1913 in Wales

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1913 in the United Kingdom

1913 in Ireland

Other events of 1913

This article is about the particular significance of the year 1913 to Wales and its people.

Contents 1 Incumbents 2 Events 3 Arts and literature 3.1 Awards 3.2 New books 3.3 Music 4 Film 5 Sport 6 Births 7 Deaths

[edit] Incumbents

• Prince of Wales - Edward, Prince of Wales, son of King George V of the United Kingdom
• Princess of Wales - vacant
• Archdruid of the National Eisteddfod of Wales - Dyfed

[edit] Events

• 14 October - 439 men are killed in a mining accident at Universal Colliery, Senghenydd - the worst accident in British mining history. 1913 is the peak year for coal production in Wales.
• 27 October - A tornado hit South Wales, killing four people. [1]
• Civil servant William Henry Hoare Vincent is knighted.
• Carmarthen Farm Institute is founded - the first of its kind.
• Monmouthshire Training College is founded at Caerleon, with Sir Edward Anwyl as its first principal.

[edit] Arts and literature

[edit] Awards

• National Eisteddfod of Wales - held in Abergavenny
  • Chair - Thomas Jacob Thomas
  • Crown - William Evans (Wil Ifan)

[edit] New books

• Frances Hoggan - American Negro Women During Their First Fifty Years of Freedom
• Thomas Gwynn Jones - Cofiant Thomas Gee
• Sir John Morris-Jones - Welsh Grammar: Historical and Comparative
• Moelona - Teulu Bach Nantoer
• Edward Thomas - The Happy-Go-Lucky Morgans

[edit] Music

[edit] Film

• Ivanhoe is filmed at Chepstow Castle.

[edit] Sport

• Boxing - Bill Beynon wins the British bantamweight championship.
• Rugby Union
  • 18 January - Wales are defeated 12–0 in a game played at the National Stadium, Cardiff

[edit] Births

• 29 March - Ronald Stuart Thomas, poet
• 27 May - Mervyn Stockwood, Anglican bishop
• 5 June - Moelwyn Merchant, poet and novelist
• 6 July - Gwyn Thomas, author
• 23 July - Michael Foot, politician, MP for Ebbw Vale 1960-1992
• 28 September - Edith Pargeter, Shropshire novelist

[edit] Deaths

• 16 February (in Australia) - Lewis Thomas, colliery proprietor and politician
• 11 March - Charles Morgan, Viscount Tredegar
• 19 March - John Thomas (Pencerdd Gwalia), harpist
• 30 March - Sidney Herbert, 14th Earl of Pembroke
• 3 April - Henry Matthews, 1st Viscount Llandaff, politician
• 15 April - William Jones, Victoria Cross recipient
• 4 June - Stuart Rendel, 1st Baron Rendel, politician
• 6 November - Sir William Henry Preece, engineer
• 7 November - Alfred Russel Wallace, scientist
• date unknown
  • John Jones (Coch Bach y Bala), notorious criminal