1925 in Wales

This article is about the particular significance of the year 1925 to Wales and its people.

[edit] Incumbents

July 13 - The Ammanford anthracite strike [1] begins.
August 5 - Founding of Plaid Cymru.
November 2 - After several days of heavy rain, the Llyn Eigiau dam at Dolgarrog on the River Conwy bursts, destroying the village of Porth-llwyd and killing 16 people.
Silyn Roberts founds the North Wales branch of the Workers Educational Association.

Sir Joseph Alfred Bradney - A Survey of the General History of the Town of Newport and District
David Rees Davies - Tusw o Flodau
Edward Tegla Davies - Rhys Llwyd Y Lleuad
Thomas Davies (Teglyn) - Dinas Mawddwy a'i Hamgylchoedd
William David Owen - Madam Wen
Silyn Roberts - Bugail Geifr Lorraine

February 14 - Readings from the poetry of T. Gwynn Jones are broadcast by the BBC.
February 22 - A Welsh language religious service is broadcast by BBC radio.
February 28 - Saunders Lewis insists on using the Welsh language for his contribution to the BBC series A Welsh Hour.
March 6 - Readings from the poetry of R. Williams Parry are broadcast by the BBC.
April 3 - The BBC's Liverpool transmitter broadcasts Noson Gymreig.
May 31 - A bilingual service is broadcast from Cardiff Baptist Chapel.
October 2 - The BBC broadcasts a talk on the Welsh language from Swansea.

30 January - Jim Driscoll, boxer ("Peerless Jim")
February - William Haggar, cinema entrepreneur
16 November - Josiah Towyn Jones, minister and politician
20 November - Alexandra of Denmark, Princess of Wales 1863-1901
date unknown
- John Fox Tallis, engineer and surveyor
- Elizabeth Phillips Hughes, teacher
- John Puleston Jones, Methodist minister and author