This article is about the particular significance of the year 1891 to Wales and its people.

1891
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Wales
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Timeline of Welsh history
1891 in
The United Kingdom
Scotland
Elsewhere

Incumbents

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Events

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  • 5 April – The United Kingdom Census (the first to record what languages are spoken in Wales by everyone over the age of three) shows there to be 1,685,614 speakers of Welsh in Wales, 54.4% of the population.
  • 12 AugustAdelina Patti opens her private theatre at Craig-y-Nos Castle.[18]
  • date unknown – The South Wales and Monmouthshire Training School of Cookery and the Domestic Arts opens in Cardiff.
  • Owen Morgan Edwards launches his popular monthly magazine Cymru.

Arts and literature

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Awards

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National Eisteddfod of Wales – held at Swansea

New books

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English language

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  • George Essex EvansThe Repentance of Magdalene Despar and other poems
  • William Nicholas Johns – History of the Church of S. Gwynllyw (S. Woolos, Newport)
  • Edward Jones – Y Gymdeithasfa[20]

Welsh language

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Music

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Sport

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Births

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Deaths

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See also

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References

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