In the year 1681, the first recorded boxing match in England takes place (Jan 6), Charles II of England grants a land charter to William Penn for the area that will become Pennsylvania (Mar 4), Canal du Midi in southern France is completed, creating a connection from the Atlantic Ocean to the Mediterranean Sea (May 15), Roman Catholic Archbishop Oliver Plunkett is hanged in London and becomes the last Catholic martyr to die in England (Jul 1), France annexes the city of Strasbourg, previously a free imperial city of the Holy Roman Empire (Sep 30) - and all these fine people were born:

1681-xxxx Sipi Eskonpoika Kuhna** (b Jussila) father of Juho Sipinpoika Kuhna - Jussila, Ilmajoki, Sweden-Finland (1768/82-91) aby
1681-xxxx Helena Tadman** mother of Elisabet Simontytär Hällström - Vöyri, Sweden-Finland (1707/25-26)

1681-0324 Georg Philipp Telemann* composer/multi-instrumentalist - Magdeburg, Brandenburg-Prussia, Holy Roman Empire (1767/88)

1681-0617 Elias Hügel* German-Austrian architect/sculptor - Gemünden am Main, Franconia, Holy Roman Empire (1755/74)
1681-0626 Hedvig Sophia of Sweden* princess/sister of Charles XII - Three Crowns Castle, Stockholm, Sweden (1708/27)

1681-0805 Vitus Bering (B) cartographer/ explorer/officer in the Russian navy - Horsens, Denmark (1741/60)
1681-0821 Ernest Frederick I* German nobleman - Gotha, Thuringia (1724/42)

1681-0911 Johann Gottlieb Heineccius* German philosophical jurist - Eisenberg, Thuringia, Holy Roman Empire (1741/59)
1681-0928 Johann Mattheson* composer/ singer/lexicographer - Hamburg, Holy Roman Empire (1764/82)

1681-1117 Pierre François le Courayer* Catholic theological writer/ librarian/active in England - Rouen, Kingdom of France (1776/94)
1681-1128 Jean Cavalier* Huguenot leader/Lieutenant Governor of Jersey - Ribaute, Kingdom of France (1740/58)

1681-1218 Peter Thumb* architect - Bezau, Vorarlberg, Austria (1766/84)

Updated 12.4.2023-3
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