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Timeline Flashcards

From the "Timeline" presentation -I can guess these are the most important dates

1
Q

(DATE)
Welsh Sunday Closing Act

A

1881
pubs closed on sundays

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(DATE)
foundation of the first Cymru Fydd branch

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1887

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(DATE)
David Lloyd George becomes MP for Caernarfon Boroughs

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1890

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(DATE)
19th c National Census
(questioning the linguistic situation in Wales)

A

1881

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(DATE)
Foundation of the University of Wales

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1893

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(DATE)
Effective end of Cymru Fydd

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1896

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(DATE)
Formation of South Wales Miners Federation

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1898

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(DATE + meaning)
Penrhyn lockout

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1900-1903
slate quarry workers protest

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Fist Labour MP for Wales (1900)

A

Kair Hardie

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(DATE)
National Census in which Welsh became a minority language

A

1901

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(DATE)
Religious revival

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1904-1905

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(DATE)
Creation of the Welsh Board of Education

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1907

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(DATE)
Opening of the National Museum of Wales

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1907
Cardiff

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(DATE)
Opened the NAtional Library of Wales

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1907
Aberystwyth

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(DATE)
David Lloyd George became Chancellor of the Exchequer

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1908

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16
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What happened at Caernarfon Castle in 1911

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Investiture of the Prince of Wales

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17
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(DATE + conclusion)
Tonypardy riots

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1910
Churchill sent troops to end the strike, radicalisation of miners (disputes with the police)

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18
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(DATE + TITLE)
First Welsh Novel in English

A

“My People” by Caradog Evans
1915

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19
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(DATE)
The first flowering of Welsh writing in English

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1915-1945

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20
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(DATE)
David Lloyd George becomes Prime Minister

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1916

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21
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(DATE)
Stop of the Church of Wales

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1920

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(DATE)
Copper smelting ceasing in Swansea

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1921

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23
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(DATE + PLACE)
BBC Wales start

A

1925, Bangor

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(DATE)
Plaid Genedlaethol Cymru founding

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1925

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(DATE)
General Strike and Miners’ lock-out

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1926

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(DATE)
foundation of the South Wales Miners’ Industrial Union

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1926

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27
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(DATE)
First hunger march against unemployment

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1927

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(DATE)
Heihgt of unemployment in the South + emigration

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1930s

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29
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(DATE)
Fire in Lly^n (bombing school)

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1936

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30
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(DATE)
The Welsh-only rule at Eisteddfod

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1937

31
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(DATE + PLACE)
Fisrt Welsh-only primary school

A

1939,
Aberystwyth

32
Q

(DATE + AUTHOR)
“How green was my valley”

A

1939
Richard Llywellyn

33
Q

(DATE + MEANING)
Three Nights Blitz

A

1941
Bombing of Swansea

34
Q

(DATE)
Radio Eisteddfod

A

1941

35
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(DATE + MEANING)
The Welsh Courts Act

A

1942
Repealed the language clause of the 1536 Act of union

36
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(DATE)
Establishment of the Welsh National Opera Company

A

1943

37
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(DATE)
Education Act

A

1944

38
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(DATE)
Foundation of the Welsh National Opera

A

1946

39
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(DATE)
Nationalisation of coal & steel industries

A

1947

40
Q

(DATE + NAME)
Foundation of the National Health Service

A

1948,
Minister of Health - Aneurin Bevan

41
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(DATE)
Establishment of the Welsh Joint Education

A

1949

42
Q

(DATE + MEANING)
Beasley’s civil disobedience

A

1950s
Trefor & Eileen Beasley campaigned for the gov. to let them use Welsh in documents

43
Q

(DATE + PLACE)
Capital of Wales

A

1955
Cardiff

44
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(DATE)
Ministry for Welsh Affairs

A

1951

45
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(DATE)
The flooding of Tryweryn

A

1965

46
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(DATE)
The second flowering of WWE (Welsh Writing in English)

A

1960s

47
Q

(DATE)
Welsh Books Council

A

1961

48
Q

(DATE + PERSON)
“Fate of the language” lecture on BBC

A

Saunders Lewis,
1962

49
Q

Community at Tryweryn

A

Capel Celyn

50
Q

The Welsh Language Society in Welsh:

A

Cymdeithas yr Iaith Gymraeg

51
Q

(DATE)
Foundation of Cymdeithas yr Iaith Gymraeg

A

1962

52
Q

(DATE + CONSEWUENCES)
Establishment of Mudiad Amddiffyn Cymru

A

1963
pacifist bombings (MAC)

53
Q

(DATE)
Free Wales Army

A

1963

54
Q

(DATE)
BBC Wales

A

1964

55
Q

(DATE + PERSON)
First Plaid Cymru MP

A

1966
Gwynfor Evans

56
Q

(DATE)
Aberfan disaster

A

1966

57
Q

(DATE)
The Welsh language act (1960s)

A

1967

58
Q

(DATE)
BBC Radio Cymru

A

1977

59
Q

(DATE)
First devolution referendum

A

1979

60
Q

(DATE)
Greenham march from Cardiff

A

1981
women’s protest march against nuclear missles

61
Q

(DATE)
S4C starts transmissions

A

1982

62
Q

(DATE)
Miners’ Strike

A

1984-1985

63
Q

(DATE)
Institute of Welsh Affairs founded

A

1987

64
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(DATE)
Welsh Language Act (1990s)

A

1993

65
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(DATE)
Welsh language board created

A

1993

66
Q

(DATE)
The arts council of Wales established

A

1994

67
Q

(DATE)
Cool Cymru

A

1990s

68
Q

(DATE)
The second devolution referendum

A

1997

69
Q

(DATE)
Government of Wales Act

A

1998

70
Q

(DATE)
First elections to the Welsh Assembly

A

1999

71
Q

(DATE)
The Government of Wales act

A

2006

72
Q

(DATE + NAME)
Closure of the last deep coal mine

A

2008
Tower Colliery (Cynon Valley)

73
Q

(DATE + EXPLANATION)
Cymraeg 2050

A

2017
A million Welsh speakers strategy

74
Q

(DATE)
The Wales Act (modern)

A

2017

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