1904 in Wales

This article is about the particular significance of the year 1904 to Wales and its people.

Incumbents

 * Archdruid of the National Eisteddfod of Wales – Hwfa Môn


 * Lord Lieutenant of Anglesey – Sir Richard Henry Williams-Bulkeley, 12th Baronet
 * 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 – 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 – Richard Lewis
 * Bishop of St Asaph – A. G. Edwards (later Archbishop of Wales)
 * Bishop of St Davids – John Owen

Events

 * January - Opening of Llanelli North Dock.
 * 5 January - Opening of Tanat Valley Light Railway between Llynclys and Llangynog.
 * February - Beginning of the 1904–1905 Welsh revival in religion.
 * 4 May - Charles Rolls and Henry Royce meet for the first time in Manchester to agree production of Rolls-Royce motor cars.
 * 31 May - Wentwood Reservoir inaugurated for Newport Corporation.
 * 26 May - Harvey du Cros junior makes the first successful ascent of Snowdon by automobile.
 * 11 June - Henry Paget, 5th Marquess of Anglesey, is declared bankrupt; from 29 July sales of his assets at Plas Newydd (Anglesey) begin.
 * 21 July - Edward VII and Queen Alexandra open the Elan Valley Reservoirs.
 * 3 August - The first Royal Welsh Show is held at Aberystwyth.
 * September - The second Pan-Celtic Congress is held at Caernarfon.
 * 28–29 September - A conference at Blaenannerch reinforces the strength of the religious revival.
 * October - Evan Roberts begins preaching.
 * c. October - Mrs H. Millicent McKenzie is appointed Associated Professor of Education at the University College of South Wales and Monmouthshire in Cardiff, the first woman in Britain to hold a professorial title.
 * 3 October - Five people are killed in a railway accident near Loughor.
 * 31 October - Rhondda Tramways Company begins operation.
 * November - Joseph Jenkins, instigator of the religious revival, is guest preacher at meetings in Bethany, Ammanford, and "converts" incumbent minister Nantlais Williams.
 * In local authority elections, the Liberal Party win control of all county councils in Wales.
 * Orthopaedic surgeon Robert Jones becomes Honorary Surgeon to the Baschurch Home in Shropshire which he will develop into the world's first specialized orthopaedic hospital.
 * Thomas Marchant Williams is knighted in recognition of his role in founding the National Eisteddfod Society.
 * No. 1 blast furnace at the old Blaenavon Ironworks is shut down.

Arts and literature

 * February - Gwen John arrives in Paris, in the company of Dorelia McNeill.

Awards

 * National Eisteddfod of Wales - held in Rhyl
 * Chair - J. Machreth Rees, "Geraint ac Enid"
 * Crown - Richard Machno Humphreys

English language

 * Joseph Bradney - A History of Monmouthshire from the Coming of the Normans into Wales down to the Present Time, vol. 1

Welsh language

 * Owen Dafydd (died c. 1814) - Cynhyrchion Barddonol yr Hen Felinydd Owen Dafydd Cwmaman
 * Daniel Jenkins and David Lewis - Cerddi Cerngoch
 * Eluned Morgan - Dringo'r Andes
 * R. Silyn Roberts - Trystan ac Esyllt a Chaniadau Eraill

Music

 * Sir Henry Walford Davies - Everyman (oratorio)

Sport

 * Rugby league - In the first international league match, played between England and Other nationalities, ex-Wales rugby international Jack Rhapps becomes the World's first dual-code rugby international.
 * Rugby union - Percy Bush scores 104 points for the British team on their tour of Australia and New Zealand.

Births

 * 6 March - Hugh Williams, actor and dramatist (died 1969)
 * 17 March - Daniel Granville West, Baron Granville-West, politician (died 1984)
 * 12 April - David Jenkins, Wales national rugby footballer (died 1951)
 * 18 May - Eynon Evans, actor and screenwriter (died 1989)
 * 7 June - Tom Lewis, Wales international rugby player (died 1994)
 * 8 June - Angus McBean, photographer (died 1990)
 * 26 June
 * Prof Seaborne Davies, law teacher and three times President of the National Eisteddfod (died 1984)
 * Lynn Ungoed-Thomas, politician (died 1972)
 * 27 June - Emrys Davies, cricketer (died 1975)
 * 28 July - Ned Jenkins, Wales international rugby player (died 1990)
 * 31 July - Harold Davies, Baron Davies of Leek, politician (died 1985)
 * 4 August – Sir Thomas Parry, academic (died 1985)
 * 8 August - Dai Parker, Wales and British Lion rugby player (died 1965)
 * 22 August - Tommy Rees, Wales dual-code rugby player (died 1968)
 * 12 September
 * Euros Bowen, poet (died 1988)
 * Donald Holroyde Hey, chemist (died 1987)
 * 24 September - George Andrews, Wales dual-code rugby player (died 1989)
 * 27 September - John Gwilym Jones, dramatist (died 1988)
 * 30 September - Waldo Williams, poet (died 1971)
 * 10 October (in Somerset) – Leslie Morris, politician in Canada (died 1964)
 * 15 October - Sir Julian Hodge, banker (died 2004)
 * 3 November - Caradog Prichard, poet and novelist (died 1980)
 * 30 November - Philip Burton, theatre director and radio producer (died 1995)
 * date unknown - Richard Vaughan, novelist (died 1983)

Deaths

 * 21 April - William Williams, businessman and politician, 64
 * 10 May - Sir Henry Morton Stanley, journalist and explorer, 63
 * 26 June - William Ormsby-Gore, 2nd Baron Harlech, 85
 * 12 July – Samuel M. Jones, mayor of Toledo, Ohio, USA, 57
 * 17 July - Isaac Roberts, astronomer, 75
 * 25 July - James Valentine, English rugby international, 37 (struck by lightning while on holiday in Barmouth)
 * September - Benjamin Davies, Welsh-descended Canadian politician, 91
 * 4 October - James Lewis Thomas, architect, 78
 * 21 November - Jimmy Michael, cyclist, 27 (alcohol-related)
 * 24 November - Lewis Jones, one of the founders of the Welsh settlement in Patagonia, 68
 * 26 December - William Henry Powell, American Civil War hero, 79
 * 29 December - Edward Treharne, Wales international rugby player, 42 (heart attack)