1892 in Wales
This article is about the particular significance of the year 1892 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
- January – The children's magazine Cymru'r Plant is launched by Owen Morgan Edwards.
- 5 March – St Michael's & All Angels Theological College is founded at Aberdare.
- 30 May – The South Wales Argus, published in Newport, is launched.
- 14 July – Official inauguration of the Liverpool water supply from Lake Vyrnwy. The Vyrnwy dam is the first high masonry gravity dam in Britain.
- 13 September – The Watkin Path up Snowdon is officially opened by William Ewart Gladstone.
- 14 September – The Cardiff water supply from Cantref Reservoir is officially inaugurated by the Mayor of Merthyr Tydfil.
- date unknown
- *J.D. Lewis establishes the Gomer Press at Llandysul.
- *The Parc and Dare Hall in Treorchy opens as a workingmen's institute and library.
Arts and literature
Awards
National Eisteddfod of Wales – held at Rhyl- Chair – Evan Jones, "Y Cenhadwr"
- Crown – John John Roberts, "Dewi Sant"
New books
- D Davies – Patagonia: a description of the country
- Daniel James (Gwyrosydd) – Caniadau Gwyrosydd
- Thomas Gwynn Jones – Eglwys y Dyn Tlawd
- John Richard Williams (J.R. Tryfanwy) – ''Lloffion yr Amddifad''
Music
- Joseph Parry – Saul of Tarsus
- David Christmas Williams – ''Traeth Llafar''
Sport
- Baseball – The Welsh Baseball Union is founded.
- Football – The Welsh Cup is won by Chirk for the fourth time in its 13-year history.
- Golf – The course at Aberdovey is opened.
Births
- 23 March – Jack Whitfield, Wales rugby union captain
- 15 May – Jimmy Wilde, professional boxer
- 12 June – Hilda Vaughan, novelist
- 20 June – Geoffrey Crawshay, soldier and social benefactor
- 25 July – Brigadier Hugh Llewellyn Glyn Hughes, soldier and medical administrator
- 12 August – Jerry Shea, Welsh rugby union and rugby league player
- 18 September – Joe Johns, Welsh lightweight boxing champion
- 12 November – Tudor Davies, operatic tenor
- 19 November – Huw T. Edwards, trade union leader and politician
Deaths
- 13 February – William Davies, palaeontologist, 76
- 5 March – Theophilus Redwood, pharmacist, 85
- 15 March – Mesac Thomas, Anglican bishop in Australia, 75
- 22 April – William Williams, Presbyterian missionary in India, 33
- 24 April – John Davies, poet, 53
- 27 April – Edward Wingfield Humphreys, Welsh-born New Zealand politician, 50/51
- 6 May – Robert J. Davies, Calvinistic Methodist leader, 52
- 5 June – Robert Rees, singer and musician, 51
- 19 June – Lewis Llewelyn Dillwyn, industrialist and politician, 78
- 3 October – William Davies, poet and historian, 61
- 26 November – Edward Matthews, minister and author, 79
- 18 December – Richard Owen, anatomist, 88
- 23 December – John Gibson, architect of the Marble Church, Bodelwyddan, 75
- 27 December – Samuel Holland, politician, 89