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.

Incumbents

Prince of Wales - George (later George IV)
Princess of Wales - vacant

Events

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

Arts and literature

New books

Thomas Pennant - Tours in Wales, volume 2[2]

Music

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

Births

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]

Deaths

4 April - Henry Thrale, brewer
12 October - David Powell (Dewi Nantbrân), Franciscan friar and author[5]
date unknown - Sir William Owen, 4th Baronet of Orielton, politician, 84

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References

"Kinmel Manuscripts". Archives Hub. Retrieved 21 October 2018.
"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.

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[1] "Kinmel Manuscripts". Archives Hub. Retrieved 21 October 2018.

[2] "Thomas Pennant (1726-1798)". National Museum Wales - Art Collections Online. Retrieved 27 May 2018.

[3] Phyllis Kinney (15 April 2011). Welsh Traditional Music. University of Wales Press. pp. 253–. ISBN 978-0-7083-2358-8.

[4] Richard Griffith Owen. "WILLIAMS, WILLIAM (1781-1840), 'of Wern', Independent minister". Welsh Biography Online. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 27 May 2018.

[5] Robert Thomas Jenkins. "POWELL, DAVID (Dewi Nantbrân; d. 1781), Franciscan friar". Welsh Biography Online. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 27 May 2018.