- 1681 in England
Events from the year
1681 in theKingdom of England .Incumbents
*Monarch -
Charles II of England Events
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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 theExclusion 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 theTower of London , but subsequently acquitted.
*22 December - King Charles II issues a warrant for the building of theRoyal Hospital Chelsea for wounded and retired soldiers.Publications
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John Dryden 's political satire "Absalom and Achitophel ".Births
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18 March -Esther Johnson , friend ofJonathan 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
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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
ee also
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