Friday 1 January 2016

1 Ionawr / January

1136 - The Battle of Llwchwy occurred at Garngoch near Gorseinon. Wikipedia | PMSA



Annual - New Year's Day / Dydd Calan. Wiki | Wici
1136 - Battle of Llwchwr (see featured post)
1723 - Goronwy Owen, poet born in Llanfair Mathafarn Eithaf. Wiki | Wici
1842 - Charlotte Mason, educator born in Bangor. Wiki
1879 - Ernest Jones, neurologyst and official biographer of Sigmund Freud born in Gowerton. Wiki | Wici
1881 - George Latham, footballer born in Newtown. Wiki
1897 - Francis Kitto, pilot born in Pontypridd. Wiki
1903 - Horace Evans, physician to the English royal family born in Merthyr Tydfil. Wiki | Wici
1908 - Wales hosts New Zealand at Aberdare Athletic Ground in the visitors first ever international Rugby League test. Wiki
1909 - John Ballinger becomes the first librarian of the National Library of Wales. Wiki | Wici
1916 - Three lifeboatmen drown off the coast of Oxwich. Wiki | Wici
1922 - The Rhondda and Swansea Bay Railway is incorporated into Great Western Rail. Wiki
1947 - All collieries become nationalised and run by the National Coal Board. Wiki | Wici
1949 - Sue Jones-Davies, actress and politician born in Wales. Wiki | Wici | IMDB
1970 - Stephen Kinnock, politician born in Tredegar. Wiki
1991 - Clive Williams, footballer born in Bangor. Wiki (French)

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