Pembroke Dockyard, Royal Fleet Auxiliary
  Royal Fleet Auxiliary
  The Royal Fleet Auxiliary is a civilian-manned fleet owned by the British Ministry of Defence. The RFA enables ships of the United Kingdom Royal Navy to maintain operations around the world. Its primary role is to supply the Royal Navy with fuel, ammunition and supplies, normally by replenishment...
  
   tanker Oleander.
• 11 October - Leila Megane
  Leila Megane
  Leila Megane was a Welsh mezzo-soprano opera singer.Born Margaret Jones in Bethesda, Wales, she married T. Osborne Roberts , a composer. She sang in Paris, Milan, Rome, New York, and London....
  
   makes the first complete recording of Sir Edward Elgar
  Edward Elgar
  Sir Edward William Elgar, 1st Baronet OM, GCVO was an English composer, many of whose works have entered the British and international classical concert repertoire. Among his best-known compositions are orchestral works including the Enigma Variations, the Pomp and Circumstance Marches, concertos...
  
  's Sea Pictures, with Elgar himself conducting.
• 18 October - In a by-election
  Newport by-election, 1922
  The Newport by-election, 1922 was by-election held in the parliamentary constituency of Newport on 18 October 1922. The by-election attracted especial attention, both at the time and since, as it was seen as a crucial electoral test of the viability of the Lloyd George Coalition Government,...
  
   at Newport
  Newport
  Newport is a city and unitary authority area in Wales. Standing on the banks of the River Usk, it is located about east of Cardiff and is the largest urban area within the historic county boundaries of Monmouthshire and the preserved county of Gwent...
  
  , caused by the death of Liberal
  Liberal Party (UK)
  The Liberal Party was one of the two major political parties of the United Kingdom during the 19th and early 20th centuries. It was a third party of negligible importance throughout the latter half of the 20th Century, before merging with the Social Democratic Party in 1988 to form the present day...
  
   MP Lewis Haslam
  Lewis Haslam
  Lewis Haslam , was a Liberal Party Member of Parliament in Wales, representing Monmouth Boroughs from 1906 to 1918 and then Newport from 1918 until his death in 1922...
  
  , Reginald Clarry
  Reginald Clarry
  Sir Reginald George Clarry, , was a Conservative Party Member of Parliament in the United Kingdom, representing the Newport constituency in Monmouthshire from 1922 to 1929 and from 1931 to 1945....
  
   wins the seat for the Conservatives
  Conservative Party (UK)
  The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...
  
  .
• 22 October - David Lloyd George
  David Lloyd George
  David Lloyd George, 1st Earl Lloyd-George of Dwyfor OM, PC was a British Liberal politician and statesman...
  
   is replaced by Andrew Bonar Law as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
  Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
  The Prime Minister of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is the Head of Her Majesty's Government in the United Kingdom. The Prime Minister and Cabinet are collectively accountable for their policies and actions to the Sovereign, to Parliament, to their political party and...
  
  , after the Conservatives leave the Coalition Government.
• The Welsh youth organisation Urdd Gobaith Cymru
  Urdd Gobaith Cymru
  dde|200px|thumb|The Urdd logoUrdd Gobaith Cymru, literally, the Welsh League of Hope, but normally translated as the Welsh League of Youth, or merely referred to as the Urdd, is a Welsh-medium youth movement with over 1,500 branches and over 50,000 members...
  
   is founded by Ifan ab Owen Edwards
  Ifan ab Owen Edwards
  Sir Ifan ab Owen Edwards , was a Welsh academic, writer and film-maker, best known as the founder of Urdd Gobaith Cymru, the Welsh League of Youth....
  
