List of years in Wales

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