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25th January
25th January
St Dwynwen's Day
St Dwynwen, the patron saint of friendship and love, is celebrated in Wales on 25th January.
Dwynwen was one of the prettiest...
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26th January
26th January
Today is Australia Day (also referred to as Invasion Day by indigenous Australians)
On this day 1788, Mary Watkins, a 20 year old from the Vale of...
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27th January
27th January
Born this day 1829, in Groes, Denbighshire,
Isaac Roberts, who was best known for his work as an astronomer and has t he Roberts crater on the moon...
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28th January
28th January
Born this day 1457 in Pembroke Castle
King Henry VII (Henry Tudor) - Welsh-born King of England,
Henry's father Edmund was a descendant of the...
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29th January
29th January
Today is the feast day of Saint Gildas
Born c.500, Gildas was a cleric, historian and writer, the earliest British writer whose work is still available....
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30th January
30th January
The Bristol Channel floods of 30th January 1607 resulted in an estimated 3,000 people downing. It is thought that the cause may well have been a tsunami...
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31st January
31st January
Cremated on this day 1893
William Price (Physician and eccentric) was cremated on a pyre of two tons of coal on a hillside overlooking Llantrisant. It...
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1st February
1st February
On 1st February 1886, the Cardiff Coal Exchange was formally opened. At one time it determined the price of coal throught the world and is reputedly where...
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2nd February
2nd February
The Battle of Mortimers Cross took place on 2nd February 1461, during the War of the Roses (1455 - 1485)
Summary of The War of the Roses and Welsh...
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3rd February
3rd February
On 3rd February 1935, 300,000 Welsh People took to the streets in protest over low incomes, poor health, substandard housing and the reduction in...
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4th February
4th February
On 4th February 1771, the London based Gwyneddigion Society held its first formal meeting.at the Bull's Head Tavern in Walbrook.
It was...
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5th February
5th February
Born this day 1969, in Newport, Gwent
Michael Sheen OBE, Actor, known for his starring roles as David Nixon in Frost/Nixon, Tony Blair in The Queen and...
