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 | |
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)
Deaths
- May 25 - Pedro Calderón de la Barca, Spanish dramatist and poet (b. 1600)
- August 22 - Philippe Delano, Dutch Plymouth Colony settler (b. 1602)
- Gerard Terborch, Dutch painteraf:1681
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