See also 1940 in Wales, other events of 1941, 1942 in Wales and the list of years in Wales. This article is about the year. ... See also 1941 in Wales, other events of 1942, 1943 in Wales and the list of years in Wales. ... This page indexes the individual year in Wales pages. ...

Incumbents

• Prince of Wales - vacant
• Princess of Wales - vacant
• Archbishop of Wales - Charles Alfred Howell Green

The Prince of Wales Feathers. This Heraldic badge of the Heir Apparent is derived from the ostrich feathers borne by Edward, the Black Prince. ... Camilla Mountbatten-Windsor, the current Princess of Wales. ... The Province of Wales in the Anglican Communion was created in 1920, as the Church in Wales, independent from the Church of England (of which the four Welsh dioceses had previously been part). ...

Events

• January 2 - 165 people are killed in air raids on Cardiff.
• January 17 - 58 people are killed in air raids on Swansea.
• February 14 - Six people are killed in an air raid on Port Talbot.
• February 19-21 - 240 people are killed in air raids on Swansea.
• February 26 - Four people are killed in an air raid on Cardiff.
• March 3 - 51 people are killed in air raids at Cardiff and Penarth.
• March 11 - Three people are killed in air raids on Swansea.
• March 21 - The coaster Millisle is sunk by German planes off Caldey Island, killing ten crew.
• March 27 - The Michael Faraday, a cable-laying ship, is sunk by German planes off St Ann's Head in Pembrokeshire, killing 16 crew.
• March 31 - Three people are killed in air raids on Swansea.
• April 12 - Three people are killed in air raids on Swansea.
• April 15 - 12 people are killed in an air raid on RAF Carew Cheriton.
• April 29 - 26 people are killed in air raids at Rhondda, and a further seven in Cardiff.
• May 8 - Three German Heinkel 111s are shot down. Nine German crew members are killed, and the remaining three taken prisoner.
• May 11 - Three people are killed in an air raid on RAF Saint Athan.
• May 12 - 32 people are killed in an air raid on Pembroke Dock.
• June 1 - A German Junkers 88 is shot down near Llandudno, killing four crew.
• June 11 - The Baron Carnegie, a cargo ship, is sunk by German planes off Strumble Head, killing 25 crew.
• June 13 - The ferry St Patrick is sunk by German planes off Strumble Head, killing 30 people.
• July 1 - 37 people are killed in an air raid on Newport, Monmouthshire.
• July 5 - Alun Lewis marries Gwenno Ellis.
• July 28 - An RAF Wellington bomber crashes into Garn Fadryn on the Lleyn peninsula, killing six crew.
• August 17 - An RAF Wellington bomber crashes into Rhosfach in the Berwyn range, killing six crew.
• August 28 - An RAF Blackburn Botha with a crew of three crashes into the sea off Rhosneigr, Anglesey. A further eleven people die in the rescue attempt.
• October 10 - Two planes collide at RAF Llandwrog, killing seventeen people.
• October 12 - A German Heinkel 111 is shot down near Holyhead, killing four crew.
• October 22 - A German Heinkel 111 is shot down near Nefyn, killing four crew.
• November 25 - Five miners are killed in an accident at Abergorki Colliery, Rhondda.

