| 577 | | Battle of Deorham Down near Bristol results in the separation of the West Welsh (the Cornish) from the Welsh by the advancing of the Saxons
Bath, Cirencester and Gloucester mentioned in an account of the battle but not Bristol |
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| circa 700 | | The Saxons reach the Bristol Channel cutting of the Celts of Cornwall from the Celts of Wales |
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| 722 | | Roderic, King of the Britons in Wales and Cornwall, repels Adelred, King of Wessex |
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| 768 | | The Welsh follow the Roman lead in observing Easter |
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| 837 | | Egbert of Wessex defeated the allied
Vikings and West Welsh at Hengsdown Hill |
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| 880 | | Rhodri the Great died and his Welsh kingdom
disintegrated |
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| 981 | | Coast of Devon and Wales plundered by raiders (ASC) |
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| 997 | | Danes raid the Severn estuary, Devon, Cornwall, Somerset and Wales (ASC) |
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| 1007 | | Llywelyn ap Gruffudd, prince of Powys, begins his unification of Wales |
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| 1055 | | Unification of Wales by Llywelyn ap Gruffudd, prince of Powys |
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| 1063 | | The Confessor orders Harold and Tostig to invade Wales |
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| 1069 | | Rising in the north against William I by the Welsh, Scots, Danes and
the north of England |
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| 1093 | | William II allowed the Norman barons to retain any
lands gained from the Welsh |
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| 1094 | | The Welsh rose against the Marcher Barons |
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| 1095 | | William
II led an expedition against the Welsh |
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| 1097 | | William
II led an expedition against the Welsh |
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| 1114 | | Henry I defeated the Welsh and they
submitted |
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| 1170 | | Owain Gwynedd\'s rule of Gwynedd ends |
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| 1200 | | The 13th century was the
culmination of the Middle Ages which would decline until the birth of the
Renaissance in the 15th century.
The kings of England had lost much of the
French possessions brought by the first Plantagenet king and Normandy was lost
during this century. Edward I (Longshanks ) conquered the Welsh princes and
attempted to rule Scotland.
Abroad, the succession of crusades to wrest the
Holy Land from the hands of the Muslims continued but would end with the fall of
Acre at the end of the century.
Asia was dominated by the Mongols, the
Mongol Dynasty in China at its zenith during the reign of Kublai Khan - during
the century they advanced through Russia and even attacked Central Europe. |
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| 1284 | | Prince Edward (Edward II)
was born at Caernarfon in Wales to Edward I (Longshanks ) and Eleanor of
Castille |
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| 1284 | | Edward I
completes the English conquest of Wales |
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| circa 1359 | | Possible start of Owen Glendower's reign (-c1416) in Wales |
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| 1400 | | Owen Glendower revolts against Henry IV, declaring himself Prince of Wales |
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| 1401 | | Owen Glendower leads a Welsh revolt (-1415), ultimately unsuccessful, against English rule |
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| 1415 | | Owen Glendower's Welsh revolt (1401-) crushed |
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| circa 1416 | | Possible end of the reign of Owen Glendower (c1359-)in Wales |
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| 1483.Apr.14 | | Edward, Prince of Wales, learns of his fathers death at Ludlow |
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| 1483.Apr.30 | | Richard, Duke of Gloucester, and the Duke of Buckingham meet Earl Rivers, uncle and guardian of the Prince of Wales
They spend a convival evening together |
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| 1483.Jun.22 | | Edward V, Prince of Wales, the uncrowned son of Edward IV denounced as a bastard and illegible to the English throne by the cleric Ralph Shaaat St Paul\\\'s cross on behalf of Gloucester
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| circa 1483.Aug | | Edward, Prince of Wales, the uncrowned son of Edward IV, and his brother Richard seen for the last time in the the Tower of London (Jul-Sept)
The princes in the Tower thought to have been murdered by Richard III |
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| 1485 | | Henry, Earl of Richmond and his supporters travel to Paris, just escaping being captured by agents of Richard III
They travel to the port of Harfleur where they prepare to embark for Wales
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| 1485.Aug.01 | | Henry, Earl of Richmond. leaves for Wales with about 3000 men
Most of his force are French convicts given freedom in return for military service
