1681
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| Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 16th century – 17th century – 18th century |
| Decades: | 1650s 1660s 1670s – 1680s – 1690s 1700s 1710s |
| Years: | 1678 1679 1680 – 1681 – 1682 1683 1684 |
| 1681 in topic: |
| Subjects: Archaeology – Architecture – |
| Art – Literature – Music – Science |
| Leaders: State leaders – Colonial governors |
| Category: Establishments – Disestablishments |
| Births – Deaths – Works |
Year 1681 (MDCLXXXI) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Saturday of the 10-day slower Julian calendar).
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[edit] Events of 1681
[edit] January–June
- January 3 – Treaty of Bakhchisarai One side Ottoman (Turkish) Empire and vassal Crimean Khanate , the other side Russian Empire.
- March 14 – Charles II of England grants a land charter to William Penn for the area that will later become Pennsylvania.
[edit] July–December
- October 28 – A London woman is publicly flogged for the crime of "involving herself in politics."
- August – Robert Knox escapes prison in Ceylon, and details his adventures across Kandy and life in the kingdoms of the Tamil country Vanni in his book An Historical Relation of the Island Ceylon.
- 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 12 – The Ahom King Gadadhar Singha or Gadapani, who took the Tai name Supaatphaa, ascends the throne.
- December – Wu Shifan, grandson of Chinese general Wu Sangui, commits suicide in Yunnan province, ending the 8-year conflict of the Revolt of the Three Feudatories against Qing Dynasty authority in China, then led by the Kangxi Emperor.
[edit] Undated
- France annexes the city of Strasbourg.
- The last dodo bird is killed.
- Collections are made in England for needy French refugees.
[edit] Births
| Gregorian calendar | 1681 MDCLXXXI |
| Ab urbe condita | 2434 |
| Armenian calendar | 1130 ԹՎ ՌՃԼ |
| Bahá'í calendar | -163 – -162 |
| Bengali calendar | 1088 |
| Berber calendar | 2631 |
| Buddhist calendar | 2225 |
| Burmese calendar | 1043 |
| Byzantine calendar | 7189 – 7190 |
| Chinese calendar | 庚申年十一月十二日 (4317/4377-11-12) — to —
辛酉年十一月廿二日(4318/4378-11-22) |
| Coptic calendar | 1397 – 1398 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1673 – 1674 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5441 – 5442 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1736 – 1737 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1603 – 1604 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4782 – 4783 |
| Holocene calendar | 11681 |
| Iranian calendar | 1059 – 1060 |
| Islamic calendar | 1091 – 1092 |
| Japanese calendar | Enpō 9Tenna 1 (天和元年) |
| Korean calendar | 4014 |
| Thai solar calendar | 2224 |
- 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)
- See also Category: 1681 births.
[edit] 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)
- date unknown – Gerard ter Borch, Dutch painter (b. 1617)
- See also Category: 1681 deaths.
