1999 in Wales

none 1999 This article is about the particular significance of the year 1999 to Wales and its people. Incumbents First Secretary – Alun Michael (from 12 May) Secretary of State for Wales Alun Michael (until 28 July) Paul Murphyhttps://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/special_report/regions/wales/406496.stm Murphy confirmed as Welsh Secretary 28 July 1999 BBC News 25 August 2026 Archbishop of Wales Alwyn Rice Jones, Bishop of St Asaph (retired) Rowan Williams, Bishop of Monmouth (elected) Archdruid of the National Eisteddfod of Wales Dafydd Rowlands (outgoing) Meirion Evans (incoming) Events January Protesting farmers blockade the north Wales headquarters of supermarket chain Iceland. Opening of the St David's Hotel in Cardiff Bay, Wales's first 5-star hotel.HotelBusiness https://books.google.com/books?id=F1ssAQAAMAAJ July 2000 ICD Publications 106 February – An outbreak of meningitis occurs in the Pontypridd area.https://www.theguardian.com/theguardian/1999/feb/11/features11.g23 Killer in the classroom 11 February 1999 Guardian 25 August 2026 March – West Wales and the Valleys is designated an Objective 1 region within the European Community. 6 May – 1999 National Assembly for Wales election, the first to be held.Vacher's Parliamentary Companion https://books.google.com/books?id=tmaJAAAAMAAJ 1999 A.S. Kerswill 195–6 10 May – The Queen attends a gala concert in Cardiff Bay to celebrate the opening of the Welsh Assembly.https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/wales/577359.stm 1999 - the year of Cool Cymru 25 December 1999 BBC News Wales 4 February 2020 12 May – The National Assembly for Wales meets in Cardiff for its first session.Michael Connolly Stephen Prosser Rod Hough Kathryn Potter Making it Happen in Public Service: Devolution in Wales as a Case Study https://books.google.com/books?id=Hzz0CgAAQBAJ&pg=PT49 2 November 2015 Andrews UK Limited 978-1-84540-478-9 49 19 May – 'Robbie', probably the last pit pony to work in the U.K. is retired at Pant y Gasseg drift mine, near Pontypool in the South Wales coalfield.Paul Jackson Pantygasseg Colliery Archive 99 September 2018 18–47 June – Eight children in north Wales are taken ill with E. coli poisoning. 27 June – The Clydach murders: four members of the same family are found bludgeoned to death.https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/wales/4793983.stm Morris guilty of Clydach murders 17 August 2006 BBC News 7 October 2019 July – Bryncelyn Brewery begins brewing. December – Hyder cuts 1000 jobs after being forced to make cuts in their charges for electricity and water. 19 December – Charlotte Church makes her debut as a television actress in Heartbeat. Main construction work on Cardiff Bay Barrage completed. Arts and literature Cysgod y Cryman by Islwyn Ffowc Elis (1953) is voted the most significant Welsh language book of the 20th century. Sir Harry Secombe suffers a second stroke, which forces him to give up his television career. Mary Hopkin joins The Chieftains on their UK tour. Dick Francis: A Racing Life, an unauthorised biography, suggests that his books were substantially written by his wife Mary. Painter Kyffin Williams is knighted for his services to the arts. September – Swansea Grand Theatre becomes the base for the Ballet Russe company. Awards Cardiff Singer of the World – Anja Harteros Glyndŵr Award – Gillian Clarke National Eisteddfod of Wales: Chair – Gwenallt Lloyd Ifan National Eisteddfod of Wales: Crown – Ifor ap Glyn National Eisteddfod of Wales: Prose Medal – Sonia Edwards Wales Book of the Year: English language: Emyr Humphreys – The Gift of a Daughter Welsh language: R. M. Jones – Ysbryd y Cwlwm: Delwedd y Genedl yn ein Llenyddiaeth Gwobr Goffa Daniel Owen – Ann Pierce Jones – Fflamio New books English language Richard Booth – My Kingdom of Books John Davies – The Making of Waleshttps://www.theguardian.com/books/2015/feb/25/john-davies John Davies obituary 25 February 2015 The Guardian Russell Davies 31 July 2023 Paul Ferris – Infidelity Patrick Hannan – The Welsh Illusion Craig Thomas – Slipping into Shadow Welsh language Grahame Davies – Sefyll yn y Bwlchhttp://welshwriters.co.uk/grahame-davies/ Grahame Davies Writers of Wales 31 July 2023 Mair Wynn Hughes – Hen Ŵr y Môr New drama Greg Cullen – Paul Robeson Knew My Father (play)Val Hill Hijinx https://books.google.com/books?id=SzasAAAAIAAJ 2006 Parthian 978-1-902638-77-5 2 Music Gillian Elisa – Haul ar Nos Hir (album) Gorky's Zygotic Mynci – Spanish Dance Troupe (album) Karl Jenkins – The Armed Man: a Mass for Peace Film Catherine Zeta-Jones co-stars in Entrapment. Welsh-language films Cymer Dy Siâr Solomon a Gaenor, starring Ioan GruffuddSolomon And Gaenor (1999) BBFC 31 March 2021 https://www.bbfc.co.uk/release/solomon-and-gaenor-q29sbgvjdglvbjpwwc0zmzm2otk Welsh-language television