1902 in Wales
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This article is about the particular significance of the year 1902 to Wales and its people.
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[edit] Incumbents
- Prince of Wales - George, Prince of Wales, son of King Edward VII of the United Kingdom
- Princess of Wales - Mary of Teck
- Archdruid of the National Eisteddfod of Wales - Hwfa Môn
[edit] Events
- March 4 - Five miners are killed in an accident at Milfaen Colliery, Blaenavon.
- June 3 - Six miners are killed in an accident at Gerwen Colliery, Llanelli.
- November 11 - Five miners are killed in an accident at Deep Navigation Colliery, Mountain Ash.
- Alfred Mond founds his nickel works at Clydach in the Swansea valley.
[edit] Arts and literature
[edit] Awards
- National Eisteddfod of Wales - held in Bangor
- Chair - T. Gwynn Jones
- Crown - Silyn Roberts
[edit] New books
- Arthur Machen - Hieroglyphics
[edit] Music
[edit] Sport
- Gymnastics - The Welsh Amateur Gymnastics Association is formed.
[edit] Births
- February 25 - Wogan Philipps, 2nd Baron Milford, politician (died 1993)
- March 4 - David Evans-Bevan, industrialist (died 1973)
- April 22 - Megan Lloyd George, politician (died 1966)
- June 18 - Morgan Phillips, politician (died 1963)
- September 21 - E. E. Evans-Pritchard, anthropologist of Welsh descent (died 1972)
- date unknown
- Dilys Cadwaladr, poet (died 1979)
- Richard Bryn Williams, writer (died 1981)
[edit] Deaths
- November 17 - Hugh Price Hughes, minister and anti-Parnell campaigner
- date unknown
- James James, harpist and composer (born 1833)
- Jeremiah Jones, poet
- William Rathbone, politician
- Edmund Hannay Watts, industrialist (Wattstown)
