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(1000 BC) Hill forts built during Iron Age
(500 - 100 BC) Celts settled in Wales
(43 AD) Romans invaded Britain
(78 AD) Romans conquered Wales
(100 AD) Irish raiders settled southwestern Wales
(500) Saxons invaded Wales
(516) Battle of Mount Badon stopped the aggressive expansion of the Saxons
(784) Saxon King of Mercia, built Offa's Dyke, created boundary between England and Wales
(1040) First Prince of Wales, Gruffydd ap Llywelyn, secured borders
(1063) English invaded; Gruffydd ap Llywelyn killed
(1066) Normans invaded; King Harold of England killed; Marcher Lordships established on Wales' borders
(1215) Magna Carta signed
(1276 - 1277) First Welsh independence war
(1277) Treaty of Aberconwy signed, ended war; Edward I began building castles
(1282 - 1283) Second Welsh independence war
(1284) Statute of Rhuddlan ended war; Wales incorporated into England; new counties created
(1301) King Edward I bestowed title "Prince of Wales" upon son, Edward II
(1349) Black Death swept across country, 40% of population died
(1400 - 1410) Third war of independence led by Owain Glyndwr against England
(1402) Laws passed prohibiting Welsh from gathering, holding office, carrying arms and living in forts
(1410) King Henry IV supressed Welsh rebellion; the long war against England ended
(1455) War of Roses began in England
(1485) War of Roses ended; Henry Tudor (Henry VII) became first Welsh King of England
(1536) Henry VIII enacted Act of Union; began dissolution of monasteries
(1563) Bible published in Welsh language
(1642) Civil War broke out in England
(1644) The Battle of Montgomery was the firstt battle during Civil War in Wales
(1651) Battle of Worcester ended Civil War; Charles I executed; Charles II exiled
(1750) Industrial Age began; Wales becomes the largest producer of iron and copper in the world
(1800) First of great Welsh canals built
(1811) Wales became non-conformist nation, broke with the Church of England
(1831) Merthy Uprising sparked by workers in debt; troops brought in, more than 24 citizens died
(1839) Rebecca Riots occurred, toll gates destroyed in protest against high fees
(1850's) Coal fields in South Wales developed
(1867) Great Reform Act gave vote to male householders; Welsh Liberal Party formed
(1891) U.S. passed McKinley Tariff, caused severe financial blow to Welsh industry
(1900 - 1903) Strike at Penrhyn Slate Quarry longest labor dispute in history; 3000 workers walked out
(1913) Explosion at Senghenydd's Lancaster Pit killed 439 miners
(1916) Lloyd George first Welshman to become British prime minister
(1925) National Party (Plaid Cymru) founded
(1934) Explosion and fire killed 266 miners at Gresford
(1955) Cardiff became capital of Wales
(1966) Slag pile collapsed on school at Aberfan, 144 children and teachers killed
(1977) National Party (Plaid Cymru) founded
(1978) Welsh Act introduced in favor of government assembly for Wales
(1979) Welsh Act defeated
(1984) Year-long miner's strike virtually ended coal industry in the country
(1996) Sea Empress grounded off Wales in heavy sea, spills over 18 million gallons of oil
(1997) 1997 Referendum passed, gave Wales assembly in government
(1999) Tony Blair, British prime minister, opened Welsh national assembly (first self government in over 600 years)
(2001) Thousands of sheep tested positive for foot-and-mouth disease, slaughtered
(2004) Fox hunting in Britain (including Wales) is outlawed by British government
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