1887 in Wales

none September 2019 February 2020 1887 This article is about the particular significance of the year 1887 to Wales and its people. Incumbents Lord Lieutenant of Anglesey – Richard Daviess-DAVI-RIC-1818 Davies, Richard (1818-1896), M.P. Robert Thomas Jenkins 1959 24 November 2021 Lord Lieutenant of Brecknockshire – Joseph Bailey, 1st Baron GlanuskDod's Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage of Great Britain and Ireland, Including All the Titled Classes Dod 1921 356 Lord Lieutenant of Caernarvonshire – John Ernest GreavesNational Museum of Wales Adroddiad Blynyddol The Museum 1935 3 Lord Lieutenant of Cardiganshire – Herbert Davies-EvansThe county families of the United Kingdom; or, Royal manual of the titled and untitled aristocracy of England, Wales, Scotland, and Ireland Dalcassian Publishing Company 1860 443 Lord Lieutenant of Carmarthenshire – John Campbell, 2nd Earl CawdorEdward Arthur Copleston Where's where? Pt. 1. A concise gazetteer of Somerset. Pt. 2. Statistical, educational, parliamentary and practical information 1878 80 Lord Lieutenant of Denbighshire – William Cornwallis-West Potter Matthew The concept of the 'master' in art education in Britain and Ireland, 1770 to the present Routledge Abingdon, Oxon 2016 9781351545471 149 Lord Lieutenant of Flintshire – Hugh Robert HughesJournal of the Architectural, Archaeological, and Historic Society for the County and the City of Chester and North Wales Popish recusants in Flintshire in 1625 Henry Taylor Architectural, Archaeological, and Historic Society for the County and the City of Chester and North Wales 1895 304 Lord Lieutenant of Glamorgan – Christopher Rice Mansel Talbots-TALB-MAR-1700 William Llewelyn Davies Talbot family, of Margam Abbey and Penrice Castle Glamorganshire yes 1959 24 November 2021 Lord Lieutenant of Merionethshire – Robert Davies Pryce The Annual Register Rivingtons 1892 179 Lord Lieutenant of Monmouthshire – Henry Somerset, 8th Duke of Beaufort Reese M. M. The royal office of Master of the Horse Threshold Books Ltd London 1976 9780901366900 348 Lord Lieutenant of Montgomeryshire – Edward Herbert, 3rd Earl of PowisWeyman Henry T. Shropshire M.P.s - Memoirs T.S.A.S., Series 4, Volume XII 1929 28 Lord Lieutenant of Pembrokeshire – William Edwardes, 4th Baron Kensington Lodge Edmund Peerage and Baronetage of the British Empire... Salzwasser-Verlag GMBH 2020 9783752502664 318 Lord Lieutenant of Radnorshire – Arthur Walsh, 2nd Baron OrmathwaiteBurke's Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage Burke's Peerage Limited 1885 1027 Bishop of Bangor – James Colquhoun CampbellCMBL831JC Campbell, John Colquhoun Bishop of Llandaff – Richard LewisDeath Of The Bishop Of Llandaff, The Times, 25 January 1905; page 4; Issue 37613; col A Bishop of St Asaph – Joshua Hughess-HUGH-JOS-1807 Hughes, Joshua (1807-1889), bishop 1959 William Thomas Havard William Havard yes 26 October 2021 Bishop of St Davids – Basil Joneshttps://www.llangynfelyn.org/dogfennau/william_basil_DNB.html William Basil Jones, Bishop of St Davids Dictionary of National Biography 21 April 2011 Archdruid of the National Eisteddfod of Wales – Clwydfardds-GRIF-DAV-1800 Griffith, David (Clwydfardd; 1800-1894), eisteddfodic bard and arch-druid Daniel Williams 1959 yes 24 November 2021 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 May – The new Cardiff Metropolitan Cathedral, designed by Pugin, is opened.https://taking-stock.org.uk/building/cardiff-metropolitan-cathedral-church-of-st-david/ Cardiff – Metropolitan Cathedral Church of St David Taking Stock 27 February 2021 24 August – Roath Dock opened in Cardiff Docks; the first sod of Roath Park is dug.Opening of the Roath Dock Cardiff Times 1887-08-27 6 https://newspapers.library.wales/view/3423658/3423664/116/hurley 2020-02-08 1 November – The Helvetia wrecked off Worms Head, Rhossili (remains can still be seen at low tide).Brian E. Davies Mumbles & Gower Through Time https://books.google.com/books?id=b2bWDAAAQBAJ&pg=PT168 15 August 2016 Amberley