  .
• Wilfred Mitford Davies
  Wilfred Mitford Davies
  Wilfred Mitford Davies was a Welsh artist and publisher, best known for his work with the Cymru'r Plant imprint to produce children's reading matter in the Welsh language....
  
   sets up the first Welsh children's book publisher, Cymru'r Plant.
• The Gregynog Press
  Gregynog Press
  The Gregynog Press, also known as Gwasg Gregynog, is a printing press and charity in Wales.Founded in 1922 by the sisters and art patrons Margaret and Gwendoline Davies, the press was named after their mansion Gregynog Hall. It rose to prominence in the pre-war era as among the more important...
  
   is established.
• The University of Wales Press
  University of Wales Press
  The University of Wales Press was founded in 1922 as a central service of the University of Wales. It publishes academic journals and around sixty books a year in the English and Welsh languages, based around a core of six subjects: History; Political Philosophy and Religious Studies;Welsh and...
  
   is established.
• The Rhondda and Swansea Bay Railway
  Rhondda and Swansea Bay Railway
  The Rhondda and Swansea Bay Railway connected the coal mines of the Rhondda Valley to the Swansea Bay ports.Connecting with the Taff Vale Railway at Treherbert, it had branches to Aberavon and Port Talbot docks. It was later extended to Swansea and a branch to Neath was added, bringing the total...
  
   is incorporated into the Great Western Railway
  Great Western Railway
  The Great Western Railway was a British railway company that linked London with the south-west and west of England and most of Wales. It was founded in 1833, received its enabling Act of Parliament in 1835 and ran its first trains in 1838...
  
  .

Awards

• National Eisteddfod of Wales
  National Eisteddfod of Wales
  The National Eisteddfod of Wales is the most important of several eisteddfodau that are held annually, mostly in Wales.- Organisation :...
  
   (held in Ammanford)

• National Eisteddfod of Wales: Chair - J. Lloyd-Jones
• National Eisteddfod of Wales: Crown - Robert Beynon

New books

• D. Ambrose Jones - Llenyddiaeth a Llenorion Cymreig y bedwaredd ganrif ar bymtheg
• Henry Jones
  Henry Jones (philosopher)
  Sir Henry Jones , was a Welsh philosopher and academic.He was born in Llangernyw, Denbighshire, the son of a shoemaker. After working as an apprentice to his father, he studied at Bangor Normal College and became a teacher at Brynamman. Having decided to enter the Presbyterian ministry, he went...
  
   - A Faith that Enquires
• Arthur Machen
  Arthur Machen
  Arthur Machen was a Welsh author and mystic of the 1890s and early 20th century. He is best known for his influential supernatural, fantasy, and horror fiction. His novella The Great God Pan has garnered a reputation as a classic of horror...
  
   - The Secret Glory

Film

• The Last King of Wales, starring Charles Ashton
• Lyn Harding
  Lyn Harding
  Lyn Harding was a Welsh actor who spent 40 years on the stage before entering British made silent films, talkies and radio...
  
   makes an early screen appearance in When Knighthood Was in Flower.
• Ivor Novello
  Ivor Novello
  David Ivor Davies , better known as Ivor Novello, was a Welsh composer, singer and actor who became one of the most popular British entertainers of the first half of the 20th century. Born into a musical family, his first successes were as a songwriter...
  
   stars in The Bohemian Girl
  The Bohemian Girl
  The Bohemian Girl is an opera composed by Michael William Balfe with a libretto by Alfred Bunn. The plot is loosely based on a Cervantes tale, La Gitanilla.The opera was first produced in London at the Drury Lane Theatre on November 27, 1843...
  
  

Sport

• Rugby union
  Rugby union
  Rugby union, often simply referred to as rugby, is a full contact team sport which originated in England in the early 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand...
  
   - Wales
  Wales national rugby union team
  The Wales national rugby union team represent Wales in international rugby union tournaments. They compete annually in the Six Nations Championship with England, France, Ireland, Italy and Scotland. Wales have won the Six Nations and its predecessors 24 times outright, second only to England with...
  
   wins the Five Nations
  Six Nations Championship
  The Six Nations Championship is an annual international rugby union competition involving six European sides: England, France, Ireland, Italy, Scotland and Wales....
  
   championship.
• Football (soccer)
  Football (soccer)
  Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball...
  
