1887 in Wales

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See also:	List of years in Wales 1887 in The United Kingdom Ireland Scotland

This article is about the particular significance of the year 1887 to Wales and its people.

Incumbents

• Prince of Wales — The Prince Albert Edward, son of Queen Victoria
• Princess of Wales — Alexandra of Denmark
• 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".
• November — The Helvetia wrecked off Worms Head, Rhossili (remains can still be seen at low tide).
• 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.
• Lewis Llewelyn Dillwyn and Stuart Rendel affirm the Welsh Liberal Party's support of Irish Home Rule.^[1]
• Richard John Lloyd Price establishes a Welsh whisky distillery on his Rhiwlas estate at Frongoch.^[2]

Arts and literature

Awards

National Eisteddfod of Wales — held at London

• Chair — Robert Arthur Williams
• Crown — John Cadfan Davies

New books

• Amy Dillwyn — Jill and Jack
• Daniel Silvan Evans — Dictionary of the Welsh Language (Geiriadur Cymraeg)

Music

• John Thomas (Pencerdd Gwalia) - 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 (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)
• 11 October — William Davies, national librarian (died 1952)
• 29 December — Jack Wetter, Wales international rugby union captain (died 1967)
• Date unknown
  • Bessie Jones, singer (died 1974)
  • 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

1. National Library of Wales, Dictionary of Welsh Biography.
2. Winn, Christopher (2007). I Never Knew That About Wales. London: Ebury. ISBN 978-0-09-191858-3.