List of years in Wales
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]
- 2029 in Wales –
- 2028 in Wales –
- 2027 in Wales –
- 2026 in Wales –
- 2025 in Wales –
- 2024 in Wales –
- 2023 in Wales –
- 2022 in Wales – 2022 Welsh local elections
- 2021 in Wales – 2021 Senedd election
- 2020 in Wales – Start of the COVID-19 pandemic in Wales
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]
- 1700s in Wales
- 17th century in Wales
- 16th century in Wales
- 15th century in Wales
- 14th century in Wales
- 13th century in Wales
- 12th century in Wales
- 11th century in Wales
- 10th century in Wales
- 9th century in Wales
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)