Publishing Limited 978-1-4456-4716-6 168– 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.s-DILL-DIL-1650 Dillwyn yes 2017-12-24 Richard John Lloyd Price establishes a Welsh whisky distillery on his Rhiwlas estate at Frongoch.I Never Knew That About Wales Christopher Winn London Ebury 2007 978-0-09-191858-3 Arts and literature Awards National Eisteddfod of Wales – held at London Chair – Robert Arthur Williams, "Y Frenhines Victoria"Winners of the Chair https://eisteddfod.wales/chair-winners 29 November 2025 eisteddfod.wales Crown – John Cadfan Davies, "John Penry"https://eisteddfod.wales/crown-winners Crown Winners 28 November 2025 eisteddfod.wales New books English language Amy Dillwyn – Jill and Jack Daniel Silvan Evans – Dictionary of the Welsh Language (Geiriadur Cymraeg) Welsh language Owen Evans – Geiriau Olaf Iesu Grists-EVAN-OWE-1829 Evans, Owen (1829-1920), Congregational minister and author John Dyfnallt Owen John Dyfnallt Owen yes 27 February 2021 Thomas Levi – Crist a Gwroniaid y Byd Paganaidds-LEVI-THO-1825 Levi, Thomas (1825-1916), Calvinistic Methodist minister, editor of Trysorfa y Plant, and author Thomas Arthur Levi yes 27 February 2021 The Text of the Mabinogion and Other Welsh Tales from the Red Book of Hergest (edited by John Gwenogvryn Evans)s-EVAN-GWE-1852 Evans, John Gwenogvryn Evan David Jones yes 27 February 2021 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, landscape painter (died 1914)s1-INNE-DIC-1887 Innes, James Dickson (1887-1914), artist Megan Ellis 1959 yes 24 November 2021 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)s2-WATK-ELI-1887 Watkin-Jones, Elizabeth (1887-1966), author of children's books Bedwyr Lewis Jones 2001 yes 24 November 2021 21 September – T. H. Parry-Williams, poet, author and academic (died 1975)s10-PARR-HER-1887 Parry-Williams, Sir Thomas Angharad Price Angharad Price 18 November 2014 3 November 2021 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, 76s-PRIC-HUW-1811 Prichard, Rowland Huw (1812-1887), musician Robert David Griffith yes 4 May 2020 16 February – Richard Owen, preacher, 47s-OWEN-RIC-1839 Owen, Richard (1839-1887), revivalist, Calvinistic Methodist minister Richard Thomas yes 2 November 2020 24 March – William Lucas Collins, priest and writer, 71Collins, William Lucas 11 April – Samuel Bowen, Independent minister, 87s-BOWE-SAM-1799 Bowen, Samuel (1799-1887), Macclesfield, Independent minister and teacher Richard Griffith Owen yes 3 May 2020 23 April – John Ceiriog Hughes, poet, 54s-HUGH-CEI-1832 Hughes, John (Ceiriog; 1832-1887), poet David Gwenallt Jones yes 2 November 2020 3 May – Robert Vivian, infantry officer, illegitimate member of the Vivian family, 84/5Obituary https://books.google.com/books?id=z-9GAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA580&dq=Sir+Robert+John+Hussey+Vivian 4 July 2019 The Illustrated London News Illustrated London News & Sketch Limited 21 May 1887 580 en 21 May – Horace Jones, English architect who designed Cardiff Town HallThe Civil engineer & [and] architect's journal 1867 187Jones, Horace 28 May – Dan Isaac Davies, educationist, 48s-DAVI-ISA-1839 Davies, Dan Isaac (1839-1887), a pioneer of the teaching of Welsh in schools yes 17 March 2020 19 July – Lewis Edwards, educationist, 77Evans Rev. Trebor Lloyd Edwards, Lewis (1809-1887) s-EDWA-LEW-1809 6 November 2014 1 August – Hugh Cholmondeley, 2nd Baron Delamere, politician, 75Michael Stenton Who's who of British members of Parliament: a biographical dictionary of the House of Commons based on annual volumes of Dod's Parliamentary companion and other sources https://books.google.com/books?id=DWQOAQAAMAAJ 1976 The Harvester Press 978-0-85527-219-7 76 11 August – Sir Richard Green-Price, 1st Baronet, politician, 83The Times Register of Events in .... The Times 1887 xlviii 7 November – Joshua T. Owen, Welsh-born educator, politician, and soldier in the Union army during the American Civil War, 66 See also 1887 in Ireland References Wales Category:1889 in Europe Category:1880s in Wales