Indexes of individual years in Wales.
2020s - 2010s - 2000s - 1990s - 1980s - 1970s - 1960s - 1950s - 1940s - 1930s - 1920s - 1910s - 1900s - 1890s - 1880s - 1870s - 1860s - 1850s - 1840s - 1830s - 1820s - 1810s - 1800s - 1790s - 1780s - 1770s - 1760s - 1750s - 1740s - 1730s - 1720s - 1710s - Pre-1710
2020s edit
2010s edit
- 2019 in Wales – Cardiff City F.C.'s new signing, Emiliano Sala, is killed in a plane crash while returning to Wales from France.
- 2018 in Wales – Mark Drakeford replaces Carwyn Jones as First Minister.
- 2017 in Wales – June Osborne becomes the first female Bishop of Llandaff.
- 2016 in Wales – Ifor ap Glyn replaces Gillian Clarke as the National Poet of Wales.
- 2015 in Wales – The ferry service between Dún Laoghaire in Ireland and Holyhead ends after two centuries.
- 2014 in Wales – Wales win a record total of 36 medals at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow.
- 2013 in Wales – A fire at the National Library of Wales causes some damage to the collection.
- 2012 in Wales – The Millennium Stadium hosts the opening event of the London Olympics in the football competition, with 11 matches being held in total.
- 2011 in Wales – The Welsh devolution referendum, 63.49% vote in favour of the Welsh Assembly able to make laws in areas it has powers for.
- 2010 in Wales – Wales hosts golf's Ryder Cup for the first time
2000s edit
- 2009 in Wales - Carwyn Jones takes over from Rhodri Morgan as First Minister of Wales
- 2008 in Wales - Resignation of Peter Hain as Secretary of State for Wales
- 2007 in Wales - Introduction of the legal ban on smoking in public places
- 2006 in Wales - The Queen opens the new Senedd building in Cardiff
- 2005 in Wales - Cardiff celebrates its centenary as a city (50 years as Welsh capital)
- 2004 in Wales - Wales Millennium Centre opens
- 2003 in Wales - Michael Howard becomes leader of the UK Conservative Party
- 2002 in Wales - Cowbridge businessman Peter Shaw is kidnapped in Georgia, but escapes after five months
- 2001 in Wales - Launch of the pressure group Cymuned
- 2000 in Wales - Wales child abuse scandal
1990s edit
- 1999 in Wales - First elections to the National Assembly for Wales
- 1998 in Wales - Alun Michael becomes Secretary of State for Wales
- 1997 in Wales - Referendum on devolution results in narrow "Yes" vote
- 1996 in Wales - Founding of the Owain Glyndwr Society
- 1995 in Wales - Disappearance of Richey Edwards
- 1994 in Wales - Tower Colliery is bought by its workforce
- 1993 in Wales - John Redwood makes an unsuccessful attempt to mime to the Welsh national anthem
- 1992 in Wales - Ebbw Vale Garden Festival
- 1991 in Wales - Four nights of rioting in Ely, Cardiff
- 1990 in Wales - Flooding in Towyn, north Wales
1980s edit
- 1989 in Wales - The Hippocratic oath is taken in Welsh for the first time
- 1988 in Wales - Steve Jones wins the New York Marathon
- 1987 in Wales - Ieuan Wyn Jones wins Ynys Môn
- 1986 in Wales - First Welsh Proms
- 1985 in Wales - The campaigning group Cefn is founded
- 1984 in Wales - Beginning of the miners' strike
- 1983 in Wales - Neil Kinnock becomes leader of the UK Labour Party
- 1982 in Wales - 32 Welsh Guardsmen are killed on Sir Galahad in the Falklands War
- 1981 in Wales - Charles, Prince of Wales marries Lady Diana Spencer
- 1980 in Wales - Campaigners force the government to honour its promise of a Welsh language fourth television channel
1970s edit
- 1979 in Wales - The Saint David's Day devolution referendum rejects the idea of a Welsh Assembly by four to one
- 1978 in Wales - Death of Sir Clough Williams-Ellis
- 1977 in Wales - Johnny Owen wins the British bantamweight boxing championship
- 1976 in Wales - InterCity 125 high-speed trains begin running between Swansea and Paddington
- 1975 in Wales - Opening of the Cleddau Bridge
- 1974 in Wales - Berwyn Mountain Incident
- 1973 in Wales - Completion of the Llyn Brianne dam
- 1972 in Wales - The Local Government Act 1972 transforms Wales into eight counties.
