Significant Events in Welsh History & Genealogy

1284  Statute of Rhuddlan

1847 The Blue Books of Wales - Social unrest and Education reforms

1536  Acts of Union of  England and Wales

1538 Thomas Cromwell, Vicar-General to Henry VIII, ordered the keeping of parish registers to record all baptisms, marriages and burials in cities, towns and villages throughout the land. Parish clerks left behind not only a rich history of their service, but also invaluable sources for family historians

1620 A new translation of the Bible and Prayer Book into Welsh by Bishop Richard Parry and Dr. John Davies