1681
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| Years: 1678 1679 1680 - 1681 - 1682 1683 1684 | |||
| Decades: 1650s 1660s 1670s - 1680s - 1690s 1700s 1710s | |||
| Centuries: 16th century - 17th century - 18th century
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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
- 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 (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)
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)
- Gerard Terborch, Dutch painter
