Events
- January — At least five people freeze to death during blizzards and extreme low temperatures throughout Wales.
- August — The Sunday Closing (Wales) Act prohibits the sale of alcohol on a Sunday. This is the first Act of Parliament in the United Kingdom since the 1542 Act of Union whose application is restricted to Wales.
- 13 October — 19 people drown when the Cyprian is wrecked off the Lleyn peninsula.
- River Vyrnwy is dammed to create Lake Vyrnwy.
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