1887 in Wales
This article is about the particular significance of the year 1887 to Wales and its people.
Incumbents
Events
Arts and literature
Awards
National Eisteddfod of Wales — held at London
- Chair — Robert Arthur Williams
- Crown — John Cadfan Davies
New books
Music
Sport
Births
- 13 January — Hedd Wyn, poet (died 1917)
- 27 February — James Dickson Innes, painter (died 1914)
- 23 March — Percy Jones, Wales international rugby player (died 1969)
- 19 April — Bertrand Turnbull, Olympic hockey player (died 1943)
- 23 April — Len Trump, Wales international rugby player (died 1948)
- 13 July — Elizabeth Watkin-Jones, children's author (died 1966)
- 21 September — T. H. Parry-Williams, poet, author and academic (died 1975)
- 29 December — Jack Wetter, Wales international rugby union captain (died 1967)
- date unknown - Artie Moore, wireless operator (died 1949)
Deaths
- 25 January — Rowland Prichard, musician, 76
- 16 February — Richard Owen, preacher, 47
- 24 March — William Lucas Collins, priest and writer, 71
- 23 April — John Ceiriog Hughes, poet, 54
- 19 July — Lewis Edwards, educationist, 77
- 11 August — Sir Richard Green-Price, 1st Baronet, politician, 83
References
- ^ National Library of Wales: Dictionary of Welsh Biography