1904 in Wales

This article is about the particular significance of the year 1904 to Wales and its people.

← 1903 1902 1901 1900 1899 1904 in Wales → 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909
Centuries:	18th 19th 20th 21st
Decades:	1880s 1890s 1900s 1910s 1920s
See also:	List of years in Wales 1904 in The United Kingdom Ireland Scotland

Incumbents

• Prince of Wales - George (later George V)
• Princess of Wales - Mary
• Archdruid of the National Eisteddfod of Wales - Hwfa Môn[1]

Events

• January - Opening of Llanelli North Dock.
• 5 January - Opening of Tanat Valley Light Railway between Llynclys and Llangynog.
• February - Beginning of the 1904–1905 Welsh revival in religion.
• 4 May - Charles Rolls and Henry Royce meet for the first time in Manchester to agree production of Rolls-Royce motor cars.
• 31 May - Wentwood Reservoir inaugurated for Newport Corporation.
• 11 June - Henry Paget, 5th Marquess of Anglesey, is declared bankrupt; from 29 July sales of his assets at Plas Newydd (Anglesey) begin.
• 21 July - Edward VII and Queen Alexandra open the Elan Valley Reservoirs.[2]
• 3 August - The first Royal Welsh Show is held at Aberystwyth.
• September - The second Pan-Celtic Congress is held at Caernarfon.
• 28–29 September - A conference at Blaenannerch reinforces the strength of the religious revival.
• October - Evan Roberts begins preaching.
• c. October - Mrs H. Millicent McKenzie is appointed Associated Professor of Education at the University College of South Wales and Monmouthshire in Cardiff, the first woman in Britain to hold a professorial title.[3]
• 3 October - Five people are killed in a railway accident near Loughor.
• 31 October - Rhondda Tramways Company begins operation.
• November - Joseph Jenkins, instigator of the religious revival, is guest preacher at meetings in Bethany, Ammanford, and "converts" incumbent minister Nantlais Williams.[4]
• In local authority elections, the Liberal Party win control of all county councils in Wales.
• Orthopaedic surgeon Robert Jones becomes Honorary Surgeon to the Baschurch Home in Shropshire which he will develop into the world's first specialized orthopaedic hospital.
• Thomas Marchant Williams is knighted in recognition of his role in founding the National Eisteddfod Society.
• No. 1 blast furnace at the old Blaenavon Ironworks is shut down.

Arts and literature

• February - Gwen John arrives in Paris, in the company of Dorelia McNeill.

Awards

• National Eisteddfod of Wales - held in Rhyl
  • Chair - J. Machreth Rees, "Geraint ac Enid"[5]
  • Crown - Richard Machno Humphreys[6]

English language

• Joseph Bradney - A History of Monmouthshire from the Coming of the Normans into Wales down to the Present Time, vol. 1

Welsh language

• Owen Dafydd (died c. 1814) - Cynhyrchion Barddonol yr Hen Felinydd Owen Dafydd Cwmaman
• Daniel Jenkins and David Lewis - Cerddi Cerngoch[7]
• Eluned Morgan - Dringo'r Andes
• Silyn Roberts - Trystan ac Esyllt a Chaniadau Eraill[8]

Music

• Sir Henry Walford Davies - Everyman (oratorio)

Sport

• Rugby league - In the first international league match, played between England and Other nationalities, ex-Wales rugby international Jack Rhapps becomes the World's first dual-code rugby international.
• Rugby union - Percy Bush scores 104 points for the British team on their tour of Australia and New Zealand.

Births

• 6 March - Hugh Williams, actor and dramatist (died 1969)
• 17 March - Daniel Granville West, Baron Granville-West, politician (died 1984)[9]
• 12 April - David Jenkins, Wales national rugby footballer (died 1951)
• 18 May - Eynon Evans, actor and screenwriter
• 7 June - Tom Lewis, Wales international rugby player (died 1994)
• 8 June - Angus McBean, photographer (died 1990)[10]
• 26 June - Prof Seaborne Davies, law teacher and three times President of the National Eisteddfod (died 1984)[11]
• 27 June - Emrys Davies, cricketer (died 1975)
• 29 June - Lynn Ungoed-Thomas, politician (died 1972)[12]
• 28 July - Ned Jenkins, Wales international rugby player (died 1990)
• 31 July - Harold Davies, Baron Davies of Leek, politician (died 1985)[13]
• 4 August – Sir Thomas Parry, academic (died 1985)
• 8 August - Dai Parker, Wales and British Lion rugby player (died 1965)
• 22 August - Tommy Rees, Wales dual-code rugby player (died 1968)
• 12 September
  • Euros Bowen, poet (died 1988)
  • Donald Holroyde Hey, chemist (died 1987)
• 24 September - George Andrews, Wales dual-code rugby player (died 1989)
• 27 September - John Gwilym Jones, dramatist (died 1988)
• 30 September - Waldo Williams, poet (died 1971)
• 10 October (in Somerset) – Leslie Morris, politician in Canada (died 1964)
• 15 October - Sir Julian Hodge, banker (died 2004)[14]
• 3 November - Caradog Prichard, poet and novelist (died 1980)[15]
• 30 November - Philip Burton, theatre director and radio producer
• date unknown
  • Richard Vaughan, novelist (died 1983)

