1907 in Wales
This article is about the particular significance of the year 1907 to Wales and its people.
Incumbents
- Archdruid of the National Eisteddfod of Wales – Dyfed
- Lord Lieutenant of Anglesey – Sir Richard Henry Williams-Bulkeley, 12th Baronet
- Lord Lieutenant of Brecknockshire – Joseph Bailey, 2nd Baron Glanusk
- Lord Lieutenant of Caernarvonshire – John Ernest Greaves
- Lord Lieutenant of Cardiganshire – Herbert Davies-Evans
- Lord Lieutenant of Carmarthenshire – Sir James Williams-Drummond, 4th Baronet
- 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 – Godfrey Morgan, 1st Viscount Tredegar
- Lord Lieutenant of Montgomeryshire – Sir Herbert Williams-Wynn, 7th Baronet
- Lord Lieutenant of Pembrokeshire – Frederick Campbell, 3rd Earl Cawdor
- Lord Lieutenant of Radnorshire – Powlett Milbank
- Bishop of Bangor – Watkin Williams
- Bishop of Llandaff – Joshua Pritchard Hughes
- Bishop of St Asaph – A. G. Edwards
- Bishop of St Davids – John Owen
Events
- 3 January – Formal opening of the residence at St Deiniol's Library.
- 17 February – The cargo ship SS Orianda sinks off Barry after colliding with the SS Heliopolis, with the loss of 14 crew.
- 5 March – Six miners are killed in a shaft accident at Windsor Colliery, Abertridwr.
- 19 March – The National Library of Wales and National Museum of Wales receive their charters.
- 11 May – Swansea Corporation's newly constructed Cray Reservoir is filled with water for the first time.
- 11 July – Edward VII visits Bangor to lay the foundation stone of the new [University of Wales national rugby union team|Wales, Bangor|University College of North Wales] buildings. Principal Henry Reichel is knighted.
- 13 July – Opening of the Queen Alexandra Dock in Cardiff, attended by the King and Queen.
- 25 July – Francis Edwards, MP for Radnorshire, is created a baronet.
- 1 November – First performance of John Hughes' hymn tune "Cwm Rhondda" in its final version, at Capel Rhondda Welsh Baptist Chapel, Hopkinstown, Pontypridd with the composer at the organ.
- 10 November – Five miners are killed in an accident at Seven Sisters Colliery.
- 14 December – Seven miners are killed in an accident at Dinas Main Colliery, Gilfach Goch.
- December – Edgeworth David joins Ernest Shackleton’s Nimrod Expedition to the South Pole.
- date unknown
- *Owen Morgan Edwards becomes Chief Inspector of Schools for Wales.
- *The Board of Education establishes a special Welsh department.
- *C. H. Watkins designs and builds the first aircraft in Wales at Cardiff, and names it Robin Goch.
- *Opening of Dolgarrog hydroelectric power station.
- *Oakdale Colliery is sunk in the Sirhowy Valley.
- *The silver and lead mine at Llywernog reopens in order to prospect for zinc.
Arts and literature
Awards
- National Eisteddfod of Wales – held in Swansea
- *Chair – Thomas Davies, "John Bunyan"
- *Crown – John Dyfnallt Owen
New books
English language
- Eliot Crawshay-Williams – Across Persia
- W. H. Davies – New Poems
- Arthur Machen – ''The Hill of Dreams''
Welsh language
- Emyr Davies – Llwyn Hudol
- John Jones (Myrddin Fardd) – Gwerin-Eiriau Sir Gaernarfon
- John Morris-Jones – Caniadau
- Joshua Thomas – Hanes y Bedyddwyr
- T. Marchant Williams – ''Odlau Serch a Bywyd''
Music
- T. Hopkin Evans – Crowns of Golden Light and The Voyage
- John Hughes – "Cwm Rhondda"
- David Vaughan Thomas – ''Llyn y Fan''
Architecture
- St David's Hotel, a hotel for golfers located at Harlech, in Gwynedd, is designed to plans by the Glasgow School architect George Henry Walton for a syndicate of entrepreneurs of which he was a member..
Sport
- Bowls – The Welsh Open Bowls Championship is launched.
- Boxing
- *1 June – Jim Driscoll wins the British featherweight title.
- *8 August – Joe White wins the British welterweight title.
- Rugby league
- *Ebbw Vale RLFC and Merthyr Tydfil RLFC are formed, the first Welsh rugby league teams.
- Rugby union
- *Wales finish second in the 1907 Home Nations Championship
- *1 January – Cardiff beat the touring South Africa national team, 17 - 0.
Births
- 3 January – Ray Milland, actor
- 10 January – Nicholas Evans, artist
- 11 January – Reg Thomas, athlete
- 4 March – Emlyn John, footballer
- 6 April – Jacques Vaillant de Guélis, Special Operations Executive agent
- 30 April – Harry Bowcott, international rugby player and president of the Welsh Rugby Union
- 7 May – Trevil Morgan, cricketer
- 24 May – Gwyn Jones, writer
- June – David Llewellyn, trade unionist
- 8 June – Trevor Thomas, art historian and author
- 10 June – Ernie Curtis, footballer
- 19 June – Rodney David, cricketer
- 2 July – Dick Duckfield, cricketer
- 12 August – Rhys Lloyd, Baron Lloyd of Kilgerran, politician
- 25 August – Albert Fear, Wales international rugby player
- 25 September – Raymond Glendenning, radio sports commentator
- 30 September – Arthur Probert, politician
- 27 November – Glyn Prosser, Wales international rugby player
- 9 December – T. J. Morgan, academic
- 10 December – Harry Payne, Wales international rugby player
- 19 December – William Glynne-Jones, novelist and children's writer
- 21 December – Will Roberts, painter
- 22 December – Harold Jones, rugby player
- 23 December – Fred Warren, international footballer
- 26 December – Guy Morgan, rugby player and cricketer
Deaths
- 7 January – David Rowlands (Dewi Môn), minister, academic and writer, 70
- 13 January – Frances Elizabeth Wynne, artist, 71
- 10 March – George Douglas-Pennant, 2nd Baron Penrhyn, industrialist and politician, 70
- 24 March – John Pugh, minister
- 2 June – Rose Mary Crawshay, philanthropist, 79
- 5 July – John Romilly Allen, archaeologist, 60
- 14 August – David Treharne Evans, Lord Mayor of London
- October – Hugh Davies (Pencerdd Maelor), composer
- 27 September – Alfred Davies, businessman and politician, 58
- 29 October – Megan Watts Hughes, singer, 65
- 11 November – Ralph Sweet-Escott, English-born Wales rugby international and Glamorgan cricketer, 38
- 12 November – Sir Lewis Morris, Anglo-Welsh poet, 74
- 27 November – Cyril Flower, 1st Baron Battersea, politician, 64
- 30 November – John Price, footballer, 52/3