1681

Centuries:	16th century · 17th century · 18th century
Decades:	1650s 1660s 1670s 1680s 1690s 1700s 1710s
Years:	1678 1679 1680 1681 1682 1683 1684

1681 by topic:
Arts and Science
Architecture - Art - Literature - Music - Science
Lists of leaders
Colonial governors - State leaders
Birth and death categories
Births - Deaths
Establishments and disestablishments categories
Establishments - Disestablishments
Works category
Works

**1681 in other calendars**
Gregorian calendar	1681 MDCLXXXI
Ab urbe condita	2434
Armenian calendar	1130 ԹՎ ՌՃԼ
Chinese calendar	4317/4377-11-12 (庚申年十一月十二日) — to — 4318/4378-11-22 (辛酉年十一月廿二日)
Ethiopian calendar	1673 – 1674
Hebrew calendar	5441 – 5442
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	1736 – 1737
- Shaka Samvat	1603 – 1604
- Kali Yuga	4782 – 4783
Iranian calendar	1059 – 1060
Islamic calendar	1092 – 1093
Japanese calendar	Enpō 9 (延宝9年) — changed to — Tenna 1 (天和元年)
- Imperial Year	Kōki 2341 (皇紀2341年)
- Jōmon Era	11681
Thai solar calendar	2224

1681 (MDCLXXXI) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Saturday of the 10-day slower Julian calendar).

[edit] 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
August 1681, Ahom King Gadadhar Singha or Gadapani, who took the Tai name Supaatphaa ascend the throne.
France annexes the city of Strasbourg
The last Dodo is killed
Collections made in England for needy French refugees