Events
- 13 February - In the United Kingdom general election:
- For the first time ever, no Conservative MP was elected in Wales.
- William Brace becomes Labour MP for South Glamorganshire.
- David Davies becomes Liberal MP for Montgomeryshire.
- Ivor Guest becomes Liberal MP for Cardiff District.
- Alfred Mond becomes Liberal MP for Chester.
- John David Rees becomes Liberal MP for Montgomery District.
- Ivor Treowen becomes MP for South Monmouthshire.
- John Williams becomes MP for Gower District.
- 27 June - One of the strongest earthquakes recorded in the UK strikes Swansea with a strength of 5.2 on the Richter Scale, damaging several buildings.
- 30 August - Official opening of Fishguard Harbour.
- 12 September - Opening of Newport Transporter Bridge.
- October - New City Hall, Cardiff, opens in Cathays Park.
- Evan Roberts suffers a breakdown, signalling the end of the 1904-1905 Welsh Revival.
- David Brynmor Jones is knighted.
- Opening of the first purpose-built sanatorium in Wales, at Allt-yr-yn, Newport.
- Hydro-electricity is generated for the first time in Wales, at Cwm Dyli in Gwynedd.
- Anglican Benedictine monks arrive at Caldey Island to found a community.
- The South Wales Miners' Federation affiliates to the Labour Party.
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