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{{Year in Wales header|1919}}This article is about the particular significance of the year 1919 to Wales and its people. Incumbents- Prince of Wales – Edward
- Princess of Wales – vacant
- Archdruid of the National Eisteddfod of Wales – Evan Rees (known by the bardic name Dyfed)
Events- 13 January – The Red flag is hoisted during a mutiny on {{HMS|Kilbride}} at Milford Haven.[1]
- 4–5 March – Kinmel Park Riots by Canadian troops at Kinmel Camp, Bodelwyddan. Five men are killed and 28 injured.[2]
- 31 March – Submarine {{HMS|H52}} is launched at Pembroke Dock; commissioned on 16 December, she is the last Welsh-built fighting ship to enter the Royal Navy.[3]
- 14 May – The University College of Wales, Aberystwyth, establishes probably the world's first Chair in International Politics, endowed by David Davies and his sisters in honour of Woodrow Wilson, with Alfred Eckhard Zimmern as first professor.[4]
- 6 June – A race riot breaks out in Newport, Monmouthshire.
- 11 June – Three people are killed in a 4-day race riot in Cardiff.
- 10 July – Coalition Liberal candidate David Matthews wins the Swansea East by-election following the death of Thomas Jeremiah Williams MP.
- 4 August – Death of Thomas Francis Roberts, Principal of the University College of Wales, Aberystwyth, since 1891; he is succeeded by John Humphreys Davies.
- 25 August – Fire destroys the Waterloo Hydro, Aberystwyth's largest hotel.
- 20 December – Six seamen drown while returning to their ship by boat at Milford Haven.
- Welsh Church (Temporalities) Act 1919 passed.
- U.S. chemical company Monsanto enters a partnership with the Graesser chemical works at Cefn Mawr.
- John Sankey chairs the commission that recommends nationalisation of the coal industry.
- Surgeon John Lynn-Thomas is knighted.
- James Cory, Cardiff shipowner and philanthropist, is created a baronet.
- William James Thomas (Trethomas), coalowner and philanthropist, is created a baronet.
Arts and literatureAwards- National Eisteddfod of Wales (held in Corwen)
- National Eisteddfod of Wales: Chair – D. Cledlyn Davies
- National Eisteddfod of Wales: Crown – William Williams (Crwys)
New books- Sir Joseph Alfred Bradney – Noctes Flandricae
- William Evans (Wil Ifan) – Dail Iorwg
- David Rees Griffiths – Ambell Gainc[5]
- John Cowper Powys – After My Fashion (unpublished until 1980)
- W. Llewelyn Williams – The Making of Modern Wales
Music- The Final and Interim Reports of the Adult Education Committee of the Ministry of Reconstruction, 1918-1919 notes that "The population of both industrial and rural Wales offers the finest possible material for musical culture, though up to the present such culture has been confined within somewhat narrow limits."[6]
Film- Ivor Novello appears in his first film: The Call of the Blood.
Sport- Boxing – Jimmy Wilde goes on a tour of the USA, taking on all contenders.
- Quoits – Wales defeat England 219 – 203 at the Custom House in London.
- Rugby union – Wales lose to a touring New Zealand Army team.
Births- 17 February (in Washington, Co. Durham) – Jonah Jones, sculptor, writer and educationist (died 2004)
- 18 March – Menna Gallie née Humphreys, novelist and translator (died 1990)[7]
- 15 April – Emyr Humphreys, writer
- 22 May – Glyn Davies, economist (died 2003)
- 16 June – Morys Bruce, 4th Baron Aberdare (died 2005)
- 16 July – Harold Rubens, pianist and human rights activist (died 2010, in London)
- 17 October - Wyn Griffiths, footballer (died 2006)
- 22 October – Abdulrahim Abby Farah, Somali diplomat and politician (died 2018 in the United States)
- 12 December – Cliff Davies, Wales international rugby player (died 1967)
- 27 December – Brinley Rees, academic (died 2004)
Deaths- 2 January – Arthur Gould, Wales international rugby captain, 54
- 3 January – James Hills-Johnes, Victoria Cross recipient, 85
- 24 February – Edward Bishop, Wales international rugby player, 54
- 27 February – Robert Harris, Welsh-born painter, 69
- 12 June – Thomas Jeremiah Williams, Coalition Liberal Member of Parliament (MP) for Swansea East
- 13 July – Theo Harding, Wales international rugby player
- 26 July
- Griffith Hugh Jones (Gutyn Arfon), composer
- Richard Hughes Williams (Dic Tryfan), writer
- 4 August – Thomas Francis Roberts, academic, 58
- 27 September – Adelina Patti, singer, 76
- 15 October – Arthur Owen Vaughan (Owen Rhoscomyl), novelist, 56
- 3 December – Volney Rogers, Welsh-American lawyer, 73
References1. ^{{cite book|author=Tony Cliff|title=Lenin|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Kw0fAAAAMAAJ|year=1979|publisher=Pluto Press|isbn=978-0-86104-023-0}}
2. ^{{cite book|author=Jason Wilson|title=Soldiers of Song: The Dumbells and Other Canadian Concert Parties of the First World War|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5o7ZAgAAQBAJ&pg=PT219|date=6 November 2012|publisher=Wilfrid Laurier Univ. Press|isbn=978-1-55458-883-1|pages=219}}
3. ^{{cite book|author=Derek Walters|title=The History of the British 'U' Class Submarine|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VyeJ9DOXcOAC&pg=PA2|year=2004|publisher=Casemate Publishers|isbn=978-1-84415-131-8|pages=2}}
4. ^{{cite web|title=The Legacy of One Man's Vision|url=http://www.aber.ac.uk/en/interpol/about/|publisher=Aberystwyth University, Department of International Politics|accessdate=2015-01-27}}
5. ^{{cite web|url=https://biography.wales/article/s2-GRIF-REE-1882|title=GRIFFITHS, DAVID REES (‘Amanwy’; 1882-1953), poet and writer|author=Gomer Morgan Roberts|website=Dictionary of Welsh Biography|publisher=National Library of Wales|access-date=4 October 2018}}
6. ^{{cite book|title=The 1919 Report: The Final and Interim Reports of the Adult Education Committee of the Ministry of Reconstruction, 1918-1919|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bZ9RAQAAMAAJ|year=1980|publisher=Department of Adult Education, University of Nottingham}}
7. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.writersplaques.org/plaques/?id=140451|work=Writers plaques|title=Menna Gallie|publisher=Literature Wales|accessdate=2015-01-27}}
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