1809 in Wales

Centuries:	17th; 18th; 19th; 20th; 21st;
Decades:	1780s; 1790s; 1800s; 1810s; 1820s;
See also:	List of years in Wales; 1809 in The United Kingdom Ireland Scotland

This article is about the particular significance of the year 1809 to Wales and its people.

Incumbents

9 February - South Stack Lighthouse off Anglesey first illuminated.
10 May - Stapleton Cotton plays a prominent role in the Battle of Grijó.
David Hughes, Principal of Jesus College, Oxford, donates £105 towards scholarships to give South Wales the same level of support as North Wales.
Hawarden Castle is enlarged.
John Rice Jones begins lead mining across the Mississippi in the future state of Missouri.
Jeremiah Homfray opens a level at Richard Griffiths' lease in Trehafod in the Rhondda; the first full scale attempt to mine coal in the area.

Edward Davies - The Mythology and Rites of the British Druids
Thomas Evans (Tomos Glyn Cothi) - An English-Welsh Dictionary neu Eir-Lyfr Saesneg a Chymraeg
Theophilus Jones - History of the County of Brecknock, vol. 2

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