1681
| Years: 1678 1679 1680 – 1681 – 1682 1683 1684 | |
| Decades: 1650s 1660s 1670s – 1680s – 1690s 1700s 1710s | |
| Centuries: 16th century – 17th century – 18th century 1681 in topic: | |
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 painter
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