2016 in Wales

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This article is about the particular significance of the year 2016 to Wales and its people.

Contents

Incumbents

Events

January

February

March

Alun Cairns is made Secretary of State for Wales in March. Alun Cairns MP.JPG
Alun Cairns is made Secretary of State for Wales in March.

April

May

June

July

The Wales national football team are given a parade through Cardiff following their Euro 2016 success. Tim Pel-droed Cymru Bws Agored Caerdydd.jpg
The Wales national football team are given a parade through Cardiff following their Euro 2016 success.

August

September

October

November

December

Undated

Arts and literature

Welsh Awards

New books

English language

Welsh language

Music

Albums

Compositions

  • Iain Bell (music), David Antrobus and Emma Jenkins (libretto) – In Parenthesis (opera) [52]

Film

Sport

Awards

In sports

2016 Summer Olympics

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Jade Jones

2016 Summer Paralympic Games

Broadcasting

English-language television

Welsh-language television

Deaths

See also

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Wales national cricket team</span> Representative cricket team for Wales

Cricketers from Wales are currently represented by the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) and compete for the England cricket team. There have been some historical instances of a separate Welsh team in the 1920–30s, in the 1979 ICC Trophy, and in the British Isles Championship between 1993 and 2001, however Wales is not a separate member of the International Cricket Council (ICC).

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