Y Palmant Aur (drama) Yno o hyd (documentary) Tri Tenor – Gala concert with performances by Welsh tenors Gwyn Hughes Jones, Rhys Meirion and Timothy Richards Catrin Finch (documentary) Ponteifi (sitcom) English-language television Sea of Troubles (documentary) House of the Future (documentary by Malcolm Parry) Belonging (BBC Wales) The Big Picture (presented by Peter Lord) Sport BBC Wales Sports Personality of the Year – Colin JacksonBBC Wales Sport Personality winners BBC Sport https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/wales/20670643 2 August 2021 Football UWIC Inter Cardiff are Welsh Cup winners after beating Carmarthen Town on penalties. Barry Town win their fourth successive League of Wales title. Winners of the three divisions in the Welsh Football League are: Ton Pentre (Division 1), Penrhiwceiber Rangers (Division 2) & Caerleon (Division 3). Flexsys Cefn Druids are champions of the Cymru Alliance. AFC Llwydcoed and Garden Village are promoted to the Welsh Football League. Rugby The Rugby World Cup is hosted by Wales, with the final being held at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff, on 6 November. The winning team is Australia. Snooker Mark Williams wins the Welsh Open tournament in Cardiff.http://www.snooker.org/trn/9899/wo99_res.shtml Welsh Open 1999 4 February 2008 snooker.org Mark Williams wins the UK Championship for the first time, defeating Matthew Stevens in an all-Welsh final.http://www.snooker.org/trn/9900/uk99_res.shtml Liverpool Victoria UK Championship 1999 26 November 2014 snooker.org Births 12 January – Tyler Roberts, footballer 26 April – Jake Heyward, athletehttps://www.teamgb.com/athlete/jake-heyward/4180DerRdfN4CsycxLZITL Jake Heyward TeamGB 25 August 2026 29 April – Callum Scott Howells, actor and singer 23 June – Cai Evans, rugby player 15 October – Ben Woodburn, footballerhttps://www.premierleague.com/players/14758/Ben-Woodburn/overview Ben Woodburn: Overview Premier League 24 October 2019 Deaths 3 February (in London) – Alfred Janes, artist, 87https://www.theguardian.com/news/1999/feb/15/guardianobituaries1 Alfred Janes obituary 15 February 1999 George Melly George Melly The Guardian 3 March 2019 8 February – Meredith Edwards, actor, 81http://explore.bfi.org.uk/4ce2b9f93e422 Meredith Edwards BFI https://web.archive.org/web/20120714094704/http://explore.bfi.org.uk/4ce2b9f93e422 14 November 2020 2012-07-14 16 February – Don Hayward, Wales and British Lions international rugby player, 73 17 February – John Lansdown, computer graphics pioneer, 70https://www.theguardian.com/news/1999/mar/03/guardianobituaries John Lansdown obituary 3 March 1999 Huw Jones The Guardian 15 April 2019 4 April – Raymond Davies Hughes, RAF airman and broadcaster, 75 11 April – Alan Evans, darts player, 49 6 May – Johnny Morris, television presenter, 82https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/obituary-johnny-morris-1092133.html https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220501/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/obituary-johnny-morris-1092133.html 2022-05-01 subscription Obituary: Johnny Morris 8 May 1999 Tim Bullamore and Desmond Hawkins The Independent 3 March 2019 11 May – Robert Thomas, sculptor, 72Meic Stephens Necrologies: A Book of Welsh Obituaries https://books.google.com/books?id=XUIqAQAAMAAJ 2008 Seren 978-1-85411-476-1 86 12 July – Guy Griffiths, pilot, 84 16 July – Barri Jones, classical scholar and archaeologist, 63Obituary by Anthony Birley Friday July 23, 1999 in The Guardian 5 September – Ivor Roberts, former TWW presenter, 74 22 September – Clive Jenkins, trade union leader, 73https://www.theguardian.com/news/1999/sep/23/guardianobituaries.keithharper Clive Jenkins 23 September 1999 Keith Harper The Guardian 3 March 2019 24 October – Howard Griffiths, screenwriter, 64 15 November – Sir Harry Llewellyn, equestrian champion, 88https://www.theguardian.com/news/1999/nov/17/guardianobituaries1 Sir Harry Llewellyn 17 November 1999 Judith Draper The Guardian 3 March 2019 27 November – Ernest Zobole, artist, 72https://www.theguardian.com/news/1999/dec/23/guardianobituaries Ernest Zobole 23 December 1999 Peter Wakelin The Guardian 3 March 2019 6 December – Gwyn Jones, writer, 92Slay Desmond Gwyn Jones https://www.theguardian.com/news/1999/dec/21/guardianobituaries1 11 May 2017 The Guardian 21 December 1999 London 19 December – Desmond Llewelyn, actor, 85 (car accident)https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/571888.stm Bond actor killed in crash BBC News 19 December 1999 25 August 2013 23 December – Eirene White, politician, 90https://www.theguardian.com/news/1999/dec/27/guardianobituaries Baroness White of Rhymney 27 December 1999 Lena Jeger The Guardian 15 April 2019 See also 1999 in Northern Ireland References Wales Category:1999 in Europe Category:1990s in Wales