Events
- 15 February - Wales child abuse scandal: Sir Ronald Waterhouse publishes the report of his inquiry into abuse in children's homes in north Wales.
- 24 May - National Botanic Garden of Wales opened near Llanarthney in the Towy Valley, Carmarthenshire (official opening by the Prince of Wales: 21 July).
- August - National Eisteddfod of Wales held at Llanelli.
- 15 October - Dedication of the new organ at St David's Cathedral.
- 16 October - Rhodri Morgan's official title as leader of the Welsh Assembly is changed from First Secretary to First Minister.
- 18 November - Catherine Zeta-Jones marries Michael Douglas at the Plaza Hotel, New York City.
- The Cardiff Bay Development Corporation is wound up, having achieved its main objective of regenerating the former docklands of Cardiff.
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