Huw Llywelyn Rees


 

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6th August
 Ron Davies was born on this day 1946 in Machen, Rhymney Valley.  "Good morning - and it is a very good morning in Wales"  Ron Davies' victory speech,...
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7th August
Henry VII;  His early years and the build up to his landing in Milford Haven 0n 7th August 1485    1422    Henry V died and confusion swept...
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8th August
Born this day 1961 in Caerphilly and raised in the nearby village of Nelson.  Simon Weston OBE - veteran of the British Army, who suffered severe burn...
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9th August
  King Henry V  (Henry of Monmouth) Henry was born at Monmouth Castle, the son of Henry IV and  Mary de Bohun.  His date of birth was not officially...
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10th August
  On this day 1952, Dylan Thomas made his first and only TV appearance for the BBC reading his story "The Outing", footage of  which has never been...
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11th August
     On 11th August 2008, a re-survey of Mynydd Graig Goch in the Moel Hebog group of Snowdonia summits determined its height to be 2,000ft 6in...
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11th August
     On 11th August 2008, a re-survey of Mynydd Graig Goch in the Moel Hebog group of Snowdonia summits determined its height to be 2,000ft 6in...
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12th August
  'A Gossiping Guide to Wales' by Mr Askew Roberts, was published in  "The Spectator" on 12th August 1871.   It was a record of his travels to places in...
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13th August
On this day 1831 Dic Penderyn was hanged on the gallows in St. Mary's S treet, outside  Cardiff gaol.  His last words are reported to have been "O Arglwydd,...
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13th August
On this day 1831 Dic Penderyn was hanged on the gallows in St. Mary's S treet, outside  Cardiff gaol.  His last words are reported to have been "O Arglwydd,...
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14th August
The Black Death arrived in Wales in early 1349, probably carried from southern England, and by mid-August it was rife, wiping out approximately 25% of the...
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15th August
In August 1284, following the deaths of Llywelyn and Dafydd ap Gruffyd, King Edward I of England held court in the Welsh llys (royal court) at...
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