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| 1485.Aug.08 | | Henry, Earl of Richmond, (later Henry VII)
landed at Mill Bay in Milford Haven, Pembrokshire, Wales, and started his advance to London
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| 1501.Nov.14 | | Arthur, Prince of Wales married to Catherine of Aragon |
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| 1502.Apr.02 | | Death of Arthur, Prince of Wales, at Ludlow Castle. His brother Henry becomes heir to the throne
Reluctant to return the widowed Katherine of Aragon\'s dowery, Henry VII started negotiations with Aragon and Castile for her marriage to Henry |
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| 1536 | | Act of Union between England and Wales
Wales incorporatedw with England; Welsh with same rights as English; English land laws applied to Wales |
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| 1543 | | Wales divided into 12 counties; counties and boroughs send MPs to parliament |
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| 1770 | | James Cook discovered New South Wales |
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| 1800 | | British engineer Richard Trevithick devizes a double-acting high-pressure steam engine used in the mines of Cornwall and South Wales. |
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| 1804 | | British engineer Richard Trevithick devises high-pressure steam locomotives to run in South Wales |
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| 1834.Aug.14 | | An Act for the Amendment and better Administration of the Laws relating to the Poor in England and Wales |
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| 1836 | | Parliamentary Return of Dissenting Meeting Houses and Roman Catholic Chapels in England and Wales records all registered Nonconformist meeting houses and chapels |
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| 1851.Mar.30 | | Religious Census in England and Wales; includes attendance at services on this day and information on the buildings |
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| 1870.Aug.09 | | An Act to provide for Elementary Education in England and Wales created the board schools
Ratepayers could elect local school boards to provide schooling |
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| 1927.Aug.07 | | The Prince of Wales and US Vice-President Charles Dawes attend
the dedication of the Peace Bridge between the USA and Canada |
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| 1939.Sep.01 | | Britan and France
mobilise
1.2 million people were moved as evacuation schemes were set in
motion in England and Wales between the 1st and the 4th |
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| 1958.Aug.18 | | British Post Office issues its first regional stamps (N Ireland, Scotland and
Wales) |
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| 1966.Oct.21 | | 144 people were killed - 116 of them children - in Aberfan near Merthyr Tydfil in Wales when a coal tip slid to engulf a school, cottages and a farm
The last body was recovered nearly a week after the disaster happened
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| 1967.Nov.18 | | Ban on movement of all farm animals imposed in England and Wales to control foot-and-mouth epidemic |
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| 1969.Nov.01 | | Prince Charles
invested as the 21st Prince of Wales at Caernarvon Castle |
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| 1974 | | The Mungo Man skeleton disovered in New South Wales (NSW), Australia, by James Bowler of the University of Melbourne is believed to be 50,000 old - the oldest human remains in Australia |
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| 1981.Jul.29 | | Marriage of the Prince of Wales to Lady Dianna Spencer at St Paul's Cathedral in the presence of 2,650 guests
The royal marriage was watched on tlevision in 74 countries by nearly 4 billion people |
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| 1988 | | Stranding on the West Coast of Wales of the largest leatherback turtle on record weighing 916 kg
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| 1989.Nov.13 | | Use of bovine offal banned in England and Wales because of BSE fears |
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| 1997.Aug.31 | | Diana, Princess of Wales, is killed in an automobile accident in thePont D\'Alma tunnel by the Seine in Paris (the accident also killed Emad Mohammed Dodi al-Fayed, the Harrod\'s heir)
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| 2002.Sep.23 | | Large areas of England and E Wales shaken by earthquake measuring 4.8 on the Richter scale |
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| 2003.Oct.15 | | Welsh Assembly Members to offer older loacal authiry councillors who have served for at least 16 years �1,000 for each year - up to a maximum of �20,000 - provided stand down at the 2004 elections
They aim to encourage the old to retire from county councils to make way for younger councillors |
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| 2003.Oct.17 | | Prison population in England and Wales reaches record high of 74,023 despite extension of electronic tagging in 2002 to reduce the pressure on prisons
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| 2003.Nov.02 | | BBC Panorama programme claims S Wales police fabricated evidence in the
claims South Wales Police made up evidence in the Clydach murders of 1999, infamous for their brutality |
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