1787 in Wales

Incumbents

• Prince of Wales - George
• Princess of Wales - vacant

  Events

• March - Hester Piozzi returns from Italy with her second husband.
• November - Richard Crawshay uses puddling at the Cyfarthfa ironworks.
• December - Evan Evans, shortly before his death, sells his manuscript collection.
• date unknown
• *Thomas Charles opens his first Sunday school, at Hengoed.
• *The first Cymmrodorion Society is disbanded.
• *Iolo Morganwg spends time as a prisoner in Cardiff jail.
• *Construction of Margam orangery begins.

  Arts and literature

New books

• John Thelwall - Poems upon various subjects

  Music

• Elis Roberts - Pedwar Chwarter y Flwyddyn
• Nathaniel Williams - Ychydig o Hymnau Newyddion
• William Williams Pantycelyn - Rhai Hymnau Newyddion

  Sport

• 27 February - Royal British Bowmen, an archery society, formed in Wrexham.

  Births

• 26 May - Richard Jones, printer
• 8 June - William Conybeare, geologist
• 9 July - Taliesin Williams, poet and author
• 2 October - Thomas Price, historian

  Deaths

• 3 February - Philip David, Independent minister, 77
• 24 May - Charles Morgan of Dderw, politician, 50
• 18 June - John Egerton, controversial Bishop of Bangor 1756–1768, 65
• 3 November - Robert Lowth, Bishop of St David's 1766, 76
• date unknown
• *William Elias, poet, 79