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{{Year in Wales header|1998}}This article is about the particular significance of the year 1998 to Wales and its people. Incumbents- Prince of Wales – Charles
- Princess of Wales – vacant
- Secretary of State for Wales
- Ron Davies (until 27 October)
- Alun Michael
- Archbishop of Wales – Alwyn Rice Jones, Bishop of St Asaph
- Archdruid of the National Eisteddfod of Wales – Dafydd Rowlands
Events- 24 February - The Criminal Cases Review Commission overturns the murder charge of Mahmood Hussein Mattan, who was executed in 1952 for killing a Cardiff shopkeeper.
- February - Britain's first official register of historic landscapes is published by Cadw. It lists 36 landscapes in Wales of outstanding historic interest.
- 6 March - Flintshire Bridge is officially opened.
- 8-9 April - Torrential rain over eastern Wales results in widespread flooding.
- 13 April - Montgomeryshire MP Lembit Öpik is seriously injured in a paragliding accident in his constituency.[1]
- June - The Arts Council of Wales publishes its consultation paper Building A Creative Society.
- Ron Davies is appointed to the highest order of the Gorsedd of the Bards at the 1998 National Eisteddfod in Bridgend
- 31 July - The Government of Wales Act 1998, that will establish a devolved Welsh Assembly, receives its Royal Assent.
- 19 September - Ron Davies is elected in preference to Rhodri Morgan as Labour's candidate for First Secretary of the Assembly.
- 22-31 October - Heavy rainfall across Wales results in river levels rising to warning levels. Flood plains are inundated and there is extensive flooding of houses and other property.
- 27 October - Ron Davies resigns as Secretary of State for Wales after being mugged in an incident on Clapham Common, following what he described as an "error of judgment".
- 18 November - Jon Owen Jones, MP, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Wales, announces that the Environment Agency has been asked for a report on the October floods.
- November - Maenofferen slate quarry at Blaenau Ffestiniog ceases production.
Arts and literature- Bryn Terfel gives a recital at Carnegie Hall.
Awards- Glyndŵr Award - Iwan Bala
- National Eisteddfod of Wales (held in Bridgend)
- National Eisteddfod of Wales: Chair - withheld
- National Eisteddfod of Wales: Crown - Emyr Lewis
- National Eisteddfod of Wales: Prose Medal - Eurig Wyn, Blodyn Tatws
- Wales Book of the Year:
- English language: Mike Jenkins - Wanting to Belong
- Welsh language: Iwan Llwyd - Dan Ddylanwad
- Gwobr Goffa Daniel Owen - Geraint V. Jones, Semtecs
New books- Gillian Clarke - Five Fields
- James Hawes - Rancid Aluminium
- Rhys Hughes - Rawhead & Bloody Bones
- Mario Risoli - When Pele Broke our Hearts: Wales and the 1958 World Cup
- Sarah Waters - Tipping the Velvet
Film- Anthony Hopkins and Catherine Zeta-Jones star in The Mask of Zorro.
Welsh language films- Bride of War, starring Huw Garmon (in Welsh, English, French, German and Polish).
Music- Indie music band Terris are formed in Newport.
- Anweledig - Sombreros yn y Glaw
- Charlotte Church - Voice of an Angel
- Melys - Rumours and Curses
- Bonnie Tyler - All in One Voice
BroadcastingWelsh-language televisionEnglish-language televisionSport- September - At the 1998 Commonwealth Games:
- Kelly Morgan wins the badminton women's singles;
- Iwan Thomas wins the men's 400 metres;
- Desmond Davies wins the men's individual skeet shooting;
- Wales win a total of 15 medals, including the three golds.
Births- 18 December – Cameron Coxe, footballer
- 29 December–- Mark Harris, footballer
Deaths- 3 January – Tony Duncan, golfer and cricketer, 83
- 18 February – Robbie James, footballer, 40 (collapsed and died during match)[2]
- 2 April – Dai Davies, trade unionist
- 4 April – Käte Bosse-Griffiths, author, 87
- 14 April – Dorothy Squires, singer, 83
- 11 May – Vronwy Hankey (née Fisher), archaeologist, 81
- 13 May – Arthur Rees, Wales international rugby player and police Chief Constable, 85
- 17 May – Hugh Cudlipp, journalist, 84
- 23 July – R. Tudur Jones, theologian and politician, 77
- 28 July – Nancy Evans, table tennis player, 95
- 3 August (in Waipukurau, New Zealand) – Ronnie Boon, Wales rugby union player, 89
- 12 September – Horace Charles Jones, poet, 92
- 5 October – Megs Jenkins, actress, 81
- 31 October – Eddie Perry, footballer, 89
- 16 December – Kenyon Jones, rugby player, 87
- 16 December – Tommy Davies, boxer, 78
- 31 December – Alan Morris, footballer, 44
See alsoReferences1. ^{{cite news|first=D. |last=Higgit |title=The day my life changed |url=http://icwales.icnetwork.co.uk/0100news/features/tm_objectid=15903539&method=full&siteid=50082&headline=the-day-my-life-changed-----name_page.html |work=Western Standard |date=27 August 2005 |accessdate=2007-10-26 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080118222256/http://icwales.icnetwork.co.uk/news/feature-news/tm_objectid%3D15903539%26method%3Dfull%26siteid%3D50082%26headline%3Dthe-day-my-life-changed-----name_page.html |archivedate=18 January 2008 |deadurl=yes |df= }}
2. ^{{cite web|title=Obituary: Robbie James|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/obituary-robbie-james-1146080.html|publisher=The Independent|accessdate=25 November 2010|author=Ivan Ponting|date=21 February 1998}}
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