This article is about the particular significance of the year 1906 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 – Sir James Williams-Drummond, 4th Baronet Lord Lieutenant of Denbighshire – William Cornwallis-West Lord Lieutenant of Flintshire – Hugh Robert Hughes Lord Lieutenant of Glamorgan – Robert Windsor-Clive, 1st Earl of Plymouth Lord Lieutenant of Merionethshire – W. R. M. Wynne Lord Lieutenant of Monmouthshire – Godfrey Morgan, 1st Viscount Tredegar Lord Lieutenant of Montgomeryshire – Sir Herbert Williams-Wynn, 7th Baronet Lord Lieutenant of Pembrokeshire – Frederick Campbell, 3rd Earl Cawdor 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 13 February - In the United Kingdom general election: For the first time ever, no Conservative MP is elected in Wales. William Brace becomes Labour MP for South Glamorganshire. David Davies becomes Liberal MP for Montgomeryshire. Ivor Guest becomes Liberal MP for Cardiff District. Alfred Mond becomes Liberal MP for Chester. John David Rees becomes Liberal MP for Montgomery District. Ivor Treowen becomes MP for South Monmouthshire. John Williams becomes MP for Gower District. 5 June - At the Eifion by-election, brought about by the resignation of John Bryn Roberts, Liberal candidate Ellis Davies is elected unopposed. 27 June - One of the strongest earthquakes recorded in the UK strikes Swansea with a strength of 5.2 on the Richter Scale, damaging several buildings. August - Evan Roberts suffers a breakdown, signalling the end of the 1904-1905 Welsh Revival. 14 August - The East Denbighshire by-election, brought about by the resignation of Samuel Moss, is won by the Liberal candidate Edward Hemmerde. 30 August - Official opening of Fishguard Harbour. 12 September - Opening of Newport Transporter Bridge. October The new City Hall, Cardiff, and Law Courts are opened in Cathays Park. Opening of the first purpose-built sanatorium in Wales, at Allt-yr-yn, Newport. A by-election is held in Mid Glamorganshire as a result of the appointment of its MP, Samuel Evans, as Recorder of