• 1931: He went to University of Wales, Aberystwyth, to study law.
• 1934: Gwynfor joined Plaid Cymru.
• 1939: He moved to Llangadog and ended his career as a lawyer.
• 1949: He persuaded Plaid Cymru’s National Executive to set up the ‘Campaign for a Parliament for Wales in Five Years’.
• 1949–73: He becomes a member of Carmarthenshire County Council.
• 1964: He publishes ‘Rhagom i Ryddid’ (Onward to Freedom).
• 1966: Won a resounding victory in the Carmarthen by-election.
• 1969: He refused to attend the Investiture of the Prince of Wales, but agreed to welcome the Prince to Carmarthen in his role as MP.
• 1970: He lost the Carmarthen constituency.
• 1974: He regained the Carmarthen constituency.
• 1980: Before S4C was established, he vowed to fast until death in an attempt to get a Welsh-language television channel.
‘Three ideologies and three men are mainly responsible for moulding Wales and what it was in the second half of the twentieth century, Lloyd George, Aneurin Bevan and the nationalist Gwynfor Evans. They were the nation’s political architects; they voiced the aspirations and disappointments of their people. Without them, Wales would not be what it is today.’ – Translated from Rhys Evans, ‘Gwynfor: “Rhag Pob Brad”: Cofiant’ (Y Lolfa 2005), p. 9