3. A Welsh Bible.
1603–1689. _Struggle between new and old ideas_.
1618. Coal of South Wales attracts attention.
1640. First Civil War.
1644. Brereton and Myddleton win North Wales,
Laugharne and Poyer win South Wales, for
Parliament.
1648. Second Civil War: siege of Pembroke.
1650. Puritan “Act for the better Propagation of the
Gospel in Wales.”
1670. Vavasour Powell dies in prison.
1689. Abolition of the Court of Wales.
1689–1894. _Rise of the Welsh democracy_.
1719. Copper works at Swansea.
1730. Griffith Jones’ circulating schools.
1750. Iron furnaces at Merthyr Tydvil.
1773. Death of Howel Harris.
1814. Death of Charles of Bala.
1830. Abolition of Great Sessions of Wales.
1832. First Reform Bill.
1839. Chartism at Llanidloes and Newport.
1867. Second Reform Bill.
1872, 1883, 1884. University Colleges.
1884. Third Reform Bill.
1888. County Council Act.
1889. Secondary Education Act.
1894. Local Government Act. University of Wales.