Wales

1,673 entries quoted from the Wikipedia articles written per year for Wales, 1700 CE to 2015 CE. Each century below shows a sample spread across it; the year link on a line opens everything held for that year.

18th century

815 entries, 1700 CE to 1799 CE — 25 shown, spread across the century

1700Quaker emigrant Rowland Ellis is elected to represent Philadelphia in the provincial assembly.Wales source
170328 August – Thomas Windsor, 1st Viscount Windsor, marries Charlotte Herbert, daughter of Philip Herbert, 7th Earl of Pembroke, and widow of John Jeffreys, 2nd Baron JeffreysWales source
1708Whig Thomas Windsor replaces Sir Hopton Williams, 3rd Baronet, of the same party, as MP for MonmouthshireWales source
1711William Jones - Analysis per quantitatum series, fluxiones ac differentiasWales source
1715September - William Herbert, 2nd Marquess of Powis, is among those arrested in connection with the first Jacobite Rebellion.Wales source
1719March – The 41st (Welch) Regiment of Foot is raised by Colonel Edmund Fielding as Edmund Fielding's Regiment of Foot.Wales source
1723Christmas Samuel - Llun AgrippaWales source
172625 January - Rowland Gwynne, politician, 67Wales source
17296 January - Anne Penny, née Hughes, poet (died 1784)Wales source
17335 December - Charles Talbot, 1st Baron Talbot of Hensol, is raised to the peerage.Wales source
1737April – The "New Cut" is excavated, in the Dee Estuary, to improve access to Chester. It diverts the river's course to the Welsh side of the estuary, but fails to prevent further silting up of the river.Wales source
174026 December - John Williams (Ioan Rhagfyr), musician (died 1821)Wales source
174419 January - Lady Lucy Herbert, writer, 74Wales source
174919 July - "Madam" Sidney Griffith accompanies Howell Harris to the Llangeitho association - the beginning of a relationship that would cause considerable controversy.Wales source
1754Mêr Difinyddiaeth Iachus (second edition, with a preface by Morgan Jones)Wales source
17583 September – Henrietta Clive, Countess of Powis (died 1822)Wales source
1763Goronwy Owen, Lewis Morris et al. – Diddanwch TeuluaiddWales source
1767Evan Thomas (Ieuan Fardd Ddu) - Traethawd ar Fywyd FfyddWales source
1770September - Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn, 4th Baronet, holds his legendary coming-of-age party, to which 15,000 guests are invited. Three coachloads of cooks are sent from London to provide the refreshments, and a hall is built especially for the occasion at Wynnstay.Wales source
1774An Act of Parliament establishes the Improvement Commissioners, responsible for paving, cleaning streets and providing oil lamp lighting in Cardiff.Wales source
1777William Williams Pantycelyn - Ductor Naptiarum: Neu Gyfarwyddwr PriodasWales source
1782David Davis (Castellhywel) settles in Castellhywel.Wales source
1787November - Richard Crawshay uses puddling at the Cyfarthfa ironworks.Wales source
1791Thomas Jones becomes High Sheriff of Radnorshire.Wales source
1796Anna Seward - Llangollen Vale and Other PoemsWales source

