1681
| Centuries: | 16th century · 17th century · 18th century |
| Decades: | 1650s 1660s 1670s 1680s 1690s 1700s 1710s |
| Years: | 1678 1679 1680 1681 1682 1683 1684 |
| 1681 by topic: | |
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| Gregorian calendar | 1681 MDCLXXXI |
| Ab urbe condita | 2434 |
| Armenian calendar | 1130 ԹՎ ՌՃԼ |
| Chinese calendar | 4317/4377-11-12 (庚申年十一月十二日) — to — 4318/4378-11-22(辛酉年十一月廿二日) |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1673 – 1674 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5441 – 5442 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1736 – 1737 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1603 – 1604 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4782 – 4783 |
| Iranian calendar | 1059 – 1060 |
| Islamic calendar | 1092 – 1093 |
| Thai solar calendar | 2224 |
1681 (MDCLXXXI) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Saturday of the 10-day slower Julian calendar).
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Events
- March 4 - Charles II of England grants a land charter to William Penn for the area that will later become Pennsylvania.
- October 12 - 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 1681, Ahom King Gadadhar Singha or Gadapani, who took the Tai name Supaatphaa ascend the throne.
- France annexes the city of Strasbourg
- The last Dodo is killed
- Collections made in England for needy French refugees
Births
- March 14 - Georg Philipp Telemann, German composer (died 1767)
- June 26 - Hedwig Sophia, duchess of Holstein-Gottorp, Swedish writer (died 1708)
- September 11 - Johann Gottlieb Heineccius, German jurist (died 1741)
- September 28 - Johann Mattheson, German composer (died 1764)
- November 17 - Pierre François le Courayer, French theologian (died 1776)
- November 28 - Jean Cavalier, French Protestant rebel leader (died 1740)
Deaths
- January 28 - Richard Allestree, English royalist churchman (born 1619)
- March 12 - Frans van Mieris, Sr., Dutch painter (born 1635)
- May 25 - Pedro Calderón de la Barca, Spanish dramatist and poet (born 1600)
- July 1 - Oliver Plunkett, Irish saint (born 1629)
- July 25 - Urian Oakes, English-born President of Harvard University (born 1631)
- August 22 - Philippe Delano, Dutch Plymouth Colony settler (born 1602)
- December 22 - Richard Alleine, English Puritan clergyman (born 1611)
- Gerard ter Borch, Dutch painter (born 1617)
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