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

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

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

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