List of years in Wales
Indexes of individual year in Wales. Every given year has been acknowledge for its notable event throughout the history. 2000s - 1990s - 1980s - 1970s - 1960s - 1950s - 1940s - 1930s - 1920s - 1910s - 1900s - 1890s - 1880s - 1870s
2010s
- 2016 in Wales -
- 2015 in Wales -
- 2014 in Wales -
- 2013 in Wales -
- 2012 in Wales - The Millennium Stadium hosted 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 1869 in Wales
- 1868 in Wales
- 1867 in Wales
- 1866 in Wales
- 1865 in Wales
- 1864 in Wales
- 1863 in Wales
- 1862 in Wales
- 1861 in Wales
- 1860 in Wales
1850s
- 1859 in Wales
- 1858 in Wales
- 1857 in Wales
- 1856 in Wales
- 1855 in Wales
- 1854 in Wales
- 1853 in Wales
- 1852 in Wales
- 1851 in Wales
- 1850 in Wales
1840s
- 1849 in Wales
- 1848 in Wales
- 1847 in Wales - Llandovery College founded by Thomas Phillips
- 1846 in Wales
- 1845 in Wales
- 1844 in Wales
- 1843 in Wales
- 1842 in Wales
- 1841 in Wales
- 1840 in Wales
1830s
- 1839 in Wales
- 1838 in Wales
- 1837 in Wales
- 1836 in Wales
- 1835 in Wales
- 1834 in Wales
- 1833 in Wales
- 1832 in Wales
- 1831 in Wales
- 1830 in Wales
1820s
- 1829 in Wales
- 1828 in Wales
- 1827 in Wales
- 1826 in Wales
- 1825 in Wales
- 1824 in Wales
- 1823 in Wales
- 1822 in Wales
- 1821 in Wales
- 1820 in Wales
1810s
- 1819 in Wales
- 1818 in Wales
- 1817 in Wales
- 1816 in Wales
- 1815 in Wales
- 1814 in Wales
- 1813 in Wales
- 1812 in Wales
- 1811 in Wales
- 1810 in Wales
1800s
- 1809 in Wales
- 1808 in Wales
- 1807 in Wales
- 1806 in Wales
- 1805 in Wales
- 1804 in Wales
- 1803 in Wales
- 1802 in Wales
- 1801 in Wales
- 1800 in Wales
1790s
- 1799 in Wales
- 1798 in Wales
- 1797 in Wales
- 1796 in Wales
- 1795 in Wales
- 1794 in Wales
- 1793 in Wales
- 1792 in Wales
- 1791 in Wales
- 1790 in Wales
1780s
- 1789 in Wales
- 1788 in Wales
- 1787 in Wales
- 1786 in Wales
- 1785 in Wales
- 1784 in Wales
- 1783 in Wales
- 1782 in Wales
- 1781 in Wales
- 1780 in Wales
1770s
- 1779 in Wales
- 1778 in Wales
- 1777 in Wales
- 1776 in Wales
- 1775 in Wales
- 1774 in Wales
- 1773 in Wales
- 1772 in Wales
- 1771 in Wales
- 1770 in Wales
1760s
- 1769 in Wales
- 1768 in Wales
- 1767 in Wales
- 1766 in Wales
- 1765 in Wales
- 1764 in Wales
- 1763 in Wales
- 1762 in Wales
- 1761 in Wales
- 1760 in Wales
1750s
- 1759 in Wales
- 1758 in Wales
- 1757 in Wales
- 1756 in Wales
- 1755 in Wales
- 1754 in Wales
- 1753 in Wales
- 1752 in Wales
- 1751 in Wales
- 1750 in Wales
1740s
- 1749 in Wales
- 1748 in Wales
- 1747 in Wales
- 1746 in Wales
- 1745 in Wales
- 1744 in Wales
- 1743 in Wales
- 1742 in Wales
- 1741 in Wales
- 1740 in Wales
Pre-1750
- 1730s in Wales
- 1720s in Wales
- 1710s in Wales
- 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
Further reading
- 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)
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