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This article is about the particular significance of the year 1914 to Wales and its people. 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. ...
See also 1913 in Wales, other events of 1914, 1915 in Wales and the list of years in Wales. Year 1914 (MCMXIV) was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ...
This page indexes the individual year in Wales pages. ...
Incumbents
The Prince of Wales Feathers. This Heraldic badge of the Heir Apparent is derived from the ostrich feathers borne by Edward, the Black Prince. ...
Edward VIII (Edward Albert Christian George Andrew Patrick David Windsor; later The Prince Edward, Duke of Windsor; 23 June 1894 – 28 May 1972) was King of Great Britain, Ireland, the British Dominions beyond the Seas, and Emperor of India from the death of his father, George V (1910–36), on...
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. ...
Camilla Mountbatten-Windsor, the current Princess of Wales. ...
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 - September 21 - William Charles Fuller wins the Victoria Cross for carrying a wounded officer to safety under fire.
- A Welsh Home Rule Bill, introduced by Edward T. John, MP for East Denbighshire, fails.
- A women's teacher training college opens at Barry; a men's equivalent opens at Caerleon.
- The hundredth intermediate school in Wales is established (under the Welsh Intermediate and Technical Education Act 1889).
- The first trolley buses in Wales come into operation, in Aberdare.
- William James Thomas, industrialist and philanthropist, is knighted.
September 21 is the 264th day of the year (265th in leap years). ...
Photo submitted by Franklyncards William Charles Fuller was a Welsh recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces. ...
Victoria Cross medal, ribbon, and bar. ...
Barry (Welsh: ) is a town in the Vale of Glamorgan, Wales. ...
Caerleon (Welsh: ) (grid reference ST323914, ) is a suburban village situated on the River Usk on the northern outskirts of the city of Newport. ...
A trolleybus in Arnhem An electric trolleybus (also known as trolley bus or trackless trolley or simply trolley) is a bus powered by two overhead electric wires, from which the bus draws electricity using two trolley poles. ...
Aberdare (Welsh: ) is an industrial town in the county borough of Rhondda Cynon Taff in the traditional county of Glamorgan, in south Wales, situated (as the name implies) at the confluence of the Dar and Cynon rivers. ...
Arts and literature - The monthly periodical, Welsh Outlook, is founded by Thomas Jones (T. J.).
Awards - National Eisteddfod of Wales - not held
The Eisteddfod (from Welsh eistedd, to sit; plural is eisteddfodau) is a Welsh festival of literature, music, and song. ...
New books - Rhoda Broughton - Concerning a Vow
- John Gruffydd Moelwyn Hughes - Caniadau Moelwyn, vol. 4
- Bertrand Russell - Our Knowledge of the External World as a Field for Scientific Method in Philosophy
Rhoda Broughton (November 29, 1840 – June 5, 1920) was a novelist. ...
Bertrand Arthur William Russell, 3rd Earl Russell OM FRS (18 May 1872 – 2 February 1970), was a British philosopher, logician, and mathematician. ...
Music Dr David John de Lloyd (April 30, 1883 - August 20, 1948) was a Welsh musician and composer. ...
Ivor Novello David Ivor Davies (January 15, 1893 – March 6, 1951), better known as Ivor Novello, was a Welsh composer, singer and actor who became one of the most popular British entertainers of the early 20th century. ...
Film Harold Clayton Lloyd (April 20, 1893–March 8, 1971) was an American actor and filmmaker, most famous for his hugely successful and influential silent film comedies. ...
Sports Boxing, also called prizefighting (when referring to professional boxing), the sweet science (a common nickname among fans) or the gentlemans sport (used mainly in England), is a sport and martial art in which two participants of similar weight classification fight each other with their fists in a series of...
January 26 is the 26th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ...
Rhonddas Percy Jones became the first Welshman ever to win a World Title when he took the World Flyweight Championship from Bill Ladbury in 1914. ...
Featherweight is a weight class division in the sport of boxing. ...
March 30 is the 89th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (90th in a leap year). ...
Jimmy Wilde (May 12, 1892 in Tylorstown – March 10, 1969 in Cardiff) was a former boxer of Welsh origin. ...
Flyweight is a class in boxing which includes fighters weighing less than 112 lb (50 kg) but above 108 lb. ...
December 14 is the 348th day of the year (349th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ...
Welterweight is a weight class division in combat sports. ...
Births March 12 is the 71st day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (72nd in leap years). ...
Tommy (Thomas George) Farr (12 March 1914-1 March 1986) was one of the most famous Welsh boxers of the twentieth century. ...
1986 (MCMLXXXVI) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
April 23 is the 113th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (114th in leap years). ...
Glyn Edmund Daniel (23 April 1914–13 December 1986) was a British archaeologist who specialised in the European Neolithic and made some of the earliest efforts to popularise the subject on radio and television. ...
September 9 is the 252nd day of the year (253rd in leap years). ...
Alexander Cordell was the pen-name of George Alexander Graber (1914-1997), a prolific novelist and author of thirty acclaimed works including Rape of the Fair Country, The Hosts of Rebecca and Song of the Earth. ...
1997 (MCMXCVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
September 12 is the 255th day of the year (256th in leap years). ...
Desmond Wilkinson Llewelyn (September 12, 1913 – December 19, 1999) was a Welsh actor, famous for playing the fictional character of Q in the James Bond series of films. ...
1999 (MCMXCIX) was a common year starting on Friday, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ...
Clifford Henry Dyment (1914 – 1971) was a British poet, also a literary critic and editor, and journalist, best known for his poems on countryside topics. ...
1971 (MCMLXXI) was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1971 calendar). ...
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