1893 in Wales

This article is about the particular significance of the year 1893 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

 * 13 February – The South Wales Daily Post is launched in Swansea.
 * 11 April – In an underground fire at Great Western Mine, Pontypridd, 63 miners are killed.
 * 6 June – Alexandra (Newport and South Wales) Docks and Railway opens South Dock in Newport Docks.
 * 6 July – The future Prince of Wales, Prince George (later George V), marries Mary of Teck; their wedding rings are made of Welsh gold.
 * 7 August – 24 people are drowned at Aberavon when a boat carrying trippers on a Sunday school outing from Ystrad Rhondda capsizes in the bay. A survivor claimed that the inexperienced passengers had been frightened by the waves and all ran to one side of the boat.
 * September – An International Eisteddfod takes place in Chicago, USA, during the Chicago World's Fair.
 * 17 November – Two boatmen involved in the Aberavon drowning disaster of 7 August are found not guilty of manslaughter by a jury at Cardiff Crown Court.

Awards
National Eisteddfod of Wales – held at Pontypridd
 * Chair – John Ceulanydd Williams, "Pulpud Cymru"
 * Crown – Ben Davies

New books

 * Charles Ashton – Hanes Llenyddiaeth Gymreig o 1651 hyd 1850
 * John Gruffydd Moelwyn Hughes – Caniadau Moelwyn
 * Edwin Cynrig Roberts – Hanes Dechreuad y Wladfa Gymreig
 * Eleazar Roberts – Owen Rees

Music

 * Hymnau yr Eglwys (collection of hymns)

Sport

 * Football – The Welsh Cup is won by Wrexham for the third time in its 14-year history.
 * Rugby union – Wales wins the Triple Crown for the first time.
 * Rugby union – Glamorgan Wanderers, Laugharne RFC and Tredegar RFC are established.

Births

 * 15 January – Ivor Novello, composer and actor (died 1951)
 * 27 January – John Russell, VC recipient (died 1917)
 * 25 February
 * Billy Jennings, footballer (died 1968)
 * Gordon Lang, politician (died 1981)
 * 23 May – Tudor Thomas, pioneering ophthalmic surgeon (died 1976)
 * 24 May – William Hubert Davies, musician (died 1965)
 * 1 June – Lewis Valentine, political activist (died 1986)
 * 2 June – David James Davies, economist, industrialist and writer (died 1956)
 * 1 July – Douglas Marsden-Jones, rugby player (died 1955)
 * 2 July – Ralph Hancock, garden architect (died 1950)
 * 13 July – Evan Morgan, 2nd Viscount Tredegar, poet, occultist and horticulturalist (died 1949)
 * 1 August – Lionel Beaumont Thomas, MC, businessman and politician (died 1942)
 * 15 October – Saunders Lewis, Welsh nationalist poet, dramatist and critic (died 1985)
 * 18 October – Ivor Rees, VC recipient (died 1967)
 * 29 December – Cyril Lakin, politician (died 1948)
 * 31 December – Ossie Male, rugby player (died 1975)
 * date unknown – Eleanor Evans, actress, singer and theatre director (died 1969)

Deaths

 * 14 January – John Hawley Edwards, footballer, 42
 * 23 January – Dr William Price, eccentric, 92
 * 28 January – David Owen, politician in Wisconsin, 64
 * 29 January – Griffith Edwards (Gutyn Padarn), poet and antiquary, 80
 * 12 February – Thomas Eyton-Jones, surgeon, physician, magistrate, local politician and army officer, 60
 * 27 March – John Roberts, Sr., billiards champion, 69
 * 30 March – Richard Crawley, writer, 52
 * 24 August – Willie Llewelyn, cricketer, 25 (suicide)
 * 5 September – Morgan Lloyd, politician, 71
 * 17 September – Edwin Cynrig Roberts, Patagonian colonist, about 55
 * 1 October – Samuel Griffith, Pennsylvania politician, 77
 * 23 December – Sir George Elliot, 1st Baronet, MP and founder of the Elliot Home for Seamen in Newport 79