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.
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