1900 in Wales - Events

Events

• 3 January — Royal Yacht Victoria and Albert almost capsizes while being floated out of dry dock at Pembroke Dock on completion of her construction.
• 4 April — An anarchist shoots at the Prince of Wales during his visit to Belgium for the birthday celebrations of the King of Belgium.
• June — The Royal Welch Fusiliers form the largest contingent in the multinational coalition forces helping to relieve the siege of Peking during the Boxer Rebellion.
• 9 July — The Dowlais Iron Company and Arthur Keen's Patent Nut and Bolt Company merged to form Guest, Keen & Co. Ltd.
• August — Taff Vale Railway strike.
• 10 September — The German steamship, Stormarn, and the Gordon Castle collide in fog in Cardigan Bay with the loss of 20 lives.
• 25 September — Beginning of the United Kingdom general election, in which:
  • Keir Hardie is elected for Merthyr Tydfil, one of the first Labour MPs in Britain.
  • Frederick Rutherfoord Harris becomes Conservative MP for Monmouth Boroughs.
  • Francis Edwards regains Radnorshire for the Liberals.
  • George Newnes becomes MP for Swansea Town.
  • Edward James Reed regains Cardiff.
  • Sir Henry Morton Stanley retires from Parliament.
• 7 November — The steamer City of Vienna sinks off Swansea with the loss of 20 crew members. There is one survivor.
• 22 November — Beginning of the long-running Penrhyn Quarry industrial dispute.
• 28 December — The barque Primrose Hill is wrecked on South Stack off Holyhead, with the loss of 33 lives.
• The 'Long Bridge' at Risca, formerly part of the Monmouthshire Canal, is demolished.
• The Aberdare Canal closes.
• The United States census figures show a Welsh immigrant population totalling 93,744, plus 173,416 children — an all-time high.