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

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
 * 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

1730s

 * 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

 * 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

 * 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

 * 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