1909 in Wales
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This article is about the particular significance of the year 1909 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 - Dyfed
[edit] Events
- January 16 - Edgeworth David is a member of the expedition which successfully reaches the Magnetic South Pole.
- August - The Plebs League is founded at Rhondda by Noah Ablett.
- October - Monthly rainfall of 56.5 inches is measured at Llyn Llydaw, Snowdonia - a British record.
- October 29 - A mining accident at Darren Colliery, New Tredegar, kills 26 men.
- Thirty-six men are killed when a trench collapses during construction of the Alexandra Dock in Newport.
- King's Dock, Swansea, is opened.
- Thomas Rees becomes principal of Bala-Bangor Theological College.
- The first mines rescue station in south Wales is opened at Aberaman.
[edit] Arts and literature
[edit] Awards
- National Eisteddfod of Wales - held in London
- Chair - T. Gwynn Jones
- Crown - W. J. Gruffydd
[edit] New books
- Emrys ap Iwan - Homilïau vol. 2 (posthumous)
- Edward Thomas - The South Country
[edit] Music
[edit] Sports
- Boxing
- August 23 - Freddie Welsh wins the European lightweight title.
- November 8 - Freddie Welsh wins the British lightweight title, and becomes the first Welshman to be awarded a Lonsdale Belt.
[edit] Births
- January 29 - George Thomas, 1st Viscount Tonypandy
- August 25 - Arwel Hughes, composer
- October 24 - Elwyn Jones, Baron Elwyn-Jones, politician
- November 7 - Eirene White, politician
- date unknown
- Aneirin Talfan Davies, writer and publisher
- Isaac Davies (Eic Davies), dramatist
- Arthur Probert, politician
- Goronwy Rees, journalist and academic
- Evan Roberts, botanist
- Howard Thomas, radio and television producer
- Ronald Welch, historical novelist
[edit] Deaths
- May 31 - Thomas Price, Prime Minister of South Australia
- August 1 - Hugh Rowlands, VC recipient
- November 10 - George Essex Evans, Welsh-Australian poet
- December 11 - Ludwig Mond, industrialist
- December 13 - Sir Alfred Lewis Jones, shipping magnate
- date unknown
- Ivor James, educationist
- Catherine Prichard, poet
