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26th August
26th August
The Battle of Crecy took place on 26th August 1346.
Edward III had invaded France, during the Hundred Years War with 4,000 men-at-arms and 10,000...
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27th August
27th August
Motoring and aviation pioneer Charles Stewart Rolls, who together with Fredrick Henry Royce co-founded the Rolls-Royce car manufacturing firm, was born on...
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28th August
28th August
Western Roman Emperor Magnus Maximus was executed on this day 388.
Magnus Maximus or Macsen Wledig as he was known to the Welsh was born in...
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29th August
29th August
On August 29th 1241, after Henry III of England's invasion of Wales, the Treaty of Gwerneigron was signed by Henry and Dafydd ap...
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30th August
30th August
Born on this day in 1502 was Sir John Prise (also Prys, Price, in Welsh Syr Siôn ap Rhys)
In 1546 he published the first book to be printed in Welsh Yn...
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31st August
31st August
On 31 August 1997, Diana, Princess of Wales died as a result of injuries sustained in a car accident in the Pont de l'Alma road tunnel in Paris.
* On 6...
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1st September
1st September
Born on this day 1912 in Barry.
Gwynfor Evans - politician, lawyer and author.
His father ran a chain of shops in Barry and his mother a china...
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2nd September
2nd September
On 2nd September 1402, Henry IV attempted to regain control after Owain Glyndwr's emphatic victory at The Battle of Bryn Glas.
In June of that year he...
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3rd September
3rd September
World War II
On 3rd September 1939, the United Kingdom declared war on Nazi Germany following the German invasion of Poland on 1st...
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4th September
4th September
Sir Clive Granger (September 4, 1934 – May 27, 2009) was a Nobel prize-winning economist, born in Swansea whose work on analysing economic data...
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5th September
5th September
On 5th September 1927, Kathleen Thomas from Penarth, became the first person, as well as the first woman, to swim the Bristol Channel. Many men had...
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6th September
6th September
The Battle of Crug Mawr, near Cardigan in Dyfed, took place in September or October 1136. It was a significant setback to Norman expansion in Wales and...
