2016 in Wales

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2016 in: The United Kingdom; England; Ireland; Scotland

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

Incumbents

Prince of Wales – The Prince Charles
Princess of Wales – The Duchess of Cornwall (does not use title)
First Minister – Carwyn Jones
Secretary of State for Wales – Stephen Crabb
Archbishop of Wales – Barry Morgan, Bishop of Llandaff
Archdruid of the National Eisteddfod of Wales – Christine James

Events

5 January - First Minister Carwyn Jones visits areas of Wales that have been badly affected by flooding, and promises that a further £2.3 million will be made available to be spent on flood protection.^[1]
18 January - Tata Steel announces 750 job losses at Port Talbot steelworks.^[2]
8 February - Wales is badly affected by Storm Imogen: 80 mph winds result in waves high enough to hit first-floor windows along Aberystwyth's seafront.^[3]

Arts and literature

Welsh Awards

Glyndŵr Award
National Eisteddfod of Wales: Chair – TBD
National Eisteddfod of Wales: Crown – TBD
National Eisteddfod of Wales: Prose Medal – TBD
Gwobr Goffa Daniel Owen: TBD
Wales Book of the Year:
- English language: TBD
- Welsh language: TBD

Music

Albums

John Cale - M:FANS

Sport

Horse racing
- 9 January - The Welsh Grand National 2015 is run, having been postponed from 27 December because of continuous heavy rain affecting the Chepstow course.^[4] It is won by Mountainous, ridden by jockey Jamie Moore.^[5]
Rugby union
- 8 February - Ireland and Wales draw 16-16 in their first match of the 2016 Six Nations Championship.^[6]

Broadcasting

Welsh-language television

Byw Celwydd^[7]

Deaths

4 January - John Roberts, footballer, 69^[8]
8 January - Ida Gaskin, Welsh-born New Zealand teacher and quiz show contestant, 96^[9]
21 January - Gerald Williams, journalist and tennis commentator, 86^[10]
23 January - Grahame Hodgson, rugby union international, 79^[11]
8 February - John Disley, steeplechase runner, Olympic bronze medallist (1952) and co-founder of the London Marathon, 87^[12]
9 February - Graham Moore, footballer, 74

References

2016 in Europe

Sovereign states	Albania Andorra Armenia Austria Azerbaijan Belarus Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Estonia Finland France Georgia Germany Greece Hungary Iceland Ireland Italy Kazakhstan Latvia Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Macedonia Malta Moldova Monaco Montenegro Netherlands Norway Poland Portugal Romania Russia San Marino Serbia Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Ukraine United Kingdom

States with limited recognition	Abkhazia Kosovo Nagorno-Karabakh Northern Cyprus South Ossetia Transnistria

Dependencies and other territories	Åland Faroe Islands Gibraltar Guernsey Jersey Isle of Man Svalbard

Former	Czechoslovakia East Germany Soviet Union Yugoslavia

Other entities	European Union

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