Wales

1,676 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

817 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
1711Thomas Durston begins printing Welsh language books at Shrewsbury.Wales 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
1723Henry Rowlands - Mona Antiqua RestaurataWales source
172625 January - Rowland Gwynne, politician, 67Wales source
172929 April - Sir Stephen Glynne, 3rd Baronet, 64Wales source
1733Legal proceedings in the Welsh courts to be conducted in the English language.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
17407 August - Jane Brereton, poet, 55Wales source
1745Following the failure of the Jacobite Rebellion, Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn, 3rd Baronet, is suspected of involvement and seeks protection from his father-in-law, Charles Noel Somerset, 4th Duke of Beaufort.Wales 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
1770Sir John Wynn, 1st Baronet - History of the Gwydir Family (posthumously published)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
1782Thomas Pennant - Journey to Snowdon, volume 1Wales source
1787November - Richard Crawshay uses puddling at the Cyfarthfa ironworks.Wales source
1791Peter Williams - Llythyr at Hen GydymaithWales source
1796Anna Seward - Llangollen Vale and Other PoemsWales source

19th century

679 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
1822Y Cymmrodor (first, unnumbered volume)Wales source
1826The Calvinistic Methodist "connexion" produces its Constitutional Deed. It incorporates all property (such as chapels) as the property of the connexion as a whole.Wales 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
1838Sir Henry Ellis (ed.) - Registrum vulgariter nuncupatum "The record of Caernarvon"Wales source
1842Missionary Thomas Jones produces his first Khasi Reader and his translation of a Welsh-language work Rhodd Mam ("A Mother's Gift") into the Khasi language.Wales source
1846Sir Samuel Rush Meyrick - Heraldic Visitations of Wales and Part of the Marches between the years 1586 and 1613...Wales source
1850October – The Merthyr Board of Health is founded, with John Josiah Guest as its first chairman.Wales source
1854A penny newspaper, the Herald Cymraeg, is founded at Caernarfon, with James Evans as editor.Wales source
1858William Davies (Gwilym Teilo) — Llandilo-Vawr and its NeighbourhoodWales source
186110 June - The Oswestry and Newtown Railway is completed throughout by opening of the section between Abermule and Newtown, giving through rail communication from England to Llanidloes.Wales source
1865John Jones (Mathetes) — Pregeth i Fyfyrwyr Coleg Hwlffordd ...Wales source
1869August – Anti-Irish riots at Pontlottyn in the Rhymney Valley result in one death.Wales source
18739 October – The first recorded sheepdog trial in the UK takes place at Bala.Wales source
1878The prison system in Wales is nationalised and brought under centralised government control.Wales source
188210 January – The vessels Constancia and Primus attempt to pass through a lock at Newport Docks at the same time and a collision results. The lock is blocked and the vessels already in the dock are trapped for nearly two weeks. The resulting losses eventually culminate in the demise of the Newport Dock Company a year later.Wales source
1886The rivers Mawddach, Dee and Taff all flood.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