Events
- 25 February — The Resurgam, an early mechanically-powered submarine, sinks off Rhyl.
- 10 March — Six miners are killed in an accident at the Bedwellty Colliery, Tredegar.
- 29 April — At the United Kingdom general election, Wales elects 28 Liberal MPs. David Davies, Llandinam, is returned unopposed as member for Cardigan.
- 15 July — 120 miners are killed in an accident at the Risca Colliery.
- 3 August — Nine miners are killed in an accident at the Bersham Colliery in Wrexham.
- 10 December — 101 miners are killed in an accident at the Penygraig Colliery, Rhondda.
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Famous quotes containing the word events:
“Just as a mirror may be used to reflect images, so ancient events may be used to understand the present.”
—Chinese proverb.
“The system was breaking down. The one who had wandered alone past so many happenings and events began to feel, backing up along the primal vein that led to his center, the beginning of hiccup that would, if left to gather, explode the center to the extremities of life, the suburbs through which one makes one’s way to where the country is.”
—John Ashbery (b. 1927)
“One thing that makes art different from life is that in art things have a shape ... it allows us to fix our emotions on events at the moment they occur, it permits a union of heart and mind and tongue and tear.”
—Marilyn French (b. 1929)