1887 in Wales

Incumbents

• Prince of Wales – Albert Edward
• Princess of Wales – Alexandra
• Archdruid of the National Eisteddfod of Wales – Clwydfardd

  Events

• 18 February – 39 miners are killed in an accident at Standard Colliery, Ynyshir.
• June – The Riot Act is read at Mochdre in the Vale of Clwyd at the height of a "Tithe War".
• 24 August – Roath Dock opened in Cardiff Docks; first sod of Roath Park dug.
• November – The Helvetia wrecked off Worms Head, Rhossili.
• New Cardiff Metropolitan Cathedral completed.
• The Turner House Gallery, Penarth, is built to house the art collection of Major James Pyke Thompson.
• Opening of Wrexham School of Science and Art, predecessor of Wrexham Glyndŵr University.
• Lewis Llewelyn Dillwyn and Stuart Rendel affirm the Welsh Liberal Party's support of Irish Home Rule.
• Richard John Lloyd Price establishes a Welsh whisky distillery on his :cy:Rhiwlas|Rhiwlas estate at Frongoch.

  Arts and literature

Awards

• Chair – Robert Arthur Williams, "Y Frenhines Victoria"
• Crown – John Cadfan Davies

  New books

• Amy Dillwyn – Jill and Jack
• Daniel Silvan Evans – Dictionary of the Welsh Language

  Music

• John Thomas – Cambria’s Homage to our Empress Queen

  Sport

• Football
• *Chirk win the Welsh Cup for the first time.
• *Knighton Town F.C. is founded.
• Rugby union
• *Ammanford RFC, Caerphilly RFC, Mumbles RFC, Newport RFC, Pontyclun RFC and Taffs Well RFC are established.
• *Wales play their first international in Llanelli; though the original venue of Stradey Park is moved to a local cricket pitch due to a frozen pitch.

  Births

• 13 January – Hedd Wyn, poet
• 27 February – James Dickson Innes, landscape painter
• 23 March – Percy Jones, Wales international rugby player
• 19 April – Bertrand Turnbull, Olympic hockey player
• 23 April – Len Trump, Wales international rugby player
• 13 July – Elizabeth Watkin-Jones, children's author
• 21 September – T. H. Parry-Williams, poet, author and academic
• 11 October – William Davies, national librarian
• 29 December – Jack Wetter, Wales international rugby union captain
• Date unknown
• *Bessie Jones, singer
• *Artie Moore, wireless operator

  Deaths

• 25 January – Rowland Prichard, musician, 76
• 16 February – Richard Owen, preacher, 47
• 24 March – William Lucas Collins, priest and writer, 71
• 11 April – Samuel Bowen, Independent minister, 87
• 23 April – John Ceiriog Hughes, poet, 54
• 3 May – Robert John Hussey Vivian, infantry officer, illegitimate member of the Vivian family, 84/5
• 28 May – Dan Isaac Davies, educationist, 48
• 19 July – Lewis Edwards, educationist, 77
• 1 August – Hugh Cholmondeley, 2nd Baron Delamere, politician, 75
• 11 August – Sir Richard Green-Price, 1st Baronet, politician, 83
• 7 November – Joshua T. Owen, Welsh-born educator, politician, and soldier in the Union army during the American Civil War, 66