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This article is about the particular significance of the year 2017 to Wales and its people.

Incumbents

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Events

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January

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February

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March

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April

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May

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The Urdd National Eisteddod commences on 29 May at Pencoed in Bridgend

June

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July

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  • 13 July – Stephen Hough is convicted of the killing of Flintshire schoolgirl Janet Commins, 41 years after her death. Noel Jones, an illiterate gypsy boy, had admitted killing Commins and had served half of a 12-year prison sentence, but told the court he had been made a scapegoat by police.[29][30]
  • 15 JulyJune Osborne is enthroned as Bishop of Llandaff, the first woman to hold the position.[31]
  • 22 JulyMichelle Brown, UKIP Assembly member for north Wales, admits and apologises for using a racial slur in a telephone conversation, after her former assistant Nigel Williams released a recording of the call.[32]

August

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September

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October

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November

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Arts and literature

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Welsh Awards

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New books

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English language

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Welsh language

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Music

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Film

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Sport

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Awards

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Jonathan Davies

In sports

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Broadcasting

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English-language television

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  • Beti and David: Lost for Words[58]
  • Hedd Wyn: the Lost War Poet[59]

English-language radio

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  • The Black Chair presented by Mab Jones[60]

Welsh-language television

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Deaths

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See also

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References

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