1681

Centuries: 16th century - 17th century - 18th century

Decades: 1630s 1640s 1650s 1660s 1670s - 1680s - 1690s 1700s 1710s 1720s 1730s

Years: 1676 1677 1678 1679 1680 - 1681 - 1682 - 1683 1684 1685 1686

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."
• France annexes the city of Strasbourg
• The last Dodo is killed

Year in topic

• 1681 in literature
• 1681 in science

Births

• March 14 -Georg Philipp Telemann, German composer

Deaths

• May 25 - Pedro Calderón de la Barca, Spanish dramatist and poet