This article is about the particular significance of the year 1902 to Wales and its people. This article is about the particular significance of the year 1901 to Wales and its people. ... This page indexes the individual year in Wales pages. ... Year 1902 (MCMII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Tuesday [1] of the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ... This article is about the country. ... The Welsh are, according to Hastings (1997), an ethnic group and nation associated with Wales and the Welsh language, which is a Celtic language. ...

Incumbents

• Prince of Wales - George, Prince of Wales, son of King Edward VII of the United Kingdom
• Princess of Wales - Mary of Teck
• Archdruid of the National Eisteddfod of Wales - Hwfa Môn

This article is about the title Prince of Wales. ... George V (George Frederick Ernest Albert; 3 June 1865 – 20 January 1936) was the first British monarch belonging to the House of Windsor, which he created from the British branch of the German House of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha. ... Edward VII (Albert Edward; 9 November 1841 – 6 May 1910) was King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, of the British Dominions beyond the Seas, and Emperor of India from 22 January 1901 until his death on 6 May 1910. ... Camilla Mountbatten-Windsor, the current Princess of Wales. ... Mary of Teck (Victoria Mary Augusta Louise Olga Pauline Claudine Agnes; 26 May 1867 – 24 March 1953) was the Queen Consort of George V. Queen Mary was also the Empress of India. ... Druid can refer to: a priest of the religion of the ancient Celts, see Druidry. ... The Eisteddfod (from Welsh eistedd, to sit; plural is eisteddfodau) is a Welsh festival of literature, music, and song. ...

Events

• March 4 - Five miners are killed in an accident at Milfaen Colliery, Blaenavon.
• June 3 - Six miners are killed in an accident at Gerwen Colliery, Llanelli.
• November 11 - Five miners are killed in an accident at Deep Navigation Colliery, Mountain Ash.
• Alfred Mond founds his nickel works at Clydach in the Swansea valley.
• 230 Welsh colonists leave Patagonia for Manitoba in Canada.
• Opening of the Great Orme tramway, the longest cable railway in the UK.
• Opening of Caernarfon electric power station.
• Opening of
  • Vale of Rheidol railway
  • Welshpool and Llanfair Light Railway

is the 63rd day of the year (64th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Blaenavon (Welsh: Blaenafon) is a town and World Heritage Site in southern Wales, lying at the source of the Afon Llwyd. ... is the 154th day of the year (155th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... For the parliamentary constituency of Llanelli, see Llanelli (UK Parliament constituency) For the Llanelli Rural area, see Llanelli Rural Llanelli (English: ), the largest town in the county of Carmarthenshire and West Wales, sits on the Burry estuary on the west Wales coast, approximately 13 miles west of the city of... is the 315th day of the year (316th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Mountain Ash (Welsh: Aberpennar) is a town in the county borough of Rhondda Cynon Taff, traditional county of Glamorgan, south Wales. ... Alfred Moritz Mond, 1st Baron Melchett (1868 - 1930) was a British industrialist and politician. ... For other uses, see Nickel (disambiguation). ... Clydach is the name of an electoral ward, a community and a town in the City and County of Swansea, South Wales. ... For other places with the same name, see Swansea (disambiguation). ... Patagonia, as most commonly defined (in orange). ... Motto: Gloriosus et Liber (Latin: Glorious and free) BC AB SK MB ON QC NB PE NS NL YT NT NU Capital Winnipeg Largest city Winnipeg Official languages English Government - Lieutenant-Governor John Harvard - Premier Gary Doer (NDP) Federal representation in Canadian Parliament - House seats 14 - Senate seats 6 Confederation... Almost all that remains above ground of the Bishop of Bangors 13th century palace at Gogarth is the short wall on the left, the narrow column to the right of centre collapsed into the sea during the storms of March 2005 Saint Tudnos church, the original parish church... Caernarfon (the original Welsh spelling is now almost always used in preference to the anglicised forms, Caernarvon or Carnarvon) is a royal town in north-west Wales. ... Welshpool Town Hall Welshpool (Welsh: ) is a town in Powys, Wales, only 4 miles (6 km) from the border with England. ...

Arts and literature

Awards

• National Eisteddfod of Wales - held in Bangor
  • Chair - T. Gwynn Jones
  • Crown - Silyn Roberts

The Eisteddfod (from Welsh eistedd, to sit; plural is eisteddfodau) is a Welsh festival of literature, music, and song. ... Bangor, in north Wales, is one of the smallest cities in the United Kingdom. ...

New books

• Rhoda Broughton - Lavinia
• Arthur Machen - Hieroglyphics

Rhoda Broughton (November 29, 1840 – June 5, 1920) was a novelist. ... Arthur Machen (March 3, 1863 – December 15th, 1947) was a leading Welsh-born author of the 1890s. ...

Music

• Sir Henry Walford Davies - Three Jovial Huntsmen

Sir Henry Walford Davies (September 6, 1869 - March 11, 1944) was a British composer, who held the title Master of the Kings Music from 1934 until 1941. ...

Sport

• Gymnastics - The Welsh Amateur Gymnastics Association is formed.

Gymnastics is a sport involving the performance of sequences of movements requiring physical strength, flexibility, balance, endurance, and kinesthetic awareness, such as handsprings, handstands, split leaps, aerials and cartwheels. ...

Births

• 25 February - Wogan Philipps, 2nd Baron Milford, politician (died 1993)
• 4 March - David Evans-Bevan, industrialist (died 1973)
• 22 April - Megan Lloyd George, politician (died 1966)
• 18 June - Morgan Phillips, politician (died 1963)
• 21 September - E. E. Evans-Pritchard, anthropologist of Welsh descent (died 1972)
• 27 October (in Oxford) - Harold Arthur Harris, academic
• date unknown
  • Dilys Cadwaladr, poet (died 1979)
  • Richard Bryn Williams, writer (died 1981)

is the 56th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Wogan Philipps, 2nd Baron Milford (25 February 1902 – 30 November 1993) was the only member of the Communist Party of Great Britain ever to sit in the House of Lords. ... Year 1993 (MCMXCIII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar). ... is the 63rd day of the year (64th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... For the song by James Blunt, see 1973 (song). ... is the 112th day of the year (113th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... The Lady Megan Arvon Lloyd George (22 April 1902 to 14 May 1966) was a British politician, the first female Member of Parliament for a Welsh constituency, and Deputy Leader of the Liberal Party. ... Year 1966 (MCMLXVI) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar) of the 1966 Gregorian calendar. ... is the 169th day of the year (170th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Morgan Walter Phillips (18 June 1902-15 January 1963) was General Secretary of the British Labour Party, leading the party to two election victories. ... Year 1963 (MCMLXIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 264th day of the year (265th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Sir Edward Evan (E. E.) Evans-Pritchard (September 21, 1902 – September 11, 1973) was a British anthropologist instrumental in the development of social anthropology in that country. ... is the 300th day of the year (301st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Professor Harold Arthur Harris (1902-1974) was educated at Oxford High School, and went on to study at Jesus College, Oxford. ... Also: 1979 by Smashing Pumpkins. ... Year 1981 (MCMLXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday (link displays the 1981 Gregorian calendar). ...

Deaths

• 17 November - Hugh Price Hughes, minister and anti-Parnell campaigner
• date unknown
  • James James, harpist and composer (born 1833)
  • Jeremiah Jones, poet
  • William Rathbone, politician
  • Edmund Hannay Watts, industrialist (Wattstown)