1681 in England

1681 in England

Events from the year 1681 in the Kingdom of England.

Incumbents

*Monarch - Charles II of England

Events

* 14 March - William Penn receives a royal charter to establish a sectarian colony in the Americas.cite book |last=Palmer |first=Alan & Veronica |year=1992 |title= The Chronology of British History|publisher= Century Ltd|location=London|pages= 194-196|isbn= 0-7126-5616-2]
* 21 March–28 March - The Oxford Parliament meets and debates the Exclusion Bill.cite book|last=Williams|first=Hywel|title=Cassell's Chronology of World History|publisher=Weidenfeld & Nicolson|year=2005|isbn=0-304-35730-8|pages=280]
* 2 July - Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 1st Earl of Shaftesbury charged with treason, and imprisoned in the Tower of London, but subsequently acquitted.
* 22 December - King Charles II issues a warrant for the building of the Royal Hospital Chelsea for wounded and retired soldiers.

Publications

* John Dryden's political satire "Absalom and Achitophel".

Births

* 18 March - Esther Johnson, friend of Jonathan Swift (died 1728)
* 28 September - Sir Richard Vyvyan, 3rd Baronet, Cornish Jacobite (died 1736)
* 24 November - Robert Darcy, 3rd Earl of Holderness, politician (died 1721)
* Barton Booth, actor (died 1733)

Deaths

* 28 January - Richard Allestree, royalist churchman (born 1619)
* 5 March - Sir Jonathan Trelawny, 2nd Baronet, Member of Parliament (born c.1623)
* 14 April - Sir Thomas Littleton, 2nd Baronet, Member of Parliament (born c.1621)
* 18 April - John Loosemore, pipe organ builder (born 1616)
* 9 June - William Lilly, astrologer and occultist (born 1602)
* 15 December - James Compton, 3rd Earl of Northampton, soldier and politician (born 1622)
* 22 December - Richard Alleine, Puritan clergyman (born 1611)
* Hezekiah Burton, theologian (born 1632)
* Anthony Irby, politician and judge (born c.1610)
* Elizabeth Knepp, actress (year of birth unknown)
* William Walwyn, Leveller (born c. 1600)
* John Watling, buccaneer (year of birth unknown)

References

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