19th century

678 entries, 1800 CE to 1899 CE — 25 shown, spread across the century

1800August - Owen Davies and John Hughes arrive in Ruthin to superintend the Wesleyan Methodist mission to Wales.Wales source
1803Thomas Johnes sets up a private printing press to publish translations of French medieval chronicles.Wales source
1806William Richards - Address on the Duration or Perpetuity of Christian Baptism, with some Introductory Hints upon the Subjects and Mode of that OrdinanceWales source
18085 January - The first issue of The North Wales Gazette is printed at Bangor.Wales source
1812September - Rioting occurs at Nefyn over enclosures.Wales source
181523 May - John Luxmoore replaces William Cleaver as Bishop of St Asaph.Wales source
1818Charles Norris - A Historical Account of TenbyWales source
1822Horse-drawn trams begin a passenger service between Tredegar and Newport.Wales source
1826Daniel Evans (Daniel Ddu o Geredigion) - Golwg ar Gyflwr yr Iddewon, CerddWales source
1829Thomas Love Peacock - The Misfortunes of ElphinWales source
183429 December - The West of England and South Wales District Bank is established in Bristol.Wales source
1838A major eisteddfod is held at Abergavenny.Wales source
1842John Orlando Parry – Anticipations of SwitzerlandWales source
1846Halkyn-born Mormon missionary Dan Jones becomes mission president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Wales, concentrating the church's efforts around Merthyr Tydfil, publishing (from July) the Welsh language monthly Prophwyd y Jubili and also the tract Hanes Saint y Dyddiau Diweddaf.Wales source
1850November – The first issue of the periodical Y Drych is printed, though not in circulation for another two monthsWales source
1855William Rees (Gwilym Hiraethog) – Gweithiau Barddonol Gwilym HiraethogWales source
1858End of Aberdare Strike 1857-8 in the coal mining industry.Wales source
1861Griffith Jones (Glan Menai) - Hywel WynWales source
186517 July — South Wales Cricket Club travels to Gravesend to play the Gentlemen of Kent.Wales source
1869John Hughes of Merthyr Tydfil buys land near the Sea of Azov, where he develops an ironworks and founds the city of Yuzovka (later Donetsk).Wales source
18731 March – The sailing ship Chacabuco sinks off the Great Orme with the loss of 24 lives.Wales source
187817 July – Swansea tramways are forced by legal action to return to horse-drawn operation after experimenting with steam locomotives.Wales source
188220 October – The steamer Clan MacDuff sinks off Holyhead, resulting in 32 deaths.Wales source
18871 November – The Helvetia wrecked off Worms Head, Rhossili (remains can still be seen at low tide).Wales source
189213 September – The Watkin Path up Snowdon is officially opened by William Ewart Gladstone.Wales source

20th century

179 entries, 1900 CE to 1983 CE — 25 shown, spread across the century

19006 January – In Merionethshire, for the first time in centuries, the sword of the Gorsedd bards is solemnly unsheathed. "The chief bard invoked the blessing of God on British arms in South Africa, and announced that the sword would not be sheathed again till the triumph of the forces of righteousness over the hordes of evil."Wales source
190314 November - End of the lock-out at Penrhyn Quarry near Bethesda (begun 1900), the longest major industrial dispute in British history.Wales source
1904Orthopaedic surgeon Robert Jones becomes Honorary Surgeon to the Baschurch Home in Shropshire which he will develop into the world's first specialized orthopaedic hospital.Wales source
1906David Vaughan Thomas - The Knight's BurialWales source
1907Owen Morgan Edwards becomes Chief Inspector of Schools for Wales.Wales source
190821 December – The Coal Mines Regulation Act 1908 (8 Edw. 7. c. 57) ("Eight Hours Act") limits the amount of time spent by coal miners underground.Wales source
1910Thomas Carrington - Hen weddi deuluaidd fy nhadWales source
1911Chair - William Roberts, "Iorwerth VII"Wales source
191414 November - Light cruiser HMS Carysfort is launched at Pembroke Dock.Wales source
1915Sir William Rice Edwards becomes surgeon-general of Bengal.Wales source
19161 June – Miners' wages in the South Wales Coalfield are increased by 15%.Wales source
1918W. H. Davies – A Poet's PilgrimageWales source
1920Explorer Edgeworth David and civil servant George Lewis Barstow are knighted.Wales source
1923Coal production at Llay Main Colliery in the North Wales Coalfield begins.Wales source
19262 February – Spelling of the town of Carnarvon changed to Caernarvon (modern-day Caernarfon); the county makes the same change on 1 July.Wales source
1927January - The British cargo ship Swiftsure collides with another vessel in the Bristol Channel and is beached at Cardiff.Wales source
19299 July - After a collision with another vessel, HMS L12, the Royal Navy submarine H47 sinks off the Pembrokeshire coast, killing 21 crewmen.Wales source
1932T. H. Parry-Williams – Canu Rhydd CynnarWales source
19353 December – Felinfoel Brewery in Llanelli becomes the first in the UK to sell beer in cans.Wales source
1936October - Saunders Lewis courts further controversy by appearing to praise Adolf Hitler.Wales source
1938Mining comes to an end at Dolaucothi Gold Mines.Wales source
194021 January - Lowest ever temperature recorded in Wales, −23.3 °C (−9.9 °F) at Rhayader.Wales source
1944James Kitchener Davies - Meini GwageddWales source
1948The Council for Wales and Monmouthshire is established as an advisory body.Wales source
196116 February – The MV BP Explorer, a loaded tanker barge bound for Sharpness from Swansea, turns over in the Severn Estuary.Wales source

21st century

1 entry, 2015 CE to 2015 CE

20152 May – Princess Charlotte, second grandchild of the Prince of Wales (now Charles III)Wales source