1681 Facts for Kids

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 various 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

The year 1681 was a common year that started on a Wednesday. It was a time of important changes and events around the world.

Key Events of 1681

March 14 – Charles II of England gave a special document, called a land charter, to William Penn. This document gave Penn a large area of land in North America. This land later became the state of Pennsylvania in the United States.
August 12 – A new king, Gadadhar Singha (also known as Gadapani or Supaatphaa), began his rule in the Ahom Kingdom. This kingdom was located in what is now Assam, India.
August 31 – A well-known person named Titus Oates started to lose his influence and was no longer allowed to stay in his official home in Whitehall.
October 28 – A woman in London faced a public punishment because she was involved in politics.

France took control of the city of Strasbourg.
Sadly, the very last dodo bird was killed around this time. This bird lived on the island of Mauritius and could not fly.
People in England collected money and supplies to help French people who had to leave their homes and seek safety.

March 14 – Georg Philipp Telemann, a famous German composer who wrote many pieces of music (died 1767).
June 26 – Hedwig Sophia, a duchess from Holstein-Gottorp and a Swedish writer (died 1708).
September 11 – Johann Gottlieb Heineccius, a German expert in law (died 1741).
September 28 – Johann Mattheson, another German composer (died 1764).
November 17 – Pierre François le Courayer, a French religious scholar (died 1776).
November 28 – Jean Cavalier, a French Protestant leader who led a rebellion (died 1740).

January 28 – Richard Allestree, an English churchman who supported the king (born 1619).
March 12 – Frans van Mieris, Sr., a Dutch painter known for his detailed works (born 1635).
May 25 – Pedro Calderón de la Barca, a famous Spanish writer of plays and poems (born 1600).
July 1 – Oliver Plunkett, an Irish saint (born 1629).
July 25 – Urian Oakes, an English-born president of Harvard University in America (born 1631).
August 22 – Philippe Delano, an early Dutch settler in the Plymouth Colony in America (born 1602).
December 22 – Richard Alleine, an English Puritan religious leader (born 1611).
date unknown – Gerard ter Borch, a Dutch painter (born 1617).