This article is about the particular significance of the year 1914 to Wales and its people.
Incumbents
Archdruid of the National Eisteddfod of Wales – Dyfed
Lord Lieutenant of Anglesey – Sir Richard Henry Williams-Bulkeley, 12th Baronet
Lord Lieutenant of Brecknockshire – Joseph Bailey, 2nd Baron Glanusk
Lord Lieutenant of Caernarvonshire – John Ernest Greaves
Lord Lieutenant of Cardiganshire – Herbert Davies-Evans
Lord Lieutenant of Carmarthenshire – John William Gwynne Hughes
Lord Lieutenant of Denbighshire – William Cornwallis-West
Lord Lieutenant of Flintshire – William Glynne Charles Gladstone
Lord Lieutenant of Glamorgan – Robert Windsor-Clive, 1st Earl of Plymouth
Lord Lieutenant of Merionethshire – Sir Osmond Williams, 1st Baronet
Lord Lieutenant of Monmouthshire – Ivor Herbert, 1st Baron Treowen
Lord Lieutenant of Montgomeryshire – Sir Herbert Williams-Wynn, 7th Baronet
Lord Lieutenant of Pembrokeshire – John Philipps, 1st Viscount St Davids
Lord Lieutenant of Radnorshire – Powlett Milbank
Bishop of Bangor – Watkin Williams
Bishop of Llandaff – Joshua Pritchard Hughes
Bishop of St Asaph – A. G. Edwards (later Archbishop of Wales) Bishop of St Davids – John Owen
Events
14 January - The first trolleybuses in Wales come into operation, in Aberdare. 23 February - Light cruiser HMS Cordelia is launched at Pembroke Dock. 11 March - A Welsh Home Rule Bill is introduced by Edward T. John, MP for East Denbighshire; it fails. 4 April - Ystradfellte Reservoir inaugurated. 2 May - South Wales Transport begins operating motorbuses in the Swansea area. 4 August - World War I: Declaration of war by the United Kingdom on the German Empire. 6 August - Pembroke Dock-built becomes the first British naval casualty of the war when she strikes mines off the east coast. 18 September - Welsh Church Act, disestablishing the Church in Wales, receives Royal Assent, but simultaneously with the Suspensory Act which delays its coming into effect. 21 September - William Charles Fuller wins the Victoria Cross for carrying a wounded officer to safety under fire. 14 November - Light cruiser HMS Carysfort is launched at Pembroke Dock. unknown dates A women's teacher training college opens at Barry; a men's equivalent opens at Caerleon. The hundredth intermediate school in Wales is established under the Welsh Intermediate and Technical Education Act, 1889. William James Thomas, industrialist and philanthropist, is knighted. Pen-coed Castle is restored by D. A. Thomas, Viscount Rhondda.
Arts and literature
January - The monthly periodical Welsh Outlook is founded by Thomas Jones (T. J.).
Awards
National Eisteddfod of Wales - not held
New books
Rhoda Broughton - Concerning a Vow
Moelwyn - Caniadau Moelwyn, vol. 4
Bertrand Russell - Our Knowledge of the External World as a Field for Scientific Method in Philosophy T. E. Ellis - Pont Orewyn
Drama
T. Gwynn Jones - Caradog yn Rhufain
Music
David John de Lloyd - Gwlad fy Nhadau (cantata) Ivor Novello - "Keep the Home Fires Burning" William Rhys-Herbert - The Bo'sn's Bride (operetta based on a play by Maude Elizabeth Inch)
Film
Welsh-descended Harold Lloyd begins his film career. Wild Wales
Sport
Boxing
26 January: Percy Jones wins the British, European and World (disputed) featherweight titles. 30 March: Jimmy Wilde wins the European flyweight title. 7 July: Freddie Welsh wins the World lightweight title 14 December: Johnny Basham wins the British welterweight title. Rugby union 14 March: After Percy Jones is targeted by Irish players during the 1914 Five Nations Championship, Harry Uzzell leads his men in retaliation in a game notorious for its on the field violence. Wales win the match, and the Welsh pack are dubbed the 'Terrible Eight' by the press.