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13th March
13th March
On 13th March 2004, the town of Cowbridge in the Vale of Glamorgan celebrated the 750th anniversary of the granting of its charter in 1254.
The history...
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14th March
14th March
On this day 2012, it was announced that St Asaph was to be awarded city status.
St Asaph (Llanelwy) is situated on the River Elwy in Denbighshire, six...
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15th March
15th March
On this day, 1961 Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor married (for the first time) in Montreal.
It was while working on the movie Cleopatra, that...
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16th March
16th March
On 16th March 1647 - Harlech Castle, the last Royalist stronghold of the English Civil War, surrendered to Parliament's forces after a 10-month siege....
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17th March
17th March
Was St Patrick Welsh?
It is believed that Saint Patrick was born c. 387 and died 17 March c. 460. The Anglo-Saxons referred to the indigenous Britons...
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18th March
18th March
On this day in 1536, Henry VIII commenced the Dissolution of the Monasteries.
The process which occurred between 1536 and 1541 and saw Henry disband...
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19th March
19th March
Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru - National Library of Wales, was established in Aberystwyth by Royal Charter on this day in 1907
The library is regarded as...
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20th March
20th March
On this day 1345, a Saturn-Jupiter-Mars-conjunction occurred, which people at the time thought was the cause of the Black Death
The Black Death (The...
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21st March
21st March
On 21st March 1795 the first Gorsedd was held in Wales, on Alban Eilir in Stalling Down near Cowbridge. A Gorsedd was also held there in 1995 to celebrate...
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22nd March
22nd March
Born on this day 1931 in Newport, Monmouthshire.
Leslie Thomas - author, who is best known for his novels about 1950s British National Service,...
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22nd March
22nd March
Born on this day 1931 in Newport, Monmouthshire.
Leslie Thomas - author, who is best known for his novels about 1950s British National Service,...
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23rd March
23rd March
Born this day 1972 in Hammersmith (His mother Jackie is Welsh), raised in Newbridge
Joe Calzaghe - former World Champion boxer, who made...
