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 will later become Pennsylvania. July–December October 28 – A London woman is publicly flogged for the crime of "involving herself in politics." Aug… (More on 1681)