Wales

Wales is one of four constituent parts of the United Kingdom

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. Wales is located in the south-west of Great Britain

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and is bordered by the English

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counties of Cheshire

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, Shropshire

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, Herefordshire

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, and Gloucestershire

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to the east, the Bristol Channel

Bristol Channel

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to the south, St George's Channel

St George's Channel

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to the south-west, and the Irish Sea

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to the west and north, and also by the estuary of the River Dee in the north-east.

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Timeline

76 Wales is annexed by Rome.

78 Romans conquer the Ordovices, located in present-day northern Wales, as well as the Silures.

465 According to the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, Hengist and Esc slay twelve Welsh leaders near Wippedfleet.

613 Aethelfrith of Northumbria defeats the Welsh and their allies at Chester.

658 Cadwaladr launches the last Welsh offensive against the Saxons in Britain.=

768 The date, according to the ''Annales Cambriae'', when Wales began to celebrate Easter on the Roman date, at the teaching of Elbodugus.

850 First recorded Viking attack on the Welsh coast.

854 First known pilgrimage to Rome of a Welsh ruler (Cyngen of Powys).

871 Rhodri ''Mawr'' ('the Great') of Gwynedd inherits Seisyllwig, thus uniting most of Wales under his rule

878 Rhodri, the first King of Wales to be known as "the Great", is killed in battle.

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Wales is one of four constituent parts of the United Kingdom