This article is about the particular significance of the year 1908 to Wales and its people. This article is about the particular significance of the year 1907 to Wales and its people. ... This article is about the particular significance of the year 1909 to Wales and its people. ... This page indexes the individual year in Wales pages. ... 1908 (MCMVIII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar). ... This article is about the country. ... The Welsh (Cymry) are an ethnic group or 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 - Dyfed

The Prince of Wales Feathers. This Heraldic badge of the Heir Apparent is derived from the ostrich feathers borne by Edward, the Black Prince. ... George V (George Frederick Ernest Albert; 3 June 1865 - 20 January 1936) was the first British monarch belonging to the House of Windsor, as a result of his creating it from the British branch of the 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, King of the Commonwealth Realms, and the Emperor of India. ... 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 and Queen of Ireland. ... 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

• 3 January - Formal opening of the residence at St Deiniol's Library.
• March - Frank Mason, editor of the Tenby Observer, challenges the local council's right to ban him from their meetings. The Admission of the Press Act, 1908 is passed as a result.
• 5 March - Edgeworth David leads the party attempting the ascent of Mount Erebus in the Antarctic.
• 1 September - The barque Amazon sinks off Margam Sands, with the loss of 18 crew.
• The South Wales Miners' Federation becomes affiliated to the Labour Party.
• The Coal Mines Regulation Act, 1908 ("Eight Hours Act") limits the amount of time spent by coal miners underground.
• John Ballinger becomes first librarian of the National Library of Wales.
• A factory for making artificial silk opens at Greenfield in north-east Wales.

January 3 is the 3rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... St Deiniols Library (Welsh: Llyfrgell Deiniol Sant) is a library in Hawarden, Flintshire, Wales. ... Harbour of Tenby in Nov, 2001 Tenby (Welsh: Dinbych-y-Pysgod, little town of the fishes) is a walled seaside town in Pembrokeshire, West Wales, lying on Carmarthen Bay. ... March 5 is the 64th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (65th in leap years). ... Sir Tannant William Edgeworth David (January 28, 1858 - August 28, 1934 was an Australian geologist and explorer. ... Mount Erebus in Antarctica is the southernmost active volcano on Earth. ... September 1 is the 244th day of the year (245th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Margam is a suburb of Port Talbot in the county borough of Neath Port Talbot. ... The National Library of Wales (Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru in Welsh) is a legal deposit library in Aberystwyth, Wales. ... Silk is a natural protein fiber, some forms of which can be woven into textiles. ...

Arts and literature

Awards

• National Eisteddfod of Wales - held in Llangollen
  • Chair - John James Williams
  • Crown - Hugh Emyr Davies

The Eisteddfod (from Welsh eistedd, to sit; plural is eisteddfodau) is a Welsh festival of literature, music, and song. ... Llangollen is a small town in Denbighshire, north Wales, famous for the Llangollen International Eisteddfod, the Llangollen Canal (whose Pontcysyllte Aqueduct is nearby), and the Llangollen Railway. ...

New books

• W. H. Davies - Autobiography of a Super-Tramp
• Silyn Roberts - Y Blaid Lafur Anibynnol, ei Hanes a'i Hamcan
• Gwyneth Vaughan - Plant y Gorthrwm
• Eliseus Williams (Eifion Wyn) - Telynegion Maes a Môr

William Henry Davies (1871 - September 26, 1940), was a Welsh poet and writer. ... Eliseus Williams, better known by his bardic name Eifion Wyn (1867 - 1926), was a Welsh language poet, born in Porthmadog in the old county of Caernarfonshire, north Wales. ...

Music

• David Evans becomes professor of the Music department at University of Wales, Cardiff.

David Evans (February 6, 1874 - May 17, 1948) was a Welsh musician and composer. ... University of Wales, Cardiff (Welsh: Prifysgol Cymru, Caerdydd) is the official name for Cardiff University until 2005, when Cardiff will begin awarding its own degrees. ...

Sport

• Boxing
  • 24 February - Jim Driscoll wins the Commonwealth featherweight title.
• Rugby League
  • 1 January - The first-ever international match is held at Aberdare, where Wales defeat New Zealand 9 - 8.

Professional boxing bout featuring Ricardo Domínguez (left) versus Rafael Ortíz Boxing, also called pugilism (from Latin), prizefighting (when referring to professional boxing) or the sweet science[1] is a sport and martial art in which two participants of similar weight fight each other with their fists in a... February 24 is the 55th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Driscoll was another Welshman to fight himself out of poverty, learning his trade in the boxing booths. ... Featherweight is a weight class division in the sport of boxing. ... Rugby league football is a full-contact team sport played by two teams of thirteen on a rectangular grass field. ... January 1 is the first day of the calendar year in both the Julian and Gregorian calendars. ... ‹ The template below has been proposed for deletion. ...

Births

• 22 March - Martin Davies, art historian
• 5 July - Francis Jones, heraldic expert
• 15 August - Wynford Vaughan-Thomas, journalist

March 22 is the 81st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (82nd in leap years). ... Sir Martin Davies CBE DLitt FBA FSA (22 March 1908 – 7 March 1978) was a British museum director and civil servant. ... July 5 is the 186th day of the year (187th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 179 days remaining. ... August 15 is the 227th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (228th in leap years), with 138 days remaining. ... Wynford Vaughan-Thomas (1908-1987) was born Wynford Lewis John Thomas in Swansea in 1908. ...

Deaths

• 21 June - Allen Raine, novelist
• date unknown - Caroline Elizabeth Williams, author