This article is about the particular significance of the year 1929 to Wales and its people.
Incumbents
Archbishop of Wales – Alfred George Edwards, Bishop of St Asaph Archdruid of the National Eisteddfod of Wales – Pedrog
Events 6 January - The abbey on Caldey Island is handed over by the Benedictine order to its new owners, Belgian Cistercians. February - 700 people are involved in a riot at Cwmfelinfach, when strikebreakers are used during an industrial dispute at the Nine Mile Point Colliery. 13 March - Former ironclad warship is towed to Pembroke Dock to finish her service with the Royal Navy as an oil fuelling hulk. 24–26 April - The Royal Air Force's Squadron Leader Arthur G. Jones-Williams and Flight Lieutenant Norman H. Jenkins make the first non-stop flight from Britain to India.O'Connor, Derek, "Going Long," Aviation History, March 2016, p. 53. 30 May - In the United Kingdom general election: Megan Lloyd George becomes Liberal MP for Anglesey – the first female MP in Wales. Aneurin Bevan becomes MP for Ebbw Vale. Other newly elected MPs include John Jestyn Llewellin at Uxbridge and Robert Richards at Wrexham. Lewis Valentine is Plaid Cymru’s first parliamentary candidate. Plaid Cymru obtain a total of 609 votes in Wales. J. H. Thomas becomes Lord Privy Seal in the new government. 9 July - After a collision with another vessel, HMS L12, the Royal Navy submarine H47 sinks off the Pembrokeshire coast, killing 21 crewmen. 10 July - Nine miners are killed in a mining accident at Milfraen, Blaenavon. 11 November - of rain falls within a single day at Lluest-wen Reservoir, a record for a place in Wales. Below in the Rhondda this month, 400 people are made homeless by flooding. 25 November - Cargo steamer Molesey is wrecked on Skomer Island with the loss of 7 lives; British Movietone News shoots the first-ever sound footage of such an event. 28 November - Seven miners are killed in an accident at Wernbwll Colliery, Penclawdd. date unknown The University of Wales begins awarding teacher training certificates at colleges of education in Wales. The number of motor vehicles in Wales exceeds 100,000 for the first time.
Arts and literature The first Urdd National Eisteddfod is held, at Corwen Pavilion.
Awards National Eisteddfod of Wales (held in Liverpool) National Eisteddfod of Wales: Chair - David Emrys Jones, "Dafydd ap Gwilym" National Eisteddfod of Wales: Crown - Caradog Prichard, "Y Gân Ni Chanwyd"
New books English language John Hugh Edwards - David Lloyd George, the Man and the Statesman Richard Hughes - A High Wind in Jamaica Elisabeth Inglis-Jones - Starved Fields Huw Menai - The Passing of Guto Bertrand Russell - Marriage and Morals
Welsh language Ambrose Bebb - Llydaw Kate Roberts - Rhigolau Bywyd
Music W. Bradwen - Paradwys y Bardd David John de Lloyd - Forty Welsh Traditional Tunes (arrangements)
Film Ray Milland appears in his first Hollywood films.
Broadcasting Welsh-language radio begins to be broadcast from the BBC's Daventry transmitter.
Sport Football - The Football Association of Wales makes its first overseas tour, to Canada. Rugby Union 23 February - 1929 Wales beat France 8–3 at the National Stadium in Cardiff
Births 2 January - John Lansdown, computer graphics pioneer (died 1999)Huw Jones, Obituaries — Great plans for computers: John Lansdown, The Guardian, 3 March 1999. 28 January - Clem Thomas, Wales and British Lions international rugby player (died 1996) 14 February - Wyn Morris, conductor (died 2010) 20 March - Herbert Wilson, physicist and biophysicist (died 2008) 25 April - Malcolm Thomas, Wales international rugby union captain (died 2012) 20 May - Bobi Jones, author (died 2017) 11 August - Alun Hoddinott, composer (died 2008) 2 September - Victor Spinetti, actor (died 2012) October - Robyn Léwis, politician and archdruid (died 2019) 16 October - Ivor Allchurch, Wales international footballer (died 1997) 20 October - Colin Jeavons, actor 27 October - Alun Richards, novelist (died 2003) 2 November - Carwyn James, rugby coach (died 1983) 7 November - Urien Wiliam, dramatist (died 2006) 4 December - Ednyfed Hudson Davies, politician (died 2018) 30 December - Charles Lynn Davies, Wales international rugby player date unknown Paul Ferris, author John Morgan, journalist and broadcaster (died 1988)
Deaths 2 January - David James, Wales international rugby player, 62 15 January - William Boyd Dawkins, geologist and historian, 91 20 February - Henry Bruce, 2nd Baron Aberdare, 77 16 April - Sir John Morris-Jones, poet and grammarian, 64 29 April - Violet Herbert, Countess of Powis, 63Charles Mosley, editor, Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes (Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003), volume 1, page 1029. 30 April - Cliff Bowen, Wales international rugby player and county cricketer, 54Cliff Bowen player profile Scrum.com 13 May - David Thomas (Afan), composer, 47 15 May - Grace Rhys, writer, wife of Ernest Rhys, 64 30 May - Owen Davies, Baptist minister and writer, 68/9 2 June - Fred Andrews, Wales international rugby player, 64 15 June - Llewellyn Atherley-Jones, politician, 78/79 23 July - John Hinds, businessman and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Carmarthenshire, 65 29 August - Viv Huzzey, Wales international rugby union player, 53 6 September - Richard Ellis, bibliographer and librarian, 62 19 October - John Evan Davies, Calvinistic Methodist minister and writer, 79 20 November - David Williams, archdeacon of Cardigan, 88WILLIAMS, Ven. David’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2008; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2007 accessed 5 Aug 2013 7 December - Jenkin Jones, trade union leader, 70"News in brief", The Times, 12 December 1929 17 December - Arthur G. Jones-Williams, aviation pioneer, 31 (air crash)Flight Global, 14 March 1930, p. 308 Retrieved 27 February 2010. 21 December - James Williams, hockey player, 51 date unknown - John Evan Davies, minister and writer, 78/9
See also 1929 in Northern Ireland
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