1894 in Wales
This article is about the particular significance of the year 1894 to Wales and its people.
Incumbents
- Archdruid of the National Eisteddfod of Wales – Clwydfardd
- Lord Lieutenant of Anglesey – Richard Davies
- Lord Lieutenant of Brecknockshire – Joseph Bailey, 1st Baron Glanusk
- Lord Lieutenant of Caernarvonshire – John Ernest Greaves
- Lord Lieutenant of Cardiganshire – Herbert Davies-Evans
- Lord Lieutenant of Carmarthenshire – John Campbell, 2nd Earl Cawdor
- Lord Lieutenant of Denbighshire – William Cornwallis-West
- Lord Lieutenant of Flintshire – Hugh Robert Hughes
- Lord Lieutenant of Glamorgan – Robert Windsor-Clive, 1st Earl of Plymouth
- Lord Lieutenant of Merionethshire – W. R. M. Wynne
- Lord Lieutenant of Monmouthshire – Henry Somerset, 8th Duke of Beaufort
- Lord Lieutenant of Montgomeryshire – Sir Herbert Williams-Wynn, 7th Baronet
- Lord Lieutenant of Pembrokeshire – William Edwardes, 4th Baron Kensington
- Lord Lieutenant of Radnorshire – Arthur Walsh, 2nd Baron Ormathwaite
- Bishop of Bangor – Daniel Lewis Lloyd
- Bishop of Llandaff – Richard Lewis
- Bishop of St Asaph – Alfred George Edwards
- Bishop of St Davids – Basil Jones
Events
- 19 February – The first new intermediate school in Wales opens at Caernarfon. Ysgol Syr Hugh Owen is one of the first Welsh medium schools.
- 10 March – T. E. Ellis is appointed Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury in the Gladstone's fourth ministry, and becomes Chief Whip of the Liberal Party.
- March/April – In the "Welsh Revolt", MPs Herbert Lewis, David Alfred Thomas, David Lloyd George and Frank Edwards resign the Liberal whip.
- 23 June – A firedamp explosion at Albion Colliery, Cilfynydd, Glamorgan, results in the death of 290 coal miners and 123 horses underground, making it the worst disaster in Welsh mining history to date.
- August
- *The Prince of Wales attends the National Eisteddfod.
- *Owen Morgan Edwards makes his first report on county schools in Wales
- unknown dates
- Dissolution of the North Wales Scholarship Association.
- John Philipps, later 1st Viscount St Davids, resigns as MP for Mid Lanarkshire.
- Richard Mills the younger establishes the Rhos Herald, a weekly bilingual newspaper, with himself as editor.
Arts and literature
Awards
National Eisteddfod of Wales – held at Caernarfon- Chair – Howell Elvet Lewis, "Hunanaberth"
- Crown – Ben Davies, "Tennyson"
New books
English language
- Sir John Rhys – ''Outlines of the Phonology of the Manx Gaelic''
Welsh language
- Evan Thomas Davies – Pregethau ac Anerchiadau
- W. J. Davis – Hanes Plwyf Llandysul, first publication by Gomer Press, Llandysul
- Owen Morgan Edwards – Ystraeon o Hanes Cymru
- Daniel Owen – Gwen Tomos
- Sarah Winifred Parry – ''Sioned''
Music
- Sir Henry Walford Davies – Sonata No. 1 in E minor, for Piano and Violin
- Spillers Records is founded in Cardiff; by 2010 it will be regarded the world's oldest surviving record shop.
Sport
- Cricket
- *22 June / 23 June – Glamorgan play against the touring South Africans. The Glamorgan team contains three Wales rugby internationals, Billy Bancroft, Selwyn Biggs and Ralph Sweet-Escott.
- *William Brain plays his first match for Glamorgan.
- Football
- *The Welsh Cup is won by Chirk for the fifth time in its 15-year history.
- *The North Wales Coast League is established.
- Rugby union
- *1 January – Gwyn Nicholls plays his first match for Cardiff.
- *Abercrave RFC, Llanhilleth RFC and Ynysddu RFC are founded.
Births
- 14 March – Ben Beynon, Welsh rugby union international and Swansea Town player
- 21 March – William Hubert Vaughan, public servant
- 16 May – Sir Leonard Twiston Davies, patron of the arts
- 23 June – Prince Edward
- 4 July – Ambrose Bebb, author and politician
- 10 July – Emrys Hughes, politician
- 31 July – Fred Keenor, footballer
- 23 August – Gareth Hughes, actor
- 27 August – Ike Fowler, dual-code international rugby union player
- 22 October – Llew Edwards, featherweight boxer
- 30 October – Peter Warlock, composer
Deaths
- 24 February – John Roberts, politician, 58
- 8 March – John Bickerton Morgan, geologist, 34
- 20 March – John Davies (Taliesin Hiraethog), poet, 52
- 18 June – David Davies, Australian politician, about 54
- 30 October – David Griffith (Clwydfardd), poet, 93
- 4 November – Idris Williams, 59
- 28 November – Henry Hussey Vivian, 1st Baron Swansea, 73
- 13 December – Morgan Morgan, politician, 61
- 25 December – Arthur Hill-Trevor, 1st Baron Trevor, 75
- 30 December – David Thomas, preacher and publisher, 81