Events
- 13 January - The Red flag is hoisted during a mutiny on HMS Kilbride at Milford Haven.
- 4–5 March - Kinmel Park Riots by Canadian troops at Kinmel Camp, Bodelwyddan. Five men are killed and 28 injured.
- 6 June - A race riot breaks out in Newport, Monmouthshire.
- 11 June - Three people are killed in a 4-day race riot in Cardiff.
- 10 July - Coalition Liberal candidate David Matthews wins the Swansea East by-election following the death of Thomas Jeremiah Williams MP.
- 25 August - Fire destroys the Waterloo Hydro, Aberystwyth's largest hotel.
- 20 December - Six seamen drowned while returning to their ship by boat at Milford Haven.
- John Sankey chairs the commission that recommends nationalisation of the coal industry.
- John Humphreys Davies becomes Principal of the University of Wales, Aberystwyth.
- Surgeon John Lynn-Thomas is knighted.
- James Cory, Cardiff shipping magnate, is created a baronet.
- William James Thomas (Trethomas) is created a baronet.
Read more about this topic: 1919 In Wales
Famous quotes containing the word events:
“At all events there is in Brooklyn
something that makes me feel at home.”
—Marianne Moore (1887–1972)
“Turn where we may, within, around, the voice of great events is proclaiming to us, Reform, that you may preserve!”
—Thomas Babington Macaulay (1800–1859)
“The great events of life often leave one unmoved; they pass out of consciousness, and, when one thinks of them, become unreal. Even the scarlet flowers of passion seem to grow in the same meadow as the poppies of oblivion.”
—Oscar Wilde (1854–1900)
Related Phrases
Related Words