1898 in Wales
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This article is about the particular significance of the year 1898 to Wales and its people.
Incumbents
- Archdruid of the National Eisteddfod of Wales â Hwfa Môn[1]
- Lord Lieutenant of Anglesey â Sir Richard Henry Williams-Bulkeley, 12th Baronet
- Lord Lieutenant of Brecknockshire â Joseph Bailey, 1st Baron Glanusk[2]
- Lord Lieutenant of Caernarvonshire â John Ernest Greaves[3]
- Lord Lieutenant of Cardiganshire â Herbert Davies-Evans[4]
- Lord Lieutenant of Carmarthenshire â John Campbell, 2nd Earl Cawdor (until 29 March);[5] Sir James Williams-Drummond, 4th Baronet (from 12 July)[6]
- Lord Lieutenant of Denbighshire â William Cornwallis-West[7]
- Lord Lieutenant of Flintshire â Hugh Robert Hughes[8]
- Lord Lieutenant of Glamorgan â Robert Windsor-Clive, 1st Earl of Plymouth
- Lord Lieutenant of Merionethshire â W. R. M. Wynne[9]
- Lord Lieutenant of Monmouthshire â Henry Somerset, 8th Duke of Beaufort[10]
- Lord Lieutenant of Montgomeryshire â Sir Herbert Williams-Wynn, 7th Baronet
- Lord Lieutenant of Pembrokeshire â Frederick Campbell, 3rd Earl Cawdor[11]
- Lord Lieutenant of Radnorshire â Powlett Milbank[12]
- Bishop of Bangor â Daniel Lewis Lloyd[13]
- Bishop of Llandaff â Richard Lewis[14]
- Bishop of St Asaph â A. G. Edwards (later Archbishop of Wales)[15]
- Bishop of St Davids â John Owen[16]
Events
- 22 January â Newspaper Llais Llafur ("Labour Voice") is launched in Ystalyfera,[17] and will continue to be published (under various titles) until 1971.
- 1 Aprilâ1 September â Welsh coal strike fails to remove the sliding scale, linking wages to the price of coal.[18]
- 28 Marchâ15 August â Plynlimon and Hafan Tramway runs regular market day passenger services.[19]
- 10 May â Mumbles Pier is opened and the Swansea and Mumbles Railway is extended to it.[20]
- 2 August â The Llandudno Motor Touring Co begins running excursions with the first motor buses in Wales at Llandudno.[21]
- 24 October â The South Wales Miners' Federation is founded.
- 6 December â The Abercynon to Merthyr Tydfil stretch of the Glamorganshire Canal is closed because of subsidence.[22]
- date unknown
- Peak year of slate production in Wales.
- Opening of new docks at Barry and Port Talbot.[23]
- Opening of Lluest-wen Reservoir.
- The last stained glass window to be designed by Edward Burne-Jones is installed at St Deiniol's Church, Hawarden, by Morris & Co.[24][25]
Arts and literature
Awards
National Eisteddfod of Wales â held at Blaenau Ffestiniog
New books
Welsh language
- Beriah Gwynfe Evans â Dafydd Dafis[28]
- Daniel James (Gwyrosydd) â Aeron Awen Gwyrosydd[29]
- John Owen Jones (Ap Ffarmwr) â Cofiant Gladstone[30]
- T. Gwynn Jones â Gwedi Brad a Gofid[31]
Music
- none known
Sport
- Football â The Welsh Cup is won by the "Druids" for the sixth time in its 20-year history
- Rugby union
- Senghenydd RFC and Ynysybwl RFC are founded.
- February â The Welsh Rugby Union is readmitted into the International Football Rugby Board after the events of The Gould Affair and Wales can again play international rugby.
- 19 March â Wales defeat Ireland 11â3 in a game played at Thomond Park, Limerick
Births
- 20 January â Tudor Owen, actor (died 1979)[citation needed]
- 10 February â Thomas Jones, Baron Maelor, politician (died 1984)[32]
- 20 April â Cliff Williams, Wales international rugby union player (died 1930)
- 29 July â Dorothy Rees, politician (died 1987)[33]
- 29 August â Sydney Hinam, Wales international rugby union player (died 1982)[34]
- 24 September â Henry Arthur Evans, politician (died 1958)
- 6 October â William John Edwards, Cerdd Dant singer (died 1978)
- 25 December â Islwyn Evans, Wales international rugby player (died 1974)
Deaths
- 29 March â John Campbell, 2nd Earl Cawdor, politician, 80[35]
- 25 May â Theophilus Harris Davies, sugar magnate, 64[36]
- 17 June â Sir Edward Burne-Jones, artist, 64[37]
- 17 July â Arthur Guest, politician, 56[38]
- 11 August â Owen Humphrey Davies (Eos Llechid), composer, 59[39]
- 6 September â Robert Jones, VC recipient, 41 (suicide)
- 26 September â Joseph Jenkins, farmer and diarist ("The Welsh Swagman"), 80[40]
- 28 September â Thomas Gee, publisher, 83[41]
- 29 October â David Stephen Davies, preacher and colonial leader[42]
- 31 October â William Gilbert Rees, surveyor and explorer, New Zealand settler, 71[43]
- 2 December â Michael D. Jones, Tad y Wladfa, founder of the Welsh settlement in Patagonia, 76[44]
- 17 December â William Norton, Wales international rugby player, 36
- date unknown â John Jones, astronomer, about 80[45]