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2nd November
2nd November
The Battle of Tuthill 1401
The Battle of Tuthill took place near Caernarfon on 2 November 1401 during the revolt of Owain Glyndŵr. Glyndŵr's victory at...
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3rd November
3rd November
On 3rd November 2006, Jones Jones Jones, an event held at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff, succeeded in breaking the world record for the...
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4th November
4th November
The Newport Rising, 4th November 1839.
In the early 1800's, calls to reform to the elitist electoral system resulted in "The Reform Act of 1832"....
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5th November
5th November
Welsh connections to The Gunpowder Plot, 5th November 1605;
The Gunpowder Plot of 1605 was a failed attempt by a Catholic group led by Robert Catesby...
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6th November
6th November
Today is the feast day of St Illtud
The Church of St Illtud at Llanilltud Fawr (Llantwit Major) was established by Illtud in about AD 520 and contains a...
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7th November
7th November
The Welsh connection to Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid;
On 7th November 1908, Robert Leroy Parker and Harry Alonzo Longabaugh, better known as...
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8th November
8th November
The Tonypandy riots started on 7th November 1910 and continued unabated for almost two days. They involved violent clashes between striking miners and the...
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9th November
9th November
Dylan Marlais Thomas died on November 9, 1953 while on a lecture tour of America.
It had been an arduous tour, and Thomas had been liberally entertained...
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10th November
10th November
Born Richard Walter Jenkins on November 10, 1925, in Pontrhydfen, South Wales, Richard Burton became an acclaimed actor of stage and screen, appearing in...
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11th November.
11th November.
Able Seaman Richard Morgan died on Armistice Day, 11 November 1918 while serving on the destroyer HMS Garland. He was 26 years old. He was probably the last...
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11th November.
11th November.
Able Seaman Richard Morgan died on Armistice Day, 11 November 1918 while serving on the destroyer HMS Garland. He was 26 years old. He was probably the last...
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12th November
12th November
On 12th November 2012, the first legislation created wholly in Wales for more than six centuries came into force.
Carwyn Jones, the first minister of...