  
  • Cardiff City FC win the Welsh Cup
    Welsh Cup
    The Welsh Cup is a knock-out football competition contested annually by teams from Wales.The Football Association of Wales is the organising body of this competition, which has been run every year since its inception in 1877-78...
    
    
  • Porth F.C. win the Welsh Football League
    Welsh Football League
    The Welsh Football League is a club football league in Wales. Division One of the Welsh Football League is at Level 2 of the Welsh football league system, immediately below the national Welsh Premier League.The Welsh Football League's history stretches back to 1904 when the competition was first...
    
    
  • Garden Village Football Club
    Garden Village F.C.
    Garden Village Association Football Club is a football club, based in Swansea, south west Wales and currently playing in the Welsh Football League Division Two...
    
     is formed.

Births

• 16 February - Sir Geraint Evans
  Geraint Evans
  Sir Geraint Llewellyn Evans was a Welsh baritone or bass-baritone noted for operatic roles including Figaro in Le nozze di Figaro, Papageno in Die Zauberflöte, and the title roles in Falstaff and Wozzeck...
  
  , opera singer (d. 1992)
• 16 April
  • Kingsley Amis
    Kingsley Amis
    Sir Kingsley William Amis, CBE was an English novelist, poet, critic, and teacher. He wrote more than 20 novels, six volumes of poetry, a memoir, various short stories, radio and television scripts, along with works of social and literary criticism...
    
    , novelist associated with Swansea (d. 1995)
  • Rees Stephens
    Rees Stephens
    Rees Stephens was a Welsh international number 8 who played club rugby for Neath. He won 32 caps for Wales and was selected to play in the British Lions on the 1950 tour of Australia and New Zealand...
    
    , Welsh international rugby union captain (d. 1998)
• 21 April - Allan Watkins
  Allan Watkins
  Allan Watkins Allan Watkins Allan Watkins (born Albert John Watkins (21 April 1922 – 3 August 2011) was a Welsh cricketer, who played for England in fifteen Tests from 1948 to 1952. He toured India and Pakistan in 1951-2 with the MCC, and also participated in the 1955-6 'A' Tour to Pakistan...
  
  , England Test cricketer
• 18 July - Ray Cale
  Ray Cale
  William Raymond "Ray" Cale was a dual code rugby international for Wales with the international rugby union and rugby league teams.-Rugby union:...
  
  , dual code international rugby player (d. 2006)
• 31 October - Talfryn Thomas
  Talfryn Thomas
  Talfryn Thomas was a British character actor, best known for supporting roles on British television in the 1970s.-Biography:Talfryn Thomas was born in Swansea on 31 October 1922....
  
  , comedy actor (d. 1982)
• date unknown - Ruth Bidgood
  Ruth Bidgood
  Ruth Bidgood is a British poet.She was born at Blaendulais, Seven Sisters near Neath. Her Welsh-speaking father was a priest in Port Talbot, where Ruth was brought up...
  
  , poet

Deaths

• 29 January - George Owen
  George Owen (footballer)
  George Alfred Owen was a Welsh footballer who played as an inside forward for Newton Heath in the late 1880s. He also made four appearances for the Welsh national team....
  
  , footballer, 56
• 4 February - Sir Henry Jones
  Henry Jones (philosopher)
  Sir Henry Jones , was a Welsh philosopher and academic.He was born in Llangernyw, Denbighshire, the son of a shoemaker. After working as an apprentice to his father, he studied at Bangor Normal College and became a teacher at Brynamman. Having decided to enter the Presbyterian ministry, he went...
  
