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The Origins of The
Name
There are
two rival theories regarding the precise origins of the name
The name
There is
uncertainty concerning the origin of "Caerdydd"
— "Caer" means "fort" or
"castle," but although "Dydd"
means "Day" in modern Welsh, it is unclear what was meant in this
context. Some believe that "Dydd" or
"Diff" was a corruption of "Taff",
the river on which Cardiff castle stands, in which case "Cardiff"
would mean "the fort on the river Taff" (in
Welsh the T mutates to D).
A rival
theory favours a link with Aulus
Didius Gallus who was a Roman governor in the region
at the time the fort was established. The name may have originated as Caer Didius – The
Fort of Didius
Chronology of
AD75 The Romans establish a fort in Cardiff
445 First written
mention of
850 The first recorded
Viking attack is made on the Welsh coast. The Vikings used
1081 William the
Conqueror visits
1201 The oldest
surviving treaty between
1404 Owain Glyndwr summons his first Welsh Parliament at Machynlleth
1536 1st Act of
1542 Thomas Capper
is burnt at the stake in
1581
1648
1794 Canal link
between
1839 Marquis of
1845-50 First rail link is constructed between
1850 Population
of
1868 William Burges begins process of remodelling
1876
1885
1905 Edward VII
grants
1906-38 Civic
buildings of
1911
Establishment of the
Population of
Cardiff reaches 182,000
Pioneering
Airship Flight
leaves
1913 A record
10.5 million tons of coal is exported from
1927
1931 Population
of
1942 Welsh
language is made official
1955
1958
Oct 1999 Cardiff hosts
the Rugby World Cup
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