- 1971 in Wales - Ryan Davies and Ronnie Williams become household names when their show is transferred to BBC1
- 1970 in Wales - Bernice Rubens wins the Booker Prize
1960s edit
- 1969 in Wales - Investiture of Charles, Prince of Wales
- 1968 in Wales - First bilingual postage stamp
- 1967 in Wales - Welsh Language Act 1967
- 1966 in Wales - Aberfan disaster
- 1965 in Wales - Bryn Terfel born
- 1964 in Wales - The Welsh Office is established
- 1963 in Wales - First protest by Cymdeithas yr Iaith Gymraeg
- 1962 in Wales - Opening of Llanwern steelworks
- 1961 in Wales - Atlantic College founded
- 1960 in Wales - Ricky Valance becomes the first male Welsh singer to reach no.1 in the charts
1950s edit
- 1959 in Wales - Welsh flag given official status
- 1958 in Wales - Last execution in Wales
- 1957 in Wales - Passing of the Tryweryn Bill
- 1956 in Wales - First Welsh-medium secondary school
- 1955 in Wales - Cardiff becomes official capital
- 1954 in Wales - Opening of Cardiff Wales Airport
- 1953 in Wales - Queen Elizabeth II makes her first official visit to Wales as queen
- 1952 in Wales - Wenvoe television transmitter comes into service
- 1951 in Wales - Death of Ivor Novello
- 1950 in Wales - Dylan Thomas makes his first visit to America
1940s edit
- 1949 in Wales - Dylan Thomas settles at the Boat House in Laugharne.
- 1948 in Wales - Aneurin Bevan brings in the Acts of Parliament that create the welfare state
- 1947 in Wales - Wreck of the Samtampa
- 1946 in Wales - Coal Industry Nationalisation Act
- 1945 in Wales - Lloyd George is created an earl
- 1944 in Wales - Grace Williams writes Sea Sketches
- 1943 in Wales - Welsh National Opera is founded
- 1942 in Wales - Welsh Courts Act
- 1941 in Wales - How Green Was My Valley is filmed
- 1940 in Wales - The song We'll Keep a Welcome is first performed
1930s edit
- 1939 in Wales - The first wartime evacuees arrive in Wales
- 1938 in Wales - The Temple of Peace is opened in Cathays Park, Cardiff
- 1937 in Wales - Tommy Farr fights Joe Louis
- 1936 in Wales - Saunders Lewis and others are imprisoned for their sabotage attack on Penrhos aerodrome
- 1935 in Wales - Felinfoel Brewery starts selling canned beer
- 1934 in Wales - 265 miners are killed in the Gresford mining accident
- 1933 in Wales - Amy Johnson takes off from Pendine
- 1932 in Wales - Frank Brangwyn completes the Empire Panels
- 1931 in Wales - The Welsh School of Medicine is founded
- 1930 in Wales - The first youth hostel opens at Pennant Hall in the Conwy Valley
1920s edit
- 1929 in Wales - Megan Lloyd George becomes Wales's first female MP
- 1928 in Wales - Amelia Earhart lands in Wales after flying the Atlantic
- 1927 in Wales - Coleg Harlech is founded
- 1926 in Wales - Miners' strike leads to General Strike
- 1925 in Wales - Llyn Eigiau dam bursts, killing 16 people
- 1924 in Wales - Claude Friese-Greene travels through Wales
- 1923 in Wales - The Diocese of Swansea and Brecon is created
- 1922 in Wales - Urdd Gobaith Cymru is founded
- 1921 in Wales - The UK's first oil refinery opens at Llandarcy
- 1920 in Wales - Death of Sir Owen Morgan Edwards
1910s edit
- 1919 in Wales - Kinmel Park Riots
- 1918 in Wales - First woman parliamentary candidate in Wales
- 1917 in Wales - Death of Hedd Wyn
- 1916 in Wales - 38th (Welsh) Division in action at Mametz Wood
