1914 in Wales

This article is about the particular significance of the year 1914 to Wales and its people.

Incumbents

14 January - The first trolleybuses in Wales come into operation, in Aberdare.
23 February - Light cruiser HMS Cordelia is launched at Pembroke Dock.
11 March - A Welsh Home Rule Bill is introduced by Edward T. John, MP for East Denbighshire; it fails.
4 April - Ystradfellte Reservoir inaugurated.
2 May - South Wales Transport begins operating motorbuses in the Swansea area.
4 August - World War I: Declaration of war by the United Kingdom on the German Empire.
6 August - Pembroke Dock-built becomes the first British naval casualty of the war when she strikes mines off the east coast.
18 September - Welsh Church Act, disestablishing the Church in Wales, receives Royal Assent, but simultaneously with the Suspensory Act which delays its coming into effect.
21 September - William Charles Fuller wins the Victoria Cross for carrying a wounded officer to safety under fire.
14 November - Light cruiser HMS Carysfort is launched at Pembroke Dock.
unknown dates
*A women's teacher training college opens at Barry; a men's equivalent opens at Caerleon.
*The hundredth intermediate school in Wales is established under the Welsh Intermediate and Technical Education Act, 1889.
*William James Thomas, industrialist and philanthropist, is knighted.
*Pen-coed Castle is restored by D. A. Thomas, Viscount Rhondda.

January - The monthly periodical Welsh Outlook is founded by Thomas Jones (T. J.).

Rhoda Broughton - Concerning a Vow
Moelwyn - Caniadau Moelwyn, vol. 4
Bertrand Russell - Our Knowledge of the External World as a Field for Scientific Method in Philosophy
T. E. Ellis - ''Pont Orewyn''

Boxing
*26 January: Percy Jones wins the British, European and World featherweight titles.
*30 March: Jimmy Wilde wins the European flyweight title.
*7 July: Freddie Welsh wins the World lightweight title
*14 December: Johnny Basham wins the British welterweight title.
Rugby union
*14 March: After Percy Jones is targeted by Irish players during the 1914 Five Nations Championship, Harry Uzzell leads his men in retaliation in a game notorious for its on the field violence. Wales win the match, and the Welsh pack are dubbed the 'Terrible Eight' by the press.