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| Centuries: | 16th century - 17th century - 18th century |
| Decades: | 1650s 1660s 1670s - 1680s - 1690s 1700s 1710s |
| Years: | 1678 1679 1680 - 1681 - 1682 1683 1684 |
| 1681 in topic: |
| Subjects: Archaeology - Architecture - |
| Art - Literature - Music - Science |
| Leaders: State leaders - Colonial governors |
| Category: Establishments - Disestablishments |
| Births - Deaths - Works |
Year 1681 (MDCLXXXI) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Saturday of the 10-day slower Julian calendar).
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Events of 1681
January - June
- March 14 - Charles II of England grants a land charter to William Penn for the area that will later become Pennsylvania.
July - December
- October 28 - A London woman is publicly flogged for the crime of "involving herself in politics."
- August 31 - Titus Oates is told to leave his state apartments in the Whitehall; his fame begins to wane and he is soon arrested and imprisoned for sedition.
- August 12 - The Ahom King Gadadhar Singha or Gadapani, who took the Tai name Supaatphaa, ascends the throne.
- December - Wu Shifan, grandson of Chinese general Wu Sangui, commits suicide in Yunnan province, ending the 8-year conflict of the Revolt of the Three Feudatories against Qing Dynasty authority in China, then led by the Kangxi Emperor.
Undated
- France annexes the city of Strasbourg.
- The last dodo bird is killed.
- Collections are made in England for needy French refugees.
Births
| Gregorian calendar | 1681 MDCLXXXI |
| Ab urbe condita | 2434 |
| Armenian calendar | 1130 ԹՎ ՌՃԼ |
| Bahá'í calendar | -163 – -162 |
| Berber calendar | 2631 |
| Buddhist calendar | 2225 |
| Burmese calendar | 1043 |
| Byzantine calendar | 7189 – 7190 |
| Chinese calendar | 庚申年十一月十二日 (4317/4377-11-12) — to —
辛酉年十一月廿二日(4318/4378-11-22) |
| Coptic calendar | 1397 – 1398 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1673 – 1674 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5441 – 5442 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1736 – 1737 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1603 – 1604 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4782 – 4783 |
| Holocene calendar | 11681 |
| Iranian calendar | 1059 – 1060 |
| Islamic calendar | 1091 – 1092 |
| Japanese calendar | Enpō 9Tenna 1 (天和元年) |
| Korean calendar | 4014 |
| Thai solar calendar | 2224 |
- March 14 - Georg Philipp Telemann, German composer (d. 1767)
- June 26 - Hedwig Sophia, duchess of Holstein-Gottorp, Swedish writer (d. 1708)
- September 11 - Johann Gottlieb Heineccius, German jurist (d. 1741)
- September 28 - Johann Mattheson, German composer (d. 1764)
- November 17 - Pierre François le Courayer, French theologian (d. 1776)
- November 28 - Jean Cavalier, French Protestant rebel leader (d. 1740)
- See also Category: 1681 births.
Deaths
- January 28 - Richard Allestree, English royalist churchman (b. 1619)
- March 12 - Frans van Mieris, Sr., Dutch painter (b. 1635)
- May 25 - Pedro Calderón de la Barca, Spanish dramatist and poet (b. 1600)
- July 1 - Oliver Plunkett, Irish saint (b. 1629)
- July 25 - Urian Oakes, English-born President of Harvard University (b. 1631)
- August 22 - Philippe Delano, Dutch Plymouth Colony settler (b. 1602)
- December 22 - Richard Alleine, English Puritan clergyman (b. 1611)
- date unknown - Gerard ter Borch, Dutch painter (b. 1617)
- See also Category: 1681 deaths.
