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

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* 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

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* 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

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* 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

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* 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

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* 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

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* 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

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* 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

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* 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

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* 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

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* 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

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* 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

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* 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

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* 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

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* 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

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* 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

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* 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

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* 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

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* 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

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* 1849 in Wales
* 1848 in Wales
* 1847 in Wales
* 1846 in Wales
* 1845 in Wales
* 1844 in Wales
* 1843 in Wales
* 1842 in Wales
* 1841 in Wales
* 1840 in Wales

## 1830s

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* 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

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* 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

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* 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

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* 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

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* 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

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* 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

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* 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

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* 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

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* 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

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* 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

## 1730s

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* 1739 in Wales
* 1738 in Wales
* 1737 in Wales
* 1736 in Wales
* 1735 in Wales
* 1734 in Wales
* 1733 in Wales
* 1732 in Wales
* 1731 in Wales
* 1730 in Wales

## 1720s

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* 1729 in Wales
* 1728 in Wales
* 1727 in Wales
* 1726 in Wales
* 1725 in Wales
* 1724 in Wales
* 1723 in Wales
* 1722 in Wales
* 1721 in Wales
* 1720 in Wales

## 1710s

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* 1719 in Wales
* 1718 in Wales
* 1717 in Wales
* 1716 in Wales
* 1715 in Wales
* 1714 in Wales
* 1713 in Wales
* 1712 in Wales
* 1711 in Wales
* 1710 in Wales

## Pre-1710

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* 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

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* List of years in the United Kingdom
* List of years in England
* List of years in Northern Ireland
* List of years in Scotland
* Timeline of Welsh history

## Further reading

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* 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)