1890 in Wales
This article is about the particular significance of the year 1890 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 – Christopher Rice Mansel Talbot (until 17 January); Robert Windsor-Clive, 1st Earl of Plymouth (from 26 June) Lord Lieutenant of Merionethshire – Robert Davies Pryce Lord Lieutenant of Monmouthshire – Henry Somerset, 8th Duke of Beaufort Lord Lieutenant of Montgomeryshire – Edward Herbert, 3rd Earl of Powis Lord Lieutenant of Pembrokeshire – William Edwardes, 4th Baron Kensington Lord Lieutenant of Radnorshire – Arthur Walsh, 2nd Baron Ormathwaite Bishop of Bangor – James Colquhoun Campbell (retired in April) Daniel Lewis Lloyd (from 24 June) Bishop of Llandaff – Richard Lewis Bishop of St Asaph – Alfred George Edwards (from 25 March) Bishop of St Davids – Basil Jones Events 6 February - In a gas explosion at Llanerch Colliery, Pontypool, 176 miners are killed. 10 March - In a gas explosion at Morfa Colliery, Port Talbot, 86 miners are killed. 7 April - An Easter Monday conference at Llangefni leads to agreement with employers on a shorter working day for male agricultural labourers. 13 April - At a by-election in Caernarfon, David Lloyd George wins the seat for the Liberals from the Conservatives, defeating H. J. E. Nanney, the local squire; Lloyd George remains the constituency MP until his death in 1945. 22 May - Y Cymro is launched by Isaac Foulkes (Llyfrbryf) in Liverpool as a liberal weekly Welsh language "national newspaper for Welshmen at home and abroad"; it is published until 1909. Summer - Queen Elisabeth of Romania visits Llandudno, staying for five weeks and later remembering it as "a beautiful haven of peace"; the phrase is later translated into Welsh and used as the town's motto. 21 December - Beginning of a 3-week period of severe winter weather causing deaths and disruption to daily life in many parts of Wales. Opening of the Rock Mill watermill for woollen milling at Capel Dewi, Llandysul. Arts and literature Awards National Eisteddfod of Wales - held at Bangor Chair - Thomas Tudno Jones, "Y Llafurwr" Crown - John John Roberts, "Ardderchog Lu'r Merthyri" New books Rhoda Broughton - Alas! Arthur Machen - The Great God Pan (in the magazine The Whirlwind) Music Events The National Musical Association of Wales is formed, with Joseph Parry as a sponsor. Works John Thomas Rees - "Duw sydd noddfa" Sport Cricket - The England ladies' team plays an exhibition match at Newport. Football - The Welsh Cup is won by Chirk for the third time. Hockey - The Welsh Hockey Association is founded. Rugby union - Wales win