  , philosopher, 69
• 22 April - W. Llewelyn Williams
  W. Llewelyn Williams
  W. Llewelyn Williams , was a Welsh journalist, lawyer and Liberal Party politician.He was born at Brownhill Llansadwrn, Towy Valley, Carmarthenshire; a memorial plaque was erected in front of the house in 1938...
  
  , lawyer and historian, 55
• 3 May - Dick Kedzlie
  Dick Kedzlie
  Quentin Dick Kedzlie was a Scottish-born international rugby union forward who played club rugby for Cardiff and international rugby for Wales...
  
  , Wales international rugby player, 59
• 14 May - William Abraham ("Mabon")
  William Abraham (Welsh politician)
  William "Mabon" Abraham was a Welsh trade unionist and Labour politician, and a Member of Parliament from 1885 to 1920. Although an MP for 35 years, it was as a trade unionist that Abraham is most well known...
  
  , politician, 79
• 16 May - Thomas Powel
  Thomas Powel
  Thomas Powel was a Welsh Celtic scholar, who was Professor of Celtic at University College, Cardiff from 1884 to 1918....
  
  , Celtic scholar, 76/77
• 2 June - Sir John David Rees
  John David Rees
  Sir John David Rees, 1st Baronet, KCIE, CVO, MP was a colonial administrator in British India and subsequently a Member of Parliament at Westminster.-Biography:...
  
  , politician, 67
• 20 June - John Williams
  John Williams (Welsh politician)
  John Williams was a Welsh Labour Party politician.Williams was a Miners Agent, a close associate of William Abraham and a prominent Liberal-Labour politician....
  
  , politician, 60
• 8 July - James Bevan Edwards
  James Bevan Edwards
  Lieutenant General Sir James Bevan Edwards KCB KCMG was a senior British Army officer and politician.-Military career:Edwards was commissioned into the Royal Engineers in 1852...
  
  , army officer and politician, 86
• 6 August - Thomas Pryce-Jenkins
  Thomas Pryce-Jenkins
  Dr. Thomas John Pryce-Jenkins was a Welsh international rugby union wing who played club rugby for London Welsh and county rugby for Middlesex...
  
  , Wales international rugby player, 60
• 12 August - Arthur Griffith
  Arthur Griffith
  Arthur Griffith was the founder and third leader of Sinn Féin. He served as President of Dáil Éireann from January to August 1922, and was head of the Irish delegation at the negotiations in London that produced the Anglo-Irish Treaty of 1921.-Early life:...
  
  , Irish-born nationalist politician of Welsh descent, 50
• 22 August - John Bryn Edwards
  John Bryn Edwards
  Sir John Bryn Edwards, 1st Baronet was a Welsh ironmaster and philanthropist whose seemingly promising future as a figure of political and social leadership in post-World War I Britain was cut short by death at the age of 33....
  
  , ironmaster, 33
• 12 September - George Rowles
  George Rowles
  George Albert Rowles was a Welsh rugby union international halfback who played club rugby for Penarth. He won a single cap for Wales during the 1892 Home Nations Championship...
  
  , Wales international rugby player, 55/56
• 28 September - Charlie Newman
  Charlie Newman
  Charlie Newman was a Welsh international three-quarter who played club rugby for Newport. He was awarded ten caps for Wales and captained the team on six occasions. An original member of the Newport squad he captained the team in the 1882/83 season.-Personal life:Newman was born Newport in 1857 to...
  
  , Wales rugby union captain, 65
• 25 December - Percy Jones
  Percy Jones (boxer)
  Rhondda's Percy Jones became the first Welshman ever to win a World Boxing title when he took the World Flyweight Championship from Bill Ladbury in 1914...
  
  , former world boxing champion, 29
• 27 December - Thomas William Rhys Davids
  Thomas William Rhys Davids
  Thomas William Rhys Davids was a British scholar of the Pāli language and founder of the Pali Text Society.-Life:...
  
  , Pali scholar, 79
• date unknown
  • John Ward, archaeologist, 65/66