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 LewisDeath Of The Bishop Of Llandaff, The Times, 25 January 1905; page 4; Issue 37613; col A 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.

Arts and literature 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)Obituary, The Times, 7 March 1951, p. 6 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 NewportSir George Elliot Bart MP Houghton Heritage Accessed 18 June 2016. 79

See also 1893 in Ireland

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