Deaths

• 21 April - William Williams, businessman and politician, 64[16]
• 10 May - Sir Henry Morton Stanley, journalist and explorer, 63
• 26 June - William Ormsby-Gore, 2nd Baron Harlech, 85[17]
• 12 July – Samuel M. Jones, mayor of Toledo, Ohio, USA, 57[18]
• 17 July - Isaac Roberts, astronomer, 75[19]
• 25 July - James Valentine, English rugby international, 37 (struck by lightning while on holiday in Barmouth)[20]
• September - Benjamin Davies, Welsh-descended Canadian politician, 91
• 4 October - James Lewis Thomas, architect, 78[21]
• 21 November - Jimmy Michael, cyclist, 27 (alcohol-related)
• 24 November - Lewis Jones, one of the founders of the Welsh settlement in Patagonia, 68
• 26 December - William Henry Powell, American Civil War hero, 79[22]
• 29 December - Edward Treharne, Wales international rugby player, 42 (heart attack)[23]

References

1. Hywel Teifi Edwards (20 July 2016). The Eisteddfod. University of Wales Press. p. 39. ISBN 978-1-78316-914-6.
2. A little book on water supply. CUP Archive. 1922. pp. 41.
3. Cunningham, Vanessa; Goodwin, John (2001). Cardiff University: a celebration. Cardiff University. pp. 30–31. ISBN 0-9540884-0-9.
4. Morgan-Guy, John (1 April 2016). Religion and Society in the Diocese of St Davids 1485-2011. Routledge. p. 143. ISBN 978-1-317-06784-9.
5. "Winners of the Chair". National Eisteddfod of Wales. 3 October 2019.
6. Meic Stephens (23 September 1998). The new companion to the literature of Wales. University of Wales Press. p. 838. ISBN 978-0-7083-1383-1.
7. Daniel JENKINS (and AP CEREDIGION, pseud.) (1904). Cerddi Cerngoch. Lampeter.
8. Thomas, David. "Roberts, Robert (Silyn)". Welsh Biography Online. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 5 June 2018.
9. John Graham Jones. "West, Daniel Granville, Baron Granville-West of Pontypool (1904-1984), Labour politician". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 11 June 2019.
10. Pepper, Terence (2006). Angus McBean Portraits. National Portrait Gallery Publications. ISBN 1855145154.
11. John Graham Jones. "Seaborne-Davies, David Richard (1904-1984), lawyer and politician". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 11 June 2019.
12. John Graham Jones. "Ungoed-Thomas, (Arwyn) Lynn (1904-1972), Labour politician". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 11 June 2019.
13. R. McHenry; Daphne Daume; J.E. Davis (April 1986). Britannica book of the year: 1986. Encyclopaedia Britannica. p. 127. ISBN 978-0-85229-437-6.
14. John Cunningham (21 July 2004). "Sir Julian Hodge". The Guardian. Retrieved 10 September 2019.
15. Menna Baines. "Prichard, Caradog (1904-1980), novelist and poet". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 11 June 2019.
16. "Obituary". The Times. 22 April 1904. p. 8.
17. Dod's Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage of Great Britain and Ireland, Including All the Titled Classes. 1921. p. 289.
18. Northwest Ohio Quarterly. Historical Society of Northwestern Ohio. 1978. p. 86.
19. Robert Thomas Jenkins. "Roberts, Isaac (1829-1904), astronomer". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 18 October 2019.
20. "Famous Footballer Killed by Lightning on a Welsh Mountain – Sad Scene: Widespread Sympathy". Manchester Courier and Lancashire General Advertiser. 30 July 1904. Retrieved 9 August 2017.
21. Robert Thomas Jenkins. "Thomas, John Evan (1810-1873), sculptor". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 18 October 2019.
22. "William H. Powell Obituaries". West Virginia Division of Culture and History. Retrieved 11 April 2017.
23. The Lancet. J. Onwhyn. 1905. p. 60.