1892 in Wales

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See also:	List of years in Wales 1892 in The United Kingdom Ireland Scotland

This article is about the particular significance of the year 1892 to Wales and its people.

Incumbents

• Prince of Wales — The Prince Albert Edward, son of Queen Victoria
• Princess of Wales — Alexandra of Denmark
• Archdruid of the National Eisteddfod of Wales — Clwydfardd

Events

• January — Children's magazine Cymru'r Plant launched by Owen Morgan Edwards.
• 5 March — St Michael's & All Angels (Anglican) Theological College is founded at Aberdare.
• 30 May — The South Wales Argus is launched, published in Newport.
• 14 July — Official inauguration of the Liverpool water supply from Lake Vyrnwy. The Vyrnwy dam is the first high masonry gravity dam in Britain.
• 13 September — Official inauguration of the Watkin Path up Snowdon.
• Gomer Press is established at Llandysul by J. D. Lewis.
• Parc and Dare Hall in Treorchy opens as a workingmen's institute and library.

Arts and literature

Awards

National Eisteddfod of Wales — held at Rhyl

• Chair — Evan Jones
• Crown — John John Roberts

New books

• D Davies — Patagonia: a description of the country
• Daniel James (Gwyrosydd) — Caniadau Gwyrosydd
• Thomas Gwynn Jones — Eglwys y Dyn Tlawd
• John Richard Williams (J.R. Tryfanwy) — Lloffion yr Amddifad

Music

• Joseph Parry — Saul of Tarsus (oratorio)
• David Christmas Williams — Traeth Llafar (cantata)

Sport

• Baseball — The Welsh Baseball Union is founded.
• Football — The Welsh Cup is won by Chirk for the fourth time in its 13-year history.
• Golf — Course at Aberdovey opened.

Births

• 23 March — Jack Whitfield, Wales rugby union captain (died 1927)
• 15 May — Jimmy Wilde, professional boxer (died 1969)
• 20 June — Geoffrey Crawshay, soldier and social benefactor (died 1954)
• 25 July — Brigadier Hugh Llewellyn Glyn Hughes, soldier and medical administrator (died 1973)
• 12 August — Jerry Shea, Welsh rugby union and rugby league player (died 1947)
• 18 September - Joe Johns, Welsh lightweight boxing champion (died 1927)
• 12 November — Tudor Davies, operatic tenor (died 1958)
• 19 November — Huw T. Edwards, trade union leader and politician (died 1970)
• date unknown — Hilda Vaughan, novelist (died 1985)

Deaths

• 5 March — Theophilus Redwood, pharmacist, 85
• 24 April — John Davies (Ossian Gwent), poet, 53
• 5 June — Robert Rees, singer and musician, 51
• 19 June — Lewis Llewelyn Dillwyn, industrialist and politician, 78
• 18 December — Richard Owen, anatomist, 88
• 27 December — Samuel Holland, politician, 89
• date unknown - William Davies (Gwilym Teilo), poet and historian