- 1915 in Wales - Publication of My People by Caradoc Evans
- 1914 in Wales - Welsh Home Rule Bill fails
- 1913 in Wales - 439 men killed at Senghenydd in the worst disaster in British mining history
- 1912 in Wales - National miners' strike
- 1911 in Wales - Investiture of the future Edward VIII of the United Kingdom as Prince of Wales
- 1910 in Wales - First general election in which all Welsh constituencies are contested
1900s edit
- 1909 in Wales - Record British monthly rainfall of 56.5 inches at Llyn Llydaw, Snowdonia
- 1908 in Wales - Strumble Head lighthouse built
- 1907 in Wales - King Edward VII lays foundation of Bangor University
- 1906 in Wales - no Conservative MPs in Wales
- 1905 in Wales - David Lloyd George joins the Cabinet
- 1904 in Wales - start of 1904-1905 Welsh Revival
- 1903 in Wales - Death of Dr Joseph Parry
- 1902 in Wales - Opening of Great Orme tramway
- 1901 in Wales - Prince George and Princess Mary become Prince and Princess of Wales
- 1900 in Wales - Keir Hardie becomes first Labour MP
1890s edit
- 1899 in Wales - First gramophone recording in the Welsh language
- 1898 in Wales - Peak year of slate production in Wales
- 1897 in Wales - Marconi makes the first radio transmission from Lavernock Point
- 1896 in Wales - Opening of the Snowdon Mountain Railway
- 1895 in Wales - Welsh Grand National held for the first time
- 1894 in Wales - 290 men killed in a mining disaster at Albion Colliery, Cilfynydd
- 1893 in Wales - Wales win the Triple Crown for the first time
- 1892 in Wales - The South Wales Argus is launched
- 1891 in Wales - Birth of Kate Roberts
- 1890 in Wales - David Lloyd George becomes MP for Caernarfon
1880s edit
- 1889 in Wales - Opening of Barry docks
- 1888 in Wales - Welsh Parliamentary Liberal Party is formed
- 1887 in Wales - Wreck of the Helvetia
- 1886 in Wales - Opening of Severn rail tunnel
- 1885 in Wales - Frances Hoggan is first woman doctor registered in Wales.
- 1884 in Wales - Opening of University of Wales, Bangor
- 1883 in Wales - Treorchy Male Voice Choir formed.
- 1882 in Wales - SA Brain & Company Ltd opens its brewery in Cardiff.
- 1881 in Wales - River Vyrnwy is dammed to create Lake Vyrnwy.
- 1880 in Wales - First "official" National Eisteddfod held at Caernarfon
1870s edit
- 1879 in Wales - Defence of Rorke's Drift by 139 South Wales Borderers
- 1878 in Wales - Gilchrist-Thomas method of steelmaking developed at Blaenavon; Prince of Wales Colliery disaster at Abercarn
- 1877 in Wales - First soccer Welsh Cup
- 1876 in Wales - Cardiff RFC plays its first match
- 1875 in Wales - Mining disasters at New Tredegar and Pentyrch
- 1874 in Wales - Opening of Powysland Museum, Welshpool
- 1873 in Wales - Work begins on the Severn rail tunnel
- 1872 in Wales - University of Wales, Aberystwyth, is founded
- 1871 in Wales - Miners' strike in South Wales
- 1870 in Wales - Francis Kilvert begins his diary
1860s edit
1850s edit
1840s edit
1830s edit
1820s edit
1810s edit
1800s edit
1790s edit
1780s edit
1770s edit
1760s edit
1750s edit
1740s edit
1730s edit
1720s edit
1710s edit
Pre-1710 edit
See also edit
Further reading edit
- Breverton, Terry - The Welsh Almanack (Wales Books, 2003)
- Fisher, Deborah C. - Who's Who in Welsh History (Christopher Davies, 1997)
- May, John - Reference Wales (University of Wales Press, 1994)