1907 in Wales
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This article is about the particular significance of the year 1907 to Wales and its people.
Incumbents
- Archdruid of the National Eisteddfod of Wales â Dyfed[1]
- Lord Lieutenant of Anglesey â Sir Richard Henry Williams-Bulkeley, 12th Baronet
- Lord Lieutenant of Brecknockshire â Joseph Bailey, 2nd 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 Sir James Williams-Drummond, 4th Baronet[5]
- Lord Lieutenant of Denbighshire â William Cornwallis-West[6]
- Lord Lieutenant of Flintshire â Hugh Robert Hughes[7]
- Lord Lieutenant of Glamorgan â Robert Windsor-Clive, 1st Earl of Plymouth
- Lord Lieutenant of Merionethshire â W. R. M. Wynne[8]
- Lord Lieutenant of Monmouthshire â Godfrey Morgan, 1st Viscount Tredegar[9]
- Lord Lieutenant of Montgomeryshire â Sir Herbert Williams-Wynn, 7th Baronet
- Lord Lieutenant of Pembrokeshire â Frederick Campbell, 3rd Earl Cawdor[10]
- Lord Lieutenant of Radnorshire â Powlett Milbank[11]
- Bishop of Bangor â Watkin Williams[12]
- Bishop of Llandaff â Joshua Pritchard Hughes[13]
- Bishop of St Asaph â A. G. Edwards (later Archbishop of Wales)[14]
- Bishop of St Davids â John Owen[15]
Events
- 3 January â Formal opening of the residence at St Deiniol's Library.[16]
- 17 February â The cargo ship SS Orianda sinks off Barry after colliding with the SS Heliopolis, with the loss of 14 crew.[17]
- 5 March â Six miners are killed in a shaft accident at Windsor Colliery, Abertridwr.
- 19 March â The National Library of Wales (Aberystwyth) and National Museum of Wales (Cardiff) receive their charters.
- 11 May â Swansea Corporation's newly constructed Cray Reservoir is filled with water for the first time.
- 11 July â Edward VII visits Bangor to lay the foundation stone of the new University College of North Wales buildings. Principal Henry Reichel is knighted.[18]
- 13 July â Opening of the Queen Alexandra Dock in Cardiff, attended by the King and Queen.
- 25 July â Francis Edwards, MP for Radnorshire, is created a baronet.
- 1 November â First performance of John Hughes' hymn tune "Cwm Rhondda" in its final version, at Capel Rhondda Welsh Baptist Chapel, Hopkinstown, Pontypridd with the composer at the (new) organ.[19]
- 10 November â Five miners are killed in an accident at Seven Sisters Colliery.
- 14 December â Seven miners are killed in an accident at Dinas Main Colliery, Gilfach Goch.[20]
- December â Edgeworth David joins Ernest Shackletonâs Nimrod Expedition to the South Pole.
- date unknown
- Owen Morgan Edwards becomes Chief Inspector of Schools for Wales.
- The Board of Education establishes a special Welsh department.
- C. H. Watkins designs and builds the first aircraft in Wales at Cardiff, and names it Robin Goch.
- Opening of Dolgarrog hydroelectric power station.
- Oakdale Colliery is sunk in the Sirhowy Valley.[21]
- The silver and lead mine at Llywernog reopens in order to prospect for zinc.
Arts and literature
Awards
- National Eisteddfod of Wales â held in Swansea
- Chair â Thomas Davies, "John Bunyan"[22]
- Crown â John Dyfnallt Owen
New books
English language
- Eliot Crawshay-Williams â Across Persia
- W. H. Davies â New Poems
- Arthur Machen â The Hill of Dreams
Welsh language
- Emyr Davies â Llwyn Hudol
- John Jones (Myrddin Fardd) â Gwerin-Eiriau Sir Gaernarfon
- John Morris-Jones â Caniadau
- Joshua Thomas â Hanes y Bedyddwyr
- T. Marchant Williams â Odlau Serch a Bywyd
Music
- T. Hopkin Evans â Crowns of Golden Light and The Voyage
- John Hughes â "Cwm Rhondda" (hymn tune, final version)
- David Vaughan Thomas â Llyn y Fan
Architecture
- St David's Hotel, a hotel for golfers located at Harlech, in Gwynedd, is designed to plans by the Glasgow School architect George Henry Walton for a syndicate of entrepreneurs of which he was a member.[23] (The proposals were subsequently revised in 1908, and the hotel was built in 1910.[23] The hotel closed in 2008,[24] and planning permission for demolition was approved in 2009).
