1681

1681 (MDCLXXXI) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Saturday of the Julian calendar, the 1681st year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 681st year of the 2nd millennium, the 81st year of the 17th century, and the 2nd year of the 1680s decade. As of the start of 1681, the Gregorian calendar was 10 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which remained in localized use until 1923.

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 other calendars

Gregorian calendar	1681 MDCLXXXI
Ab urbe condita	2434
Armenian calendar	1130 ԹՎ ՌՃԼ
Assyrian calendar	6431
Balinese saka calendar	1602–1603
Bengali calendar	1088
Berber calendar	2631
English Regnal year	32 Cha. 2 – 33 Cha. 2
Buddhist calendar	2225
Burmese calendar	1043
Byzantine calendar	7189–7190
Chinese calendar	庚申年 (Metal Monkey) 4377 or 4317     — to — 辛酉年 (Metal Rooster) 4378 or 4318
Coptic calendar	1397–1398
Discordian calendar	2847
Ethiopian calendar	1673–1674
Hebrew calendar	5441–5442
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	1737–1738
- Shaka Samvat	1602–1603
- Kali Yuga	4781–4782
Holocene calendar	11681
Igbo calendar	681–682
Iranian calendar	1059–1060
Islamic calendar	1091–1092
Japanese calendar	Enpō 9 / Tenna 1 (天和元年)
Javanese calendar	1603–1604
Julian calendar	Gregorian minus 10 days
Korean calendar	4014
Minguo calendar	231 before ROC 民前231年
Nanakshahi calendar	213
Thai solar calendar	2223–2224
Tibetan calendar	阳金猴年 (male Iron-Monkey) 1807 or 1426 or 654     — to — 阴金鸡年 (female Iron-Rooster) 1808 or 1427 or 655

Events

• March 14 – Charles II of England grants a land charter to William Penn for the area that will later become Pennsylvania.
• October 28 – 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 12 – The Ahom King Gadadhar Singha or Gadapani, who took the Tai name Supaatphaa, ascends the throne.
• December – Wu Shifan, the grandson of the Chinese general Wu Sangui, commits suicide in Yunnan province, ending the eight year conflict of the Revolt of the Three Feudatories against Qing Dynasty authority in China, then led by the Kangxi Emperor.

Undated

• France annexes the city of Strasbourg.
• The last dodo bird is killed.
• Collections are made in England for needy French refugees.

Births

• March 14 – Georg Philipp Telemann, German composer (died 1767)
• June 26 – Hedwig Sophia, duchess of Holstein-Gottorp, Swedish writer (died 1708)
• September 11 – Johann Gottlieb Heineccius, German jurist (died 1741)
• September 28 – Johann Mattheson, German composer (died 1764)
• November 17 – Pierre François le Courayer, French theologian (died 1776)
• November 28 – Jean Cavalier, French Protestant rebel leader (died 1740)

See also: Category:1681 births

Deaths

• January 28 – Richard Allestree, English royalist churchman (born 1619)
• March 12 – Frans van Mieris, Sr., Dutch painter (born 1635)
• May 25 – Pedro Calderón de la Barca, Spanish dramatist and poet (born 1600)
• July 1 – Oliver Plunkett, Irish saint (born 1629)
• July 25 – Urian Oakes, English-born President of Harvard University (born 1631)
• August 22 – Philippe Delano, Dutch Plymouth Colony settler (born 1602)
• December 22 – Richard Alleine, English Puritan clergyman (born 1611)
• date unknown – Gerard ter Borch, Dutch painter (born 1617)

See also: Category:1681 deaths