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{{Year in Wales header|1914}}This article is about the particular significance of the year 1914 to Wales and its people. Incumbents- Prince of Wales - Edward
- Princess of Wales - vacant
- Archdruid of the National Eisteddfod of Wales - Dyfed
Events- 14 January - The first trolleybuses in Wales come into operation, in Aberdare.
- 23 February - Light cruiser HMS Cordelia is launched at Pembroke Dock.
- 2 May - South Wales Transport begins operating motorbuses in the Swansea area.
- 4 August - World War I: Declaration of war by the United Kingdom on the German Empire.[1]
- 6 August - Pembroke Dock-built {{HMS|Amphion|1911}} becomes the first British naval casualty of the war when she strikes mines off the east coast.
- 18 September - Welsh Church Act, disestablishing the Church in Wales, receives Royal Assent, but simultaneously with the Suspensory Act which delays its coming into effect.
- 21 September - William Charles Fuller wins the Victoria Cross for carrying a wounded officer to safety under fire.
- 14 November - Light cruiser HMS Carysfort is launched at Pembroke Dock.
- 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.
- William James Thomas, industrialist and philanthropist, is knighted.[2]
Arts and literature- January - The monthly periodical Welsh Outlook is founded by Thomas Jones (T. J.).[3]
Awards- National Eisteddfod of Wales - not held
New books- Rhoda Broughton - Concerning a Vow
- Moelwyn - Caniadau Moelwyn, vol. 4
- Bertrand Russell - Our Knowledge of the External World as a Field for Scientific Method in Philosophy
- T. E. Ellis - Pont Orewyn[4]
Drama- T. Gwynn Jones - Caradog yn Rhufain[5]
Music- David John de Lloyd - Gwlad fy Nhadau (cantata)
- Ivor Novello - "Keep the Home Fires Burning"
Film- Welsh-descended Harold Lloyd begins his film career.
- Wild Wales
Sport- Boxing
- 26 January: Percy Jones wins the British, European and World (disputed) featherweight titles.
- 30 March: Jimmy Wilde wins the European flyweight title.
- 7 July: Freddie Welsh wins the World lightweight title
- 14 December: Johnny Basham wins the British welterweight title.
- Rugby union
- 14 March: After Percy Jones is targeted by Irish players during the 1914 Five Nations Championship, Harry Uzzell leads his men in retaliation in a game notorious for its on the field violence. Wales win the match, and the Welsh pack are dubbed the 'Terrible Eight' by the press.
Births- 28 January - Trefor Morgan, financier (d. 1970)
- 11 February - Mervyn Levy, art critic (d. 1996)
- 12 March - Tommy Farr, boxer (d. 1986)
- 12 March - Cliff Jones, Wales international rugby captain (d. 1990)
- 21 March - Sir Goronwy Daniel, academic and civil servant (d. 2003)
- 23 April - Glyn Daniel, archaeologist and television presenter (d. 1986)
- 18 May - Louis Ford, footballer
- 24 May
- Sir Granville Beynon, physicist, (d. 1996)
- Harry Parr Davies, composer and songwriter (d. 1955)
- 9 September - Alexander Cordell, novelist (d. 1997)
- 12 September - Desmond Llewelyn, actor (d. 1999)
- 22 October - David Tecwyn Lloyd, author (d. 1992)
- 27 October - Dylan Thomas, poet (d. 1953)
- 21 November - Charles Fisher, poet (d. 2006)
- 2 December - Russell Taylor, Wales international rugby player
- 7 December - Bryan Hopkin, economist (d. 2009)
- date unknown - Norah Isaac, educationalist (died 2003)
Deaths- 22 February - Ivor Bertie Guest, 1st Baron Wimborne, 78
- 4 May - Rowland Griffiths, rugby player, 28 (typhoid)
- 18 June - Abel Davies, rugby union player, 53?
- 21 June - Morgan Bransby Williams, engineer, 89[6]
- 23 July - Harry Evans, conductor and composer, 41
- 8 August - Sir Edward Anwyl, academic, 48
- 22 August (in Swanley) - James Dickson Innes, artist, 27 (tuberculosis)
- 27 August - William Lewis, 1st Baron Merthyr, 77
- 17 September - Shadrach Pryce, clergyman and educationalist, 81
- 2 October - Jack Hughes, footballer, 59
- 27 October - Sir T. Marchant Williams, lawyer and author
References1. ^{{cite book|title=Penguin Pocket On This Day|publisher=Penguin Reference Library|isbn=0-14-102715-0|year=2006}}
2. ^{{cite web|url=https://biography.wales/article/s2-THOM-JAM-1867|title=THOMAS, Sir WILLIAM JAMES (1867 - 1945), BARONET, coalowner, philanthropist|website=Dictionary of Welsh Biography|publisher=National Library of Wales|author=Owen Picton Davies|access-date=27 November 2018}}
3. ^{{cite web|url=https://journals.library.wales/view/1311205/1311206/0#?xywh=-171%2C-571%2C3437%2C5023|title=Welsh outlook a monthly journal|website=National Library of Wales|access-date=27 November 2018}}
4. ^Welsh Biography Online. Accessed 16 June 2014
5. ^{{cite book|title=Y Gymraes: cyhoeddiad misol darluniadol i ferched Cymru|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sbsZLfk9A1IC|year=1913|publisher=E.W. Evans.}}
6. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.gracesguide.co.uk/Morgan_Bransby_Williams|title=Morgan Bransby Williams - 1914 Obituary|website=Grace's Guide to British Industrial History|access-date=27 November 2018}}
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