1681
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 France annexes the city of Strasbourg The last Dodo is killed Collections made in England for needy French refugees
BirthsMarch 14 -Georg Philipp Telemann, German composer
Deaths May 25 - Pedro Calderón de la Barca, Spanish dramatist and poet August 22 - Philippe Delano, Pilgrim founder of the American House of Delano Gerard Terborch, Dutch painter
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