1781 in Wales

Centuries:	16th; 17th; 18th; 19th; 20th;
Decades:	1760s; 1770s; 1780s; 1790s; 1800s;
See also:	List of years in Wales; 1781 in Great Britain Ireland Scotland

This article is about the particular significance of the year 1781 to Wales and its people.

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June - The Chancery court agrees the sale of the estate to a London buyer.^[1]
Richard Price is made an honorary LL.D. by Yale University, in the company of George Washington.

John Parry (harpist) - British Harmony, being a Collection of Antient Welsh Airs^[3]

11 March (baptised) - Lucy Thomas, colliery owner ('The Mother of the Welsh Steam Coal Trade') (d. 1847)
?November - William Williams of Wern, Independent minister (d. 1840)^[4]

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^ "Thomas Pennant (1726-1798)". National Museum Wales - Art Collections Online. Retrieved 27 May 2018.
^ Phyllis Kinney (15 April 2011). Welsh Traditional Music. University of Wales Press. pp. 253–. ISBN 978-0-7083-2358-8.
^ Richard Griffith Owen. "WILLIAMS, WILLIAM (1781-1840), 'of Wern', Independent minister". Welsh Biography Online. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 27 May 2018.
^ Robert Thomas Jenkins. "POWELL, DAVID (Dewi Nantbrân; d. 1781), Franciscan friar". Welsh Biography Online. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 27 May 2018.