What Happened in March 1681

Historical Events

Penn Receives Royal Charter

Mar 4 English Quaker William Penn receives charter from Charles II, making him sole proprietor of colonial American territory Pennsylvania

  • Mar 21 3rd Exclusion Parliament meets in London

Famous Birthdays

  • Mar 24 Georg Philipp Telemann, German late Baroque composer, and multi-instrumentalist, born in Magdeburg, Margraviate of Brandenburg, Holy Roman Empire (d. 1767)
  • Mar 30 Pieter Snyers, Flemish painter and engraver, born in Antwerp (d. 1752)

Famous Deaths

  • Mar 12 Frans van Mieris the Elder, Dutch painter, dies at 45