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Incumbents

• Prince of Wales - Edward, Prince of Wales, son of King George V of the United Kingdom
• Princess of Wales - vacant
• Archdruid of the National Eisteddfod of Wales - Dyfed

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Events

• February - Psychoanalyst Ernest Jones marries composer Morfydd Llwyn Owen.
• 6 July - Aqaba falls to a joint force of Arab irregulars and the supporters of Auda Abu Tayi, largely thanks to the efforts of T. E. Lawrence.
• 25 August - The steamship Cymrian is torpedoed by a German U-boat off Porthcawl, resulting in the deaths of 10 crew.
• 28 October - The steamship Eskmere is torpedoed by a German U-boat in St Bride's Bay, resulting in the deaths of 20 crew.
• 7 December - The steamship Earl of Elgin is torpedoed by a German U-boat in Caernarfon Bay, resulting in the deaths of 18 crew.
• 15 December - The steamship Formby is torpedoed by a German U-boat in Caernarfon Bay, resulting in the deaths of 15 crew.
• 27 December - The steamship Adela is torpedoed by a German U-boat off the Skerries, Anglesey, resulting in the deaths of 24 crew.
• The Rotary Club opens its first branches in Wales, at Cardiff and Llanelli.
• Launch of the first submarine built in Pembroke.
• Josiah Towyn Jones becomes a Junior Lord of the Treasury and government Whip.
• Jimmy Thomas is instrumental in forming the National Union of Railwaymen.
• Margaret Haig Thomas becomes Director of the Women's Department of the Ministry of National Service.

Ernest Jones (1879-1958) was arguably the best-known follower of Sigmund Freud. ... July 6 is the 187th day of the year (188th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 178 days remaining. ... Aqaba (Arabic: العقبة al-Ê»Aqabah) is a coastal town with a population of 101,290 (2000) and 2% of Jordans population in the far south of Jordan (). It is the capital of Aqaba Governorate. ... T. E. Lawrence in the white silk robes of the Sherifs of Mecca. ... August 25 is the 237th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (238th in leap years), with 128 days remaining. ... Porthcawl is a town of around 16,000 on the south Wales coast in the county borough of Bridgend, traditional county of Glamorgan. ... October 28 is the 301st day of the year (302nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 64 days remaining. ... St Brides Bay (Welsh: Bae Sain Ffraid) is a rocky inlet of western Pembrokeshire, Wales. ... December 7 is the 341st day (342nd in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 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. ... December 15 is the 349th day of the year (350th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 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. ... December 27 is the 361st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (362nd in leap years). ... The Skerries (grid reference SH268948) is the name for a group of sparsely-vegetated rocky islets lying 3 km offshore from Carmel Head, the northwest corner of Anglesey, Wales, c. ... Logo of Rotary International Rotary International is an organisation whose members comprise Rotary Clubs (service clubs) located all over the world. ... Cardiff (English:  Welsh: ) is the capital, largest and core city of Wales. ... Parish Church of St. ... Alvin in 1978, a year after first exploring hydrothermal vents. ... Pembroke Dock (Welsh: Doc Penfro) is a town in South Pembrokeshire, Wales, lying north of Pembroke at the end of Milford Haven. ... James (Jimmy) Henry Thomas, (October 3, 1874 - January 21, 1949) was a British trade unionist and Labour politician. ... The National Union of Railwaymen was a trade union of railway workers in Great Britain. ...

Arts and literature

• Papur Pawb ceases publication.

Awards

• National Eisteddfod of Wales (held in Birkenhead)

• National Eisteddfod of Wales: Chair - Hedd Wyn
• National Eisteddfod of Wales: Crown - William Evans (Wil Ifan)

The Eisteddfod (from Welsh eistedd, to sit; plural is eisteddfodau) is a Welsh festival of literature, music, and song. ... Map sources for Birkenhead at grid reference SJ3088 Birkenhead is a town on The Wirral Peninsula, Merseyside, on the left bank of the River Mersey, opposite Liverpool. ... Hedd Wyn (1887–31 July 1917) was a Merionethshire shepherd-poet of World War I. Born Ellis Humphrey Evans, he used the Bardic name Hedd Wyn, Welsh for white peace or blessed peace. Evans spent most of his life on a hill farm, Ysgwrn, near Trawsfynydd, Merionethshire. ...

New books

Music

Film

Sport

Births

• 9 January - Haydn Tanner, rugby player
• 21 April - Megs Jenkins, actress (died 1998)
• 10 June - Meredith Edwards, actor (died 1999)
• 27 October - Dylan Thomas, poet (died 1953)
• 26 November - Gerald James, actor (died 2006)

January 9 is the 9th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Haydn Tanner (born 9 January 1917 in Penclawdd) is a former Welsh rugby union player who also played for the British and Irish Lions. ... April 21 is the 111th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (112th in leap years). ... Megs Jenkins (April 21, 1917 - October 5, 1998), was a British character actress who appeared in a huge number of British films and television programmes. ... June 10 is the 161st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (162nd in leap years), with 204 days remaining. ... October 27 is the 300th day of the year (301st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 65 days remaining. ... Dylan Thomas Dylan Marlais Thomas (October 27, 1914 – November 9, 1953) was a Welsh poet and writer. ... November 26 is the 330th day (331st in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Gerald James (November 26, 1917 — June 2006) was a British actor best known for his character actor roles in British television productions such as The Sandbaggers, The Professionals, Secret Army, and Sapphire and Steel. ...

Deaths

• 9 April - Edward Thomas, Anglo-Welsh poet (born 1878)
• 1 May - William Knox D'Arcy, industrialist (born 1849)
• 31 July
  • Ellis Humphrey Evans ("Hedd Wyn"), poet (born 1887)
  • James Llewellyn Davies, VC recipient
• date unknown
  • Frederick William Harris, industrialist
  • Rhys Jones Huws, poet
  • Richard Lloyd, uncle of Lloyd George
  • John Williams, choirmaster (born 1856)