This article is about the particular significance of the year 1892 to Wales and its people.

Incumbents

• Prince of Wales The Prince Albert Edward, son of Queen Victoria
• Princess of Wales Alexandra of Denmark
• Archdruid of the National Eisteddfod of Wales Clwydfardd

Events

• 14 July Official inauguration of the Liverpool water supply from Lake Vyrnwy. The Vyrnwy dam is the first high masonry gravity dam in Britain.
• St Michael's & All Angels Theological College is founded at Aberdare.
• The South Wales Argus is launched, published in Newport.
• Children's magazine, Cymru'r Plant, launched by Owen Morgan Edwards.
• Construction of the Parc and Dare Theatre (as a workingmen's institute).

Arts and literature

Awards

National Eisteddfod of Wales held at Rhyl

• Chair Evan Jones
• Crown John John Roberts

New books

• D Davies Patagonia: a description of the country
• Daniel James (Gwyrosydd) Caniadau Gwyrosydd
• Thomas Gwynn Jones Eglwys y Dyn Tlawd
• John Richard Williams (J.R. Tryfanwy) Lloffion yr Amddifad

Music

• Joseph Parry Saul of Tarsus (oratorio)
• David Christmas Williams Traeth Llafar (cantata)

Sport

• Baseball - The Welsh Baseball Union is founded.
• Football The Welsh Cup is won by Chirk for the fourth time in its 13-year history.

Births

• 23 March Jack Whitfield, Wales rugby union captain (died 1927)
• 20 June Geoffrey Crawshay, soldier and social benefactor (died 1954)
• 25 July Brigadier Hugh Llewellyn Glyn Hughes, soldier and medical administrator (died 1973)
• 12 August Jerry Shea, Welsh rugby union and rugby league player (died 1947)
• 18 September - Joe Johns, Welsh lightweight boxing champion (died 1927)
• 12 November Tudor Davies, operatic tenor (died 1958)
• 19 November Huw T. Edwards, trade union leader and politician (died 1970)
• date unknown Hilda Vaughan, novelist (died 1985)

Deaths

• 5 March Theophilus Redwood, pharmacist, 85
• 24 April John Davies (Ossian Gwent), poet, 53
• 5 June Robert Rees, singer and musician, 51
• 19 June Lewis Llewelyn Dillwyn, industrialist and politician, 78
• 18 December Richard Owen, anatomist, 88
• 27 December Samuel Holland, politician, 89
• date unknown - William Davies (Gwilym Teilo), poet and historian