Sport
- Bowls â The Welsh Open Bowls Championship is launched.
- Boxing
- 1 June â Jim Driscoll wins the British featherweight title.
- 8 August â Joe White wins the British welterweight title (disputed).
- Rugby league
- Ebbw Vale RLFC and Merthyr Tydfil RLFC are formed, the first Welsh rugby league teams.
- Rugby union
- Wales finish second in the 1907 Home Nations Championship
- 1 January â Cardiff beat the touring South Africa national team, 17 - 0.
Births
- 3 January â Ray Milland, actor (died 1986)[25]
- 10 January â Nicholas Evans, artist (died 2004)[26]
- 11 January â Reg Thomas, athlete (died 1946)
- 4 March â Emlyn John, footballer (died 1962)
- 6 April â Jacques Vaillant de Guélis, Special Operations Executive agent (died 1945)[27]
- 30 April â Harry Bowcott, international rugby player and president of the Welsh Rugby Union (died 2004)[28]
- 7 May â Trevil Morgan, cricketer (died 1976)[29]
- 24 May â Gwyn Jones, writer (died 1999)[30]
- June â David Llewellyn, trade unionist (died after 1956)
- 8 June â Trevor Thomas, art historian and author (died 1993)[31]
- 10 June â Ernie Curtis, footballer (died 1992)
- 19 June â Rodney David, cricketer (died 1969)
- 2 July â Dick Duckfield, cricketer (died 1959)[32]
- 12 August â Rhys Lloyd, Baron Lloyd of Kilgerran, politician (died 1991)[33]
- 25 August â Albert Fear, Wales international rugby player (died 2000)[34]
- 25 September â Raymond Glendenning, radio sports commentator (died 1974)[35]
- 30 September â Arthur Probert, politician (died 1975)[36]
- 27 November â Glyn Prosser, Wales international rugby player (died 1972)
- 9 December â T. J. Morgan, academic (died 1986)[37]
- 10 December â Harry Payne, Wales international rugby player (died 2000)
- 19 December â William Glynne-Jones, novelist and children's writer (died 1977)[38]
- 21 December â Will Roberts, painter (died 2000)[39]
- 22 December â Harold Jones, rugby player (died 1955)
- 23 December â Fred Warren, international footballer (died 1986)
- 26 December â Guy Morgan, rugby player and cricketer (died 1973)
Deaths
- 7 January â David Rowlands (Dewi Môn), minister, academic and writer, 70[40]
- 13 January â Frances Elizabeth Wynne, artist, 71[41]
- 10 March â George Douglas-Pennant, 2nd Baron Penrhyn, industrialist and politician, 70[42]
- 24 March â John Pugh, minister (Forward Movement)
- 2 June â Rose Mary Crawshay, philanthropist, 79[43]
- 5 July â John Romilly Allen, archaeologist, 60[44]
- 14 August â David Treharne Evans, Lord Mayor of London
- October â Hugh Davies (Pencerdd Maelor), composer
- 27 September â Alfred Davies, businessman and politician, 58[45]
- 29 October â Megan Watts Hughes, singer, 65[46]
- 11 November â Ralph Sweet-Escott, English-born Wales rugby international and Glamorgan cricketer, 38
- 12 November â Sir Lewis Morris, Anglo-Welsh poet, 74[47]
- 27 November â Cyril Flower, 1st Baron Battersea, politician, 64[48]
- 30 November â John Price, footballer, 52/3