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Events in May 1681 3
1600 – 1681Pedro Calderón de la Barca (1600-1681)Died 25 May 1681, aged 81Spanish dramatist and poet, regarded as one of the greatest playwrights of the Spanish Golden Age. His play "Life Is a Dream" (La vida es sueño) remains a cornerstone of world drama. He spent his later decades as a Catholic priest while continuing to write religious and courtly plays.
1681Canal du Midi opensCanal linking the Atlantic and the Mediterranean is inauguratedThe Canal du Midi, designed by Pierre-Paul Riquet, was officially opened after fourteen years of construction. Running about 240 km from Toulouse to the Mediterranean, it linked the Atlantic and the Mediterranean through the Garonne and was one of the greatest civil engineering works of its century.
1681Canal du Midi opensCanal linking the Atlantic and the Mediterranean is inauguratedThe Canal du Midi, designed by Pierre-Paul Riquet, was officially opened after fourteen years of construction. Running about 240 km from Toulouse to the Mediterranean, it linked the Atlantic and the Mediterranean through the Garonne and was one of the greatest civil engineering works of its century.