Cardiff becomes capital of Wales
1955 · Event
Cardiff is formally proclaimed the first capital city of Wales.
On these timelines: Wales, Master, United Kingdom (combined)
More from Wales
- Death of Llywelyn ap Gruffudd (1282)
- National Assembly for Wales established (1999)
- Edward I's conquest of Wales (1277)
- Gruffudd ap Llywelyn unites Wales (1055)
- Owain Glyndŵr's revolt (1400)
- Aneurin Bevan (1897)
- Senedd gains law-making powers (2011)
- Rise of the South Wales coalfield (1850)
Around 1955
- Vietnam War (American phase) (1965)
- Cuban Revolutionary War (1953)
- Suez Crisis (1956)
- US Civil Rights Movement (1954)
- Indian independence and Partition (1947)
- Cuban Missile Crisis (1962)
- Apartheid (1948)
- Berlin Airlift (1948)
- Chinese Civil War (resumed) (1945)
- Korean War (1950)