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This article is about the particular significance of the year 1887 to Wales and its people.
- Lord Lieutenant of Anglesey – Richard Davies[1]
- Lord Lieutenant of Brecknockshire – Joseph Bailey, 1st Baron Glanusk[2]
- Lord Lieutenant of Caernarvonshire – John Ernest Greaves[3]
- Lord Lieutenant of Cardiganshire – Herbert Davies-Evans[4]
- Lord Lieutenant of Carmarthenshire – John Campbell, 2nd Earl Cawdor[5]
- Lord Lieutenant of Denbighshire – William Cornwallis-West[6]
- Lord Lieutenant of Flintshire – Hugh Robert Hughes[7]
- Lord Lieutenant of Glamorgan – Christopher Rice Mansel Talbot[8]
- Lord Lieutenant of Merionethshire – Robert Davies Pryce [9]
- Lord Lieutenant of Monmouthshire – Henry Somerset, 8th Duke of Beaufort[10]
- Lord Lieutenant of Montgomeryshire – Edward Herbert, 3rd Earl of Powis[11]
- Lord Lieutenant of Pembrokeshire – William Edwardes, 4th Baron Kensington[12]
- Lord Lieutenant of Radnorshire – Arthur Walsh, 2nd Baron Ormathwaite[13]
- 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.[19]
- 24 August – Roath Dock opened in Cardiff Docks; the first sod of Roath Park is dug.[20]
- 1 November – The Helvetia wrecked off Worms Head, Rhossili (remains can still be seen at low tide).[21]
- 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.[22]
- Richard John Lloyd Price establishes a Welsh whisky distillery on his Rhiwlas estate at Frongoch.[23]
Awards
National Eisteddfod of Wales – held at London
- Chair – Robert Arthur Williams, "Y Frenhines Victoria"[24]
- Crown – John Cadfan Davies, "John Penry"[25]
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 Grist[26]
- Thomas Levi – Crist a Gwroniaid y Byd Paganaidd[27]
- The Text of the Mabinogion and Other Welsh Tales from the Red Book of Hergest (edited by John Gwenogvryn Evans)[28]
Music
- John Thomas (Pencerdd Gwalia) – Cambria’s Homage to our Empress Queen
- 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.
- 13 January – Hedd Wyn, poet (died 1917)
- 27 February – James Dickson Innes, landscape painter (died 1914)[29]
- 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)[30]
- 21 September – T. H. Parry-Williams, poet, author and academic (died 1975)[31]
- 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)
- 25 January – Rowland Prichard, musician, 76[32]
- 16 February – Richard Owen, preacher, 47[33]
- 24 March – William Lucas Collins, priest and writer, 71[34]
- 11 April – Samuel Bowen, Independent minister, 87[35]
- 23 April – John Ceiriog Hughes, poet, 54[36]
- 3 May – Robert Vivian, infantry officer, illegitimate member of the Vivian family, 84/5[37]
- 21 May – Horace Jones, English architect who designed Cardiff Town Hall[38][39]
- 28 May – Dan Isaac Davies, educationist, 48[40]
- 19 July – Lewis Edwards, educationist, 77
- 1 August – Hugh Cholmondeley, 2nd Baron Delamere, politician, 75[41]
- 11 August – Sir Richard Green-Price, 1st Baronet, politician, 83[42]
- 7 November – Joshua T. Owen, Welsh-born educator, politician, and soldier in the Union army during the American Civil War, 66
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