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This article is about the particular significance of the year 2004 to Wales and its people.
Incumbents
- Prince of Wales – The Prince Charles
- Princess of Wales – vacant
- First Minister – Rhodri Morgan
- Secretary of State for Wales – Peter Hain
- Archbishop of Wales – Barry Morgan, Bishop of Llandaff
- Archdruid of the National Eisteddfod of Wales
- Robyn Llŷn (outgoing)
- Selwyn Iolen (incoming)
Events
- 6 January – An inquest is opened into the death of Diana, Princess of Wales.
- 12 January – An inquest is opened into the death of 12-year-old Stuart Cunningham-Jones in a school bus crash near Cowbridge in December 2002.
- 23 February – The former Welsh Secretary Ron Davies announces he is joining the new Forward Wales party led by John Marek.
- 1 March
- The Prince of Wales visits the Vale of Glamorgan and attends a special service in Cowbridge.
- Cardiff is granted Fairtrade City status.
- 13 March – The market town of Cowbridge celebrates the 750th anniversary of its charter.
- 15 March – A second bridge over the river Monnow is opened in Monmouth.
- 31 March - The Taith Joint Board is established, to develop and implement actions and strategies for transport in north Wales.
- 28 April – The Wales Trades Union Congress annual conference opens at Llandudno.
- 15 May – Singer James Fox represents the UK in the Eurovision Song Contest, finishing 16th.
- 18 May – Denbighshire becomes the first local authority in Wales to ban smoking on all council property and for all its workers.
- 28 May
- Technology Wales 2004 opens at the Celtic Manor Resort, Newport.
- Guardian Hay Festival, annual literary festival, opens at Hay-on-Wye.
- 31 May – The Urdd National Eisteddfod opens at Llangefni.
- 4 June – Professor Merfyn Jones is named as the new Vice Chancellor of the University of Wales, Bangor.
- 6 June – Rhodri Morgan, the First Minister of Wales is criticized for not attending celebrations to mark the 60th anniversary of D-Day.
- 10 June – As a result of the local elections, there is power sharing in nine councils across Wales, Labour control in eight, Independents in three, and Plaid Cymru and the Conservatives control one each.
- 24 June – Police in Swansea arrest twenty people on charges of drug dealing.
- 2 July – Jeffrey John, an openly gay clergyman originally from Tonyrefail, is inducted as Dean of St Albans.
- 6 July
- The International Musical Eisteddfod opens in Llangollen.
- The Queen unveils the memorial fountain erected in London in memory of Diana, Princess of Wales.
- 14 July
- The National Assembly for Wales brings the Wales Tourist Board, Welsh Development Agency and Elwa under its immediate control.
- The National Woollen Museum re-opens at Dre-fach Felindre.
- 19 July – The Royal Welsh Show opens at Builth Wells.
- 28 July – It is announced that the North East Wales Institute of Higher Education, Swansea Institute of Higher Education, Trinity College, Carmarthen and the Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama will all become part of the University of Wales.
- 30 July – The National Eisteddfod of Wales opens at Tredegar House near Newport.
- 12 August – The Keep Cardiff Tidy campaign wins a special merit award at the Association of Public Service Excellence Awards 2004.
- 26 August – The Festival of History in North Wales opens in Llanfairfechan.
- 28 August – Bryn Terfel's Faenol Festival opens.
- 7 September – Kalan Kawa Karim, an Iraqi Kurd, dies after what police take to be a racist attack in Swansea city centre.
- 7 October – The Western Mail changes from broadsheet to tabloid/compact format.
- 8 October – Breconshire Brewery wins the "Champion Beer of Wales" competition at the Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA) Great Welsh Beer Festival in Cardiff.
- 26 October – The Monmouth-based inventor, Andrew Hubert von Staufer, wins the Platinum Award for Design and Gold Award for Leisure at the British Invention Show.
- 1 November - Neil Kinnock becomes head of the British Council.
- 2 November – Flights to Egypt become available for the first time from Cardiff International Airport.
- 8 November – The Welsh Assembly Government launches its "free swimming for over-60s" pilot scheme.
- 19 November – The Wales Children in Need concert is held at Wrexham, starring Bryan Adams.
- 26 November – Official opening of the Wales Millennium Centre in Cardiff
- 31 December – In the New Year Honours List, author Leslie Thomas is made an OBE for services to literature.
Arts and literature
- 23 March – The National Library of Wales successfully bids for an 18th-century Welsh manuscript auctioned in Los Angeles.
- 5 April – Launch of Katherine Jenkins' first album, Première.
- May – Foundation of Swansea City Opera company.
- 17 August – Announcement of the Dylan Thomas Prize, a new £60,000 literary prize. The first award will be made in 2006.
- November
- Roger Rees is appointed artistic director of the Williamstown Theatre Festival in Williamstown, Massachusetts.
- Welsh National Opera moves into the Wales Millennium Centre.
- 7 December – The Stereophonics introduce their new drummer, Argentinian Javier Weyler.
- Magenta wins the Classic Rock Society award for Best Live Band. Christina Booth wins Best Female Vocalist.