January 2 is the second day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Cardiff (English: Welsh: ) is the capital of Wales in the United Kingdom and its largest city. ... January 17 is the 17th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Swansea (Welsh: , mouth of the Tawe) is a city and county in South Wales in the United Kingdom, situated on the coast immediately to the east of the Gower Peninsula. ... February 14 is the 45th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Arms of Port Talbot Port Talbot (Welsh: or Porth Talbot) is an industrial town in the traditional county of Glamorgan, south Wales, UK, with a population of approximately 50,000. ... February 19 is the 50th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... February 21 is the 52nd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... February 26 is the 57th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... March 3 is the 62nd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (63rd in leap years). ... Penarth (Welsh: pen head, + garth cliff or hill, or arth bear) is a town in the Vale of Glamorgan, Wales, lying on the Bristol Channel and Cardiff Bay. ... March 11 is the 70th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (71st in Leap year). ... March 21 is the 80th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (81st in leap years). ... March 27 is the 86th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (87th in leap years). ... March 31 is the 90th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (91st in Leap years), with 275 days remaining. ... April 12 is the 102nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (103rd in leap years). ... April 15 is the 105th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (106th in leap years). ... April 29 is the 119th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (120th in leap years). ... May 8 is the 128th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (129th in leap years). ... May 11 is the 131st day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (132nd in leap years). ... RAF Saint Athan is a Royal Air Force station in the Vale of Glamorgan, southern Wales. ... May 12 is the 132nd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (133rd in leap years). ... Pembroke Dock (Welsh: Doc Penfro) is a town in South Pembrokeshire, Wales, lying north of Pembroke at the end of Milford Haven. ... June 1 is the 152nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (153rd in leap years), with 213 days remaining. ... Llandudno South Parade (on the north shore) viewed from the Great Orme, with the twin mounds of Deganwy Castle in the distance Llandudno Bay and the Little Orme viewed from the Great Orme Llandudno Pier viewed from the Happy Valley gardens A sunny corner in the Happy Valley gardens Llandudno... June 11 is the 162nd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (163rd in leap years), with 203 days remaining. ... June 13 is the 164th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (165th in leap years), with 201 days remaining. ... July 1 is the 182nd day of the year (183rd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 183 days remaining. ... July 5 is the 186th day of the year (187th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 179 days remaining. ... Alun Lewis (July 1, 1915 - March 5, 1944), was a poet of the Anglo-Welsh school. ... July 28 is the 209th day (210th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 156 days remaining. ... August 17 is the 229th day of the year (230th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... August 28 is the 240th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (241st in leap years), with 125 days remaining. ... October 10 is the 283rd day of the year (284th in Leap years). ... October 12 is the 285th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (286th in leap years). ... Holyhead (Welsh: Caergybi, the fort of St. ... October 22 is the 295th day of the year (296th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 70 days remaining. ... Nefyn is a small town on the north-west coast of the Lleyn Peninsula in north Wales with a population of around 2,500. ... November 25 is the 329th (in leap years the 330th) day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ...

Arts and literature

Awards

• National Eisteddfod of Wales (held in Old Colwyn)

• National Eisteddfod of Wales: Chair - David Emrys James
• National Eisteddfod of Wales: Crown - Dafydd Owen
• National Eisteddfod of Wales: Prose Medal - withheld

Old Colwyn is a small town near Colwyn Bay, in the county of Conwy, North Wales. ...

New books

• Vernon Watkins - Ballad of the Mari Lwyd

Vernon Watkins (1906 – 1967) was a Welsh poet, and a painter. ...

Music

Film

• How Green Was My Valley (book by Richard Llewellyn) stars mainly American and Irish actors, but minor players include Rhys Williams.

How Green Was My Valley is a novel of 1939, by Richard Llewellyn. ... Richard Llewellyn (real name Richard David Vivian Llewellyn Lloyd) (December 8, 1906 - November 30, 1983) was a British novelist. ... Rhys Williams may be: Rhys Williams (1897 - 1969) actor. ...

Broadcasting

Sports

Births

• February 5 - Gareth Williams, Baron Williams of Mostyn, politician
• April 13 - Margaret Price, operatic soprano
• July 7 - Michael Howard, politician
• August 11 - Nerys Hughes, actress
• August 20 - Anne Evans, operatic soprano
• October 26 - Charlie Landsborough, singer and composer
• December 10 - Jeff Jones, cricketer
• date unknown - Rhys Jones, archaeologist

February 5 is the 36th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... For the American actor of the same name, please see Gareth Williams. ... April 13 is the 103rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (104th in leap years). ... July 7 is the 188th day of the year (189th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 177 days remaining. ... The Rt. ... August 11 is the 223rd day of the year (224th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... Nerys Hughes (born August 11, 1941 in Rhyl, Denbighshire), is known primarily as a television actress. ... August 20 is the 232nd day of the year (233rd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... Dame Anne Evans DBE (born August 20, 1941, London) is an internationally successful Welsh soprano, knighted by Queen Elizabeth II in 2000. ... October 26 is the 299th day of the year (300th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 66 days remaining. ... December 10 is the 344th day (345th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Ivor Jeffrey Jones (born December 10, 1941, Carmarthenshire, Wales) is a former Welsh cricketer who played in 15 Tests for England from 1964 to 1968. ... Rhys Maengwyn Jones (1941 - September 19, 2001) was a Welsh-Australian archeologist. ...

Deaths

• March 11 - Sir Henry Walford Davies, composer
• July 11 - Arthur Evans, archaeologist of Welsh descent
• September 11 - Harry Grindell Matthews, inventor
• Sir William Henry Hoare Vincent, civil servant