-Welsh literature mentions a tafl-type? gameTawlbwrdd 1100's -3-in-a-row gamesfirst appear in Europe TheIsle of Lewis Chessmenare believed to have been carved 1200's -Alphonso X's "Book of Games" written circa 1283. Describes versions of :Chess, Tables (Backgammon) Morris, Alquerque. ...
The Castles of Wales Compiled by Paul M. Remfry The list below gives a partial documentary chronology of the Castles of Wales, roughly from the advent of the Normans to the downfall of Llywelyn ap Gruffydd, listing first Welsh, then Norman castles. While this chronology can be used as a ...
The magazine illustrates this with the story of a Welshman who dumped his computer hard disk. It stored Bitcoin's private keys worth $550 million. Now he's fighting to shovel the local landfill. There's no other way. That's why Bitcoin owners prefer to store their private keys in offlin...
784 - Offa defeats the Welsh. Around this time work on Offa's Dyke is started marking the border with Wales.785 - Egbert son of Eahmund of Kent flees to Wessex and then to exile in the Frankish court of Charlemagne787 - 1st recorded Viking raids on England789 - Beorhtric of Wessex ...
The equals sign (=) was invented in 1557 by a Welsh mathematician named Robert Recorde. Mathematical developments increased rapidly around the time of the Italian Renaissance in the 16th century and continued through the scientific revolution of the 17th and 18th centuries, becoming increasingly abstra...
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Monarchs of England and Wales Edward I, who succeeded Henry III, was the first king to rule both England and Wales after he defeated the Welsh chieftains who had been ruling the area up until that point. Edward I was still part of the House of Plantagenet, which continued until its split...
A force of Welsh and Irish men led by Gruffydd ap Llywelyn, a Welsh prince attacked and burnt the building. Oct 24 Rebellion of Aelfgar of Mercia Aelfgar, earl of Mercia was outlawed by the witan. In revenge he built a force and allied himself with Welsh Gruffydd ap Llywelyn. After ...
Josh Wardle, a Welsh software engineer, creates a web-based guessing game during the pandemic for his partner Palak Shah, who loves word games. As a play on his last name, he names itWordle. In the game, the player has six attempts to guess a five-letter word, with feedback given fo...
The first ‘Laws in Wales Act’, often incorrectly referred to as the ‘Act of Union’ between England and Wales, abolished the Marcher Lords, established Welsh administrative areas and MPs and aimed to harmonise Welsh administration and law with English. ...