Year 1681 (MDCLXXXI) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Saturday of the 10-day slower Julian calendar). Events of 1681 January – June March 14 – Charles II of England grants a land charter to William Penn for the area that'll later become Pennsylvania. July – December October 28 – A London woman's publicly flogged for the crime of "involving herself in politics."… (More on 1681)