The 1800s
- Lord Bute donates the Park to the people of Cardiff
- Cricket is played from 1848
- Cardiff Rugby Club is formed in 1876
- First victory for Wales over Ireland in 1884
- Grand Stand opens 1885
- Grand Stand extension completed in 1890
- New pavilion opened for changing, indoor exercise and social functions

The Early 1900s
- Teddy Morgan’s solitary try in December 1905 inflicted defeat upon the first
  All Blacks - World champion status is conferred upon Wales
- Cardiff beat South Africa - New Years Day 1907
- New North Stand is opened but wrecked by a land mine dropped by the Luftwaffe in 1941

The 1950s
- First Grand Slam victory by Wales for 39 years in 1950
- New Zealand lost twice at Cardiff Arms park in 1953 but the All Blacks have beaten
  Wales there ever time since 1951
- South stand opens in 1956 ready for the 1958 Empire Games with standing room
  for another 47000 spectators

The 1960s
- Keith Jarrett’s arrival on the international scene when he scored one of the most
  audacious and spectacular tries witnessed at Cardiff in 1967

The 1970s
- The National Ground, Cardiff Arms Park wholly reconstructed during the 1970s
- The Welsh ‘Golden Era’ – John Dawes, Gareth Edwards, Barry John, Mervyn Davies,
  Gerald Davies, JPR Williams and Phil Bennett are superstars

The 1980s
- Welsh rugby goes off the boil
- Great XVs from New Zealand, South Africa and Australia still draw big crowds
- Paul Thorburn establishes a world record for a penalty goal kick of 70 yards
  and 8.5 inches in 1988

The 1990s
- The Rugby World Cup comes to the Cardiff Arms Park in 1991 - Wales fail to reach
  the quarter finals
- From 1989, Cardiff Arms Park becomes ‘home’ for Wales’s soccer stars
- Also hosted were pop concerts and boxing title fights - Tina Turner, Lewis v Bruno
- SWALEC Cup Final is the very last game at Wales’ National Ground in 1997
- Redevelopment begins in September 1997 after auctioning of parts of the old
  National Stadium

The Millennium Stadium
- With construction work still to be done, a three-quarters complete Millennium
  Stadium hosts its very first game in June 1999 and Wales record their first win over
  South Africa in nearly ? years. Mark Taylor scores the solitary opening try at the
  new venue
- After several warm-up games, Wales host the Opening Ceremony of RWC 1999 in
  October 1999, three pool games for Wales and a quarter-final (in which Wales bow
  out to the eventual Champions Australia), the third-fourth place Play-Off, and the
  Closing Ceremony and Final - the roof slides open during the Opening Ceremony

The Millennium
- The new venue becomes a giant concert arena for a New Year's Eve Millennium
  extravaganza - The Manic Street Preachers see in revellers with a 'Manic Millennium'
  under the Stadium's now infamous sliding roof
- The Millennium Stadium hosts the first FAW International Football matches in the
  summer of 2000
- The Football League Cup Final, LDV Vans Trophy, FA Cup Final and FA Community
  Shield come to the Stadium in 2001 confirming its status as a World Class venue, the
  Stadium also achieves a 5 Star UEFA rating and Speedway brings motorsport to its
  multi-purpose capabilities
- The FA Community Shield of 2001 between Manchester United and Liverpool becomes
  the first football match played under a closed roof in the UK
- The Stadium hosts its first competitive Football International Play-Off in November 2003
  between Wales and Russia
- New Year's Eve 2003, the venue becomes a giant dance floor for its first Stadium School
  Party Night
- Wales's Rugby World Cup 2003 heroes prepare to do battle on home ground once again
  as the 2004 RBS 6 Nations kicks off