1781 in Wales

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

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

Incumbents

June - The Chancery court agrees the sale of the Kinmel estate to a London buyer.
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

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)