English Occupation (Welsh History Post Glyndwr)

1719
January: Seige of Pembroke begins

February: Siege of Tenby begins

April: The county of Pembroke falls to the English

May: March into Ceredigion

June: Aberystwyth CAstle surrenders. Harlech Castle surrenders

July: Caernarfon Castle surrenders

September: Tenby falls

October: Pembroke Castle surrenders

1720
February: The remainder of Powys falls under English control. English troops and ships mass on the North Welsh coast preparing to strike at Anglesey. Beaumaris Castle still resisting siege.

March: Gruffydd ap Goronwy, Lord of Caerleon leads the Rebellion of Gwent

July: The invasion of Anglesey and the capture of Gruffydd ap Goronwy. He is executed in Worcester along with other captured Gwent Rebellion leaders.

September: By Kings Writ (smuggled in from France) the Welsh Border Regiment (the Border's) founded as a rebellion Regiment

1722
March: The 1st Invasion Attempt. Rhys sets out from France. Storms in the English Channel wreck the fleet and Rhys limps into port in Brittany.

1723
March to May: The Glamorgan-Gwent Rebellion sees the 'Borders' engage the English occupation army in a series of guerilla atacks. The rebellion is crushed when the English sack Cardiff.

November: After several months of continued raids on English forts and supply columns, the Welsh Border Regiment is finally engaged in pitched battle. The officers are executed whilst the soldiers are sent to English colonies overseas

1724
August: The English appoint a Governor-General to oversea the governance of Wales.

1725
June: Spies tip off the English who await the 2nd Invasion fleet of King Rhys. Forced to abandon his landings English Squadrons dog his path back to Brittany

1727
January: New anti Welsh laws are implemented. The Exxlesiastical Colleges are shut down.

March: Worcester rises up in rebellion. The population are then massacred as the English re-take control

1729
April: Builth Wells rises in revolt,

July: Builth Wells raised to the ground

1730
August: Naval Battle of Lands End sees the 3rd Invasion fleet defeated.

1732
January to April: Major rebellion in Gwynedd led by Lord Hywel of Cricceith. A simultaneous revolt in Ceredigion is quickly put down. Troops are moved north where a guerrilla war is fought for four months. The English are savage in the their attempts to put down the rebellion. In April Hywel is captured and executed and the rebellion ends.

June: The first born sons of all remaining Welsh Lords are taken hostage by the English authorities.

1736
March: Rhys leads the 4th Invasion Fleet. Atlantic storms again wreck the fleet

1739
July to December: The Archbishop of Wales leads a rebellion in Pembrokshire to aid the landing of the 5th Invasion Fleet. The fleet however is delayed and dosen't make landfall until the December by which point the English Authorities have managed to put down the Rebellion. Rhys is defeated in the Battle of Pembroke

1743
January: After almost four years of relative peace the English execute 200 heads of gentry and lower nobility families

1744
March: Wales rises up in full Rebellion. The fortress and city of Caerodor taken from the English

April: The English move another army into Wales to deal with the rebellion

1745
January: Rhys tries to raise an Army to bring to Wales but cannot raise the funds.

1749
November: After five years of revolt English control is firm again. By the end of the month the fortress of Caerodor falls to the English

1750
July: Rhys leads the 6th Invasion fleet and engages the English in the naval battle of Milford Haven. He is killed during the action

1753
June: Stricter anti-Welsh laws are introduced. Many people are sent to the English Colonies in America

Years 1754-1758
These years are quiet, with the Regency Council in Exile still debating who should assume the throne. With Rhisiart of Glamorgan decided on as the new king the remaining years are spent in raising capital and troops for another invasion attempt.