|
70 AD |
Wales is occupied by the
Romans |
|
383 |
The concept of the Welsh
nation when the Picts and Celts invade the land |
|
440 |
Britain, abandoned by the
Romans, passed into the power of the Saxons |
|
784 |
The King Of Mercia builds
Offa's Dyke as a boundary between England and Wales |
|
844 |
844-877 The Reign Of Rhodri
Mawr (Rhodri The Great) who united all of Wales
under his rule |
|
890 |
Welsh rulers acknowledge
Alfred Of Wessex ( Alfred the Great) as their ruler
|
|
1066 |
1066-77 Following the defeat
of the English King Harold at the Battle of Hastings
the Normans take control of Wales
|
|
1120 |
1120-1129 "Historia Regum
Britanniae" was written by Geoffrey Of Monmouth and
details the Arthurian Legend of King Arthur. This
provided the Welsh with a claim to the sovereignty
of the whole island of Britain of which the Tudors
took advantage
|
|
1137 |
The Reign of Owain Gwynedd
(1137-1170 ) |
|
1169 |
According to Welsh legend
Prince Madog Of Gwynedd, landed in Alabama and
travelled up the Missouri
|
|
1204 |
Prince Llywelyn Ap Iorwerth
(1173-1240) married Joan, the daughter of King John
Of England |
|
1240 |
1240 Dafydd ap Llywelyn (c.
1208 – February 25, 1246) was Prince of Gwynedd from
1240 to 1246 who had two sons of Gruffydd, Llywelyn
ap Gruffydd and Owain ap Gruffydd,
|
|
1277 |
King Edward branded Llywelyn
ap Gruffyd as "a rebel and disturber of the peace"
and declared his lands forfeit
|
|
1278 |
Edward I had launched a
massive invasion of Wales, re-conquering South Wales
and defeating Llywelyn ap Gruffyd and North Wales.
Llywelyn ap Gruffyd was forced to accept the peace
of Aberconwy. Edward commissioned the building of
four major castles in Wales - Flint, Rhuddlan,
Builth and Aberystwyth
|
|
1282 |
Llywelyn ap Gruffyd mounted a
second Welsh rebellion with his brother David.
Llywelyn ap Gruffyd was killed in battle and his
brother David was captured and executed.
|
|
1284 |
Wales became incorporated into
The Kingdom Of England under the Statute of Rhuddlan |
|
1485 |
The Battle Of Bosworth ended
the English Wars of the Roses when Henry Tudor
defeated Richard III. Henry Tudor claimed Welsh
descent through Owain Tudor of Penmynedd in Anglesey
who had secretly married Catherine, widow of King
Henry V. Their son, Edmund Tudor fathered Henry
Tudor, who became King Henry VII of England and
fulfilled the old prophesy that one day a Welsh
Monarch would rule the whole of Britain |
