1929 in Wales
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This article is about the particular significance of the year 1929 to Wales and its people.
Incumbents
Events
- 6 January - The abbey on Caldey Island is handed over by the Benedictine order to its new owners, Belgian Cistercians.[3]
- February - 700 people are involved in a riot at Cwmfelinfach, when strikebreakers are used during an industrial dispute at the Nine Mile Point Colliery.[4]
- 13 March - Former ironclad warship HMS Warrior (1860) is towed to Pembroke Dock to finish her service with the Royal Navy as an oil fuelling hulk.[5]
- 24â26 April - The Royal Air Force's Squadron Leader Arthur G. Jones-Williams and Flight Lieutenant Norman H. Jenkins make the first non-stop flight from Britain to India.[6]
- 30 May - In the United Kingdom general election:
- Megan Lloyd George becomes Liberal MP for Anglesey â the first female MP in Wales.[7]
- Aneurin Bevan becomes MP for Ebbw Vale.
- Other newly elected MPs include John Jestyn Llewellin at Uxbridge and Robert Richards at Wrexham.
- Lewis Valentine is Plaid Cymruâs first parliamentary candidate. Plaid Cymru obtain a total of 609 votes in Wales.
- J. H. Thomas becomes Lord Privy Seal in the new government.
- 9 July - After a collision with another vessel, HMS L12, the Royal Navy submarine H47 sinks off the Pembrokeshire coast, killing 21 crewmen.[8]
- 10 July - Nine miners are killed in a mining accident at Milfraen, Blaenavon.
- 11 November - 8.3 inches (210 mm) of rain falls within a single day at Lluest-wen Reservoir, a record for a place in Wales.[9] Below in the Rhondda this month, 400 people are made homeless by flooding.
- 25 November - Cargo steamer Molesey is wrecked on Skomer Island with the loss of 7 lives;[10] British Movietone News shoots the first-ever sound footage of such an event.
- 28 November - Seven miners are killed in an accident at Wernbwll Colliery, Penclawdd.[11]
- date unknown
- The University of Wales begins awarding teacher training certificates at colleges of education in Wales.[12]
- The number of motor vehicles in Wales exceeds 100,000 for the first time.
Arts and literature
- The first Urdd National Eisteddfod is held, at Corwen Pavilion.[13]
Awards
- National Eisteddfod of Wales (held in Liverpool)
- National Eisteddfod of Wales: Chair - David Emrys Jones, "Dafydd ap Gwilym"[14]
- National Eisteddfod of Wales: Crown - Caradog Prichard, "Y Gân Ni Chanwyd"[15]
New books
English language
- John Hugh Edwards - David Lloyd George, the Man and the Statesman
- Richard Hughes - A High Wind in Jamaica[16]
- Elisabeth Inglis-Jones - Starved Fields
- Huw Menai - The Passing of Guto[17]
- Bertrand Russell - Marriage and Morals
Welsh language
- Ambrose Bebb - Llydaw
- Kate Roberts - Rhigolau Bywyd[18]
Music
- W. Bradwen - Paradwys y Bardd[19]
- David John de Lloyd - Forty Welsh Traditional Tunes (arrangements)
Film
- Ray Milland appears in his first Hollywood films.
Broadcasting
Sport
- Football - The Football Association of Wales makes its first overseas tour, to Canada.
- Rugby Union
- 23 February - 1929 Wales beat France 8â3 at the National Stadium in Cardiff
Births
- 2 January - John Lansdown, computer graphics pioneer (died 1999)[21]
- 28 January - Clem Thomas, Wales and British Lions international rugby player (died 1996)[22]
- 14 February - Wyn Morris, conductor (died 2010)[23]
- 20 March - Herbert Wilson, physicist and biophysicist (died 2008)
- 25 April - Malcolm Thomas, Wales international rugby union captain (died 2012)
- 20 May - Bobi Jones, author (died 2017)
- 11 August - Alun Hoddinott, composer (died 2008)[24]
- 2 September - Victor Spinetti, actor (died 2012)[25]
- October - Robyn Léwis, politician and archdruid (died 2019)
- 16 October - Ivor Allchurch, Wales international footballer (died 1997)[26]
- 20 October - Colin Jeavons, actor[27]
- 27 October - Alun Richards, novelist (died 2003)[28]
- 2 November - Carwyn James, rugby coach (died 1983)[29]
- 7 November - Urien Wiliam, dramatist (died 2006)[30]
- 4 December - Ednyfed Hudson Davies, politician (died 2018)[31]
- 30 December - Charles Lynn Davies, Wales international rugby player
- date unknown
- Paul Ferris, author
- John Morgan, journalist and broadcaster (died 1988)
Deaths
- 2 January - David James, Wales international rugby player, 62
- 15 January - William Boyd Dawkins, geologist and historian, 91[32]
- 20 February - Henry Bruce, 2nd Baron Aberdare, 77[33]
- 16 April - Sir John Morris-Jones, poet and grammarian, 64[34]
- 29 April - Violet Herbert, Countess of Powis, 63[35]
- 30 April - Cliff Bowen, Wales international rugby player and county cricketer, 54[36]
- 13 May - David Thomas (Afan), composer, 47[37]
- 15 May - Grace Rhys, writer, wife of Ernest Rhys, 64[38]
- 30 May - Owen Davies, Baptist minister and writer, 68/9[39]
- 2 June - Fred Andrews, Wales international rugby player, 64
- 15 June - Llewellyn Atherley-Jones, politician, 78/79[40]
- 23 July - John Hinds, businessman and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Carmarthenshire, 65[41]
- 29 August - Viv Huzzey, Wales international rugby union player, 53
- 6 September - Richard Ellis, bibliographer and librarian, 62[42]
- 19 October - John Evan Davies, Calvinistic Methodist minister and writer, 79[43]
- 20 November - David Williams, archdeacon of Cardigan, 88[44]
- 7 December - Jenkin Jones, trade union leader, 70[45]
- 17 December - Arthur G. Jones-Williams, aviation pioneer, 31 (air crash)[46]
- 21 December - James Williams, hockey player, 51
- date unknown - John Evan Davies, minister and writer, 78/9