On 19th April 2002, Glyndwr's Way National Trail Path opened,

Named in honour of the Welsh nobleman who in 1401 led a revolt against English domination. The trail extends for 135 miles through Powys between Knighton and Welshpool.

Using these upland tracks, Glyndwr was able to travel elusively, enabling him to fight a guerrilla campaign against the English.

The trail passes a number of battle sites, including the Battle of Hyddgen which was a turning point in Glyndwr’s rebellion. The church at Pilleth is near the site of the battle of Bryn Glas, which took place in 1402. During this battle, Edmund Mortimer, was captured but later married Glyndwr’s daughter. The mid-point of the trail is the town of Machynlleth, where Glyndwr held Wales’ first Parliament in 1404 and was for a period the capital of Wales.

The trail ends in Welshpool, where Glyndwr’s Way links with Offa’s Dyke.

The Royal Welch Fusiliers fought at the Battles of Lexington and Concord, which took place on 19th April 1775

The Battles of Lexington and Concord marked the outbreak of conflict between Britain and its thirteen colonies in North America.

The British aim was to destroy military supplies at Concord, but as they passed through Lexington, the first shot was fired, the "shot heard around the world." 500 American militiamen fought and defeated three British companies, forcing the British to retreat with their mission unaccomplished.

Born this day 1900 in Weybridge, Surrey (of Welsh descent),

Richard Hughes OBE, writer of plays, short stories, novels and poems. He wrote the world's first radio play, Danger', commissioned by the BBC and broadcast on January 15, 1924. Of his four novels, the most well known is A High Wind in Jamaica, written while he lived at Castle House, Laugharne. It was here also that his friend Dylan Thomas wrote his book " Portrait of the Artist as a Young Dog" and it was Hughes who influenced Thomas to make a permanent home in Laugharne.

Born this day 1820 in Plas-y-Felin, Neath,

Anna Letitia Waring, who was a poet and hymn-writer. Originally a Quaker, she converted to Anglicanism 1842 and learned Hebrew in order to study the Old Testament in the original. In 1850, she published 'Hymns and Meditations'.

At Easter 1230, William de Braose, during a visit to Llywelyn ap Iorwerth (Llywelyn the Great), was found in the bedchamber of Llywelyn's wife Joan. In fury, Llywelyn had de Braose hanged and placed Joan under house arrest.

William de Braose was despised by the Welsh, who called him Gwilym Ddu, 'Black William'. He inherited several lordships from his father in 1227, including Abergavenny and Builth. He was captured near Montgomery in 1228 and ransomed for the sum of £2,000, but afterwards made an alliance with Llywelyn.

The affair and the execution jeopardised Llywelyn's good relations with the royal government and ended his negotiations with the de Braose family regarding marriage for his son Dafydd. These tensions precipitated the outbreak of war in Wales in 1231.