Awards
- Glyndŵr Award - Peter Prendergast
- National Eisteddfod of Wales: Chair - Huw Meirion Edwards
- National Eisteddfod of Wales: Crown - Jason Walford Davies
- National Eisteddfod of Wales: Prose Medal - Annes Glyn
- National Eisteddfod of Wales: Music Medal - Owain Llwyd
- Wales Book of the Year:
- English language: Niall Griffiths, Stump
- Welsh language: Jerry Hunter, Llwch Cenhedloedd
- Gwobr Goffa Daniel Owen - Robin Llywelyn, Un Diwrnod yn yr Eisteddfod
- John Tripp Award for Spoken Poetry: Clare Potter
New books
Welsh language
- Hywel Teifi Edwards - O'r pentre gwyn i Gwmderi
- Bethan Gwanas – Hi yw fy Ffrind
- Eirug Wyn – Dyn yn y Cefn Heb Fwstash
English language
- Peter Finch – Real Cardiff
- Niall Griffiths – Stump
- Mererid Hopwood – Singing in Chains: Listening to Welsh Verse
- Rhys Hughes – A New Universal History of Infamy
- Jon Ronson – The Men Who Stare at Goats
Music
- Karl Jenkins – In These Stones Horizons Sing
- Dill Jones – Davenport Blues (posthumous album release)
- Katell Keineg – July
- Alun Tan Lan – Aderyn Papur
- Lostprophets – Start Something
- Manic Street Preachers – Lifeblood
- Richard Rees - Y Baswr o Bennal (posthumous album release)
- Tom Jones and Jools Holland (album)
- Tystion – Miwsig I'ch Traed A Miwsig I'ch Meddwl
Film
- Ioan Gruffudd stars as Lancelot in King Arthur.
- I'll Sleep When I'm Dead is filmed partly in Fishguard.
- The Libertine is filmed partly at Tretower Court.
Welsh-language films
- Dal: Yma/Nawr, with John Cale, Ioan Gruffudd, Guto Harri, Cerys Matthews, Siân Phillips
Broadcasting
- 3 May – A new community radio station, WHAM! RADIO 1449, is launched in Blaenavon.
- 16 July – The filming of a new Doctor Who series begins in Cardiff.
- 28 July – S4C and the Royal Welsh Agricultural Society sign a deal guaranteeing nation-wide TV coverage of the Royal Welsh Show for the next five years.
- 17 October – Pobol y Cwm, the Welsh language soap opera, celebrates its thirtieth anniversary by receiving a "Hall of Fame" award from the Royal Television Society.
- November – Bread of Heaven, a series of six programmes about the history of religion in Wales, presented by Huw Edwards, begins its run on BBC 1 Wales.
- November–December - Mine All Mine, written by Russell T Davies and starring Griff Rhys Jones.
- Rob Brydon stars in The Keith Barret Show.
- Alex Jones presents the first series of Hip neu Sgip?
Sport
- 4 June – Simon Khan breaks the course record at the Celtic Manor Wales Open golf tournament.
- 24 June – Joe Calzaghe pulls out of scheduled world title fight against Glen Johnson because of injury.
- 30 August – The 19th World Bog Snorkelling Championships are held at Llanwrtyd Wells.
- 15 September – Mark Hughes resigns as manager of the Welsh national football team after being appointed manager of Blackburn Rovers.
- 16 September – The Wales Rally GB begins in Cardiff.
- 17 September – The 2004 Paralympics open in Athens: Welsh athletes will return home with twelve gold, six silver and nine bronze medals.
- 9 October – The Welsh national football team loses 2-0 to England at Old Trafford in Manchester.
- 12 November – John Toshack becomes the new manager of the Welsh national football team.
- 20 November – The Wales Rugby Union side loses 25-26 to New Zealand at the Millennium Stadium, Cardiff.
- 6 December – Tanni Grey-Thompson becomes the BBC Wales Sports Personality of the Year 2004 (50th anniversary of the award).
- 3 December – Wrexham F.C. goes into administration.
Deaths
- 3 January - T. G. Jones, footballer, 86
- 5 January - Vivian Jenkins, rugby player, 92
- 22 January – Islwyn Ffowc Elis, author, 79
- 5 February - Nicholas Evans, artist, 97
- 21 February – John Charles, footballer, 72
- 4 April - Alwyn Williams, geologist, 82
- 17 April – Geraint Howells, politician, 79
- 25 April – Eirug Wyn, author, 53 (myeloma)
- May - Cyril Kieft, racing driver and sportscar manufacturer, 92
- 20 May - Dennis Coslett, Free Wales Army activist, 64
- 2 June – Alun Richards, novelist, 74
- 15 June
- J. Gwyn Griffiths, poet, Egyptologist and nationalist political activist, 92
- John Lasarus Williams, nationalist activist, 79
- 17 July – Sir Julian Hodge, banker, 99
- 18 July – Emrys Evans, banker
- 5 August - Jim Alford, athlete, 90
- 8 August - Richard Taylor, skater and skier, 23 (injuries from skating accident)
- 20 August – Arthur Lever, footballer, 84
- 1 September - Gordon Parry, Baron Parry, 78
- 10 September – Glyn Owen, actor, 76
- 15 September – Sue Noake, athletics official
- 20 September - Bill Shortt, footballer, 83
- 25 September - Michael Treharne Davies, Catholic writer, 68
- 13 October – Bernice Rubens, novelist, 76
- 21 October – Brinley Rees, academic, 84
- 9 November - Emlyn Hughes, English footballer of Welsh parentage, 57 (brain cancer)
- 14 November - David Stanley Evans, astronomer, 88
- 15 November - John Morgan, comedian, 74
- 29 November – Jonah Jones, sculptor, writer, and educationist, 85
- 4 December – Sir Anthony Meyer, politician, 84
- 14 December – Harry Bowcott, international rugby player and president of the Welsh Rugby Union, 97
- date unknown
- John St. Bodfan Gruffydd, landscape architect
- Harry Harris, footballer, 70
- Eifion Jones, marine botanist
References
- Taith Homepage
- "Cyril Kieft dies", Autosport, 13 May 2004. Accessed 20 May 2014
- "Dennis Coslett – Dashing commandant of the Free Wales Army". The Independent. 2004-05-21.
- "Tributes paid to talented Taylor". BBC Sport. 8 August 2004. Retrieved 22 October 2012.