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History; Wales; This is a timeline of Welsh history, comprising important legal and territorial changes, and political events in Wales ... 1321 May Newport, ...
January 20 – The English Parliament appoints a commission to inquire about illegal confederacies in Wales against the King. [ 2 ] January 30 – The Welsh Earls of Hereford, Arundel, and Surrey, and 26 other people are forbidden from attending any meetings to discuss matters affecting King Edward II.
King Edward II, whose domination by his favourites, the Despensers, led to the Despenser War. The initial success of the rebels reflected the power of the Marcher Lords. Since Edward I's conquest of Wales, "[t]he marcher privileges remained undiminished, and the marcher energies which could no longer find employment in the struggle against the Welsh, sought new direction in the fertile field ...
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December – Llywelyn captures the south Wales castles of Carmarthen, Kidwelly, Llanstephan, Cardigan and Cilgerran. Reginald de Braose, marries Gwladus Ddu. 1216 19 October – The death of King John of England and the accession of his son as Henry III relieve political tensions between England and Wales.
The earliest known item of human remains discovered in modern-day Wales is a Neanderthal jawbone, found at the Bontnewydd Palaeolithic site in the valley of the River Elwy in North Wales; it dates from about 230,000 years before present (BP) in the Lower Palaeolithic period, [1] and from then, there have been skeletal remains found of the Paleolithic Age man in multiple regions of Wales ...
10 October – Edward, the Black Prince, marries his cousin, Joan of Kent, who becomes Princess of Wales. 1369 Owain Lawgoch launches an unsuccessful invasion attempt on Wales. 1372 May – In Paris, Owain Lawgoch announces his intention of claiming the throne of Wales. Owain Lawgoch and his invasion force arrive in Guernsey. 1375
The background involving the Kingdom of Gwynedd starts with the history of Wales. After the last ice age, Wales was settled during the prehistoric times. [28] Neolithic sites have been discovered with tools made from flint, such as near Llanfaethlu, a long house excavated from 6000 years ago.