See also: 1979 in Wales, other events of 1980, 1981 in Wales and the list of years in Wales. 1980 (MCMLXXX) was a leap year starting on Tuesday. ... See also: 1980 in Wales, other events of 1981, 1982 in Wales and the list of years in Wales. ... This page indexes the individual year in Wales pages. ...

Incumbents

• Prince of Wales - Charles, Prince of Wales
• Princess of Wales - vacant
• Secretary of State for Wales - Nicholas Edwards
• Archbishop of Wales - Gwilym Owen Williams

The Prince of Wales Feathers. This Heraldic badge of the Heir Apparent is derived from the ostrich feathers borne by Edward, the Black Prince. ... The Prince of Wales The Prince Charles, Prince of Wales (Charles Philip Arthur George Mountbatten-Windsor) (born 14 November 1948), is the eldest son of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. ... Princess of Wales is a courtesy title held by the wife of the Prince of Wales since the first English Prince of Wales in 1282. ... The post of Secretary of State for Wales came into existence in October of 1964, the first incumbent being Jim Griffiths, MP for Llanelli. ... Roger Nicholas Edwards, Baron Crickhowell, PC (born 25 February 1934) is a British Conservative politician, having served as Secretary of State for 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). ... Gwilym Owen Williams (March 23, 1913 - December 23, 1990) was Bishop of Bangor from 1957 to 1982 and Anglican Archbishop of Wales from 1971 to 1982. ...

Events

• May - Plaid Cymru leader Gwynfor Evans announces his intention to go on hunger strike in protest againts the government's failure to honour its promise of a fourth Welsh-language television channel. The government backs down on September 17, a few weeks before Evans's deadline.
• John Maddox becomes editor of Nature.

Plaid, in full Plaid Cymru (pronounced IPA: ) – The Party of Wales, is the principal nationalist political party in Wales. ... Richard Gwynfor Evans (1 September 1912 – April 21, 2005), was a Welsh politician and the first Member of Parliament to represent Plaid Cymru at Westminster (1966-1970; 1974-1979). ... A hunger strike is a method of non-violent resistance in which participants fast as an act of political protest or to achieve a goal such as a policy change. ... September 17 is the 260th day of the year (261st in leap years). ... Sir John Royden Maddox (born November 27, 1925 in Penllergaer, Swansea), a trained chemist and physicist, is a prominent science writer. ... First title page, November 4, 1869 Nature is one of the oldest and most reputable scientific journals, first published on 4 November 1869. ...

Arts and literature

• Richard Burton makes one of his last stage appearances, in the musical Camelot.

Richard Burton in the movie Cleopatra (1963) Richard Burton CBE (November 10, 1925 – August 5, 1984) was a Welsh actor. ... The 1960 musical, Camelot, was written by Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe and is loosely based on the King Arthur legend as adapted from the T.H. White novel The Once and Future King. ...

Awards

• National Eisteddfod of Wales (held in Gorseinon)

• National Eisteddfod of Wales: Chair - Donald Evans
• National Eisteddfod of Wales: Crown - Donald Evans
• National Eisteddfod of Wales: Prose Medal - R. Gerallt Jones

Gorseinon is the name of an electoral ward, a community and a town in the City and County of Swansea, South Wales. ... Donald Evans Donald Louis Evans with Alejandro Toledo, President of Peru Donald Louis Evans (born July 27, 1946) was the 34th U.S. Secretary of Commerce. ... Donald Evans Donald Louis Evans with Alejandro Toledo, President of Peru Donald Louis Evans (born July 27, 1946) was the 34th U.S. Secretary of Commerce. ...

New books

• D. Tecwyn Lloyd - Bore Da, Lloyd

Music

• Edward H. Dafis - Plant Y Fflam (album)

Works of art

• Andrew Vicari - La Marianne

Painting of La Marianne by Andrew Vicari (1980) Andrew Vicari (born 20 April 1938) is a Welsh painter working in France who has established a career painting portraits of the rich and famous. ...

Film

Welsh language films

Broadcasting

Welsh language television

English language television

Sports

Births

• June 29 - Katherine Jenkins, singer
• July 28 - Noel Sullivan, pop singer
• date unknown - Catrin Finch, harpist

June 29 is the 180th day of the year (181st in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 185 days remaining. ... Katherine Jenkins Katherine Jenkins (born 29 June 1980 in Neath, West Glamorgan, Wales) is a Welsh mezzo-soprano. ... July 28 is the 209th day (210th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 156 days remaining. ... Noel Sullivan, a Welsh-born singer, was a member of the British pop group HearSay. ... Catrin Finch (born 1980) is a Welsh harpist. ...

Deaths

• May 14 - Hugh Griffith, actor
• September 15 - Bill Evans, jazz pianist of Welsh descent
• November 4 - Johnny Owen, boxer
• November 26 - Rachel Roberts, actress
• date unknown - Dai Francis, miners' leader
• date unknown - Caradog Prichard, author
• date unknown - Aneirin Talfan Davies, BBC executive