Events
- 1 March - Peter Clarke is appointed Children's Commissioner for Wales.
- 1 June - Official opening of Cardiff Bay Barrage.
- 7 June - In the UK general election:
- Plaid Cymru retain a total of 4 seats. They lose Ynys Môn to Labour but Adam Price gains Carmarthen East and Dinefwr from Labour's Alan Wynne Williams.
- Newly-elected Labour MPs include Hywel Francis (Aberavon), Mark Tami (Alyn and Deeside), Wayne David (Caerphilly), Ian Lucas (Wrexham) and Chris Bryant (Rhondda)
- Kevin Brennan replaces Rhodri Morgan as MP for Cardiff West.
- 16 June - Entrepreneur Terry Matthews is knighted in the Queen's Birthday Honours list.
- 1 August - Coleg Harlech Workers' Educational Association (North Wales) is created through the merger of The Workers’ Educational Association (North Wales) and Coleg Harlech.
- 16 September - To commemorate "Glyndwr Day", actress Siân Phillips unveils a memorial statue to Catrin Glyndŵr in London.
- 11 July - Welsh language pressure group Cymuned is launched at a meeting in Mynytho.
- 26 October - A memorial service to celebrate the life of Harry Secombe is held at Westminster Abbey and attended by Charles, Prince of Wales.
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