1646 in China
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Events from the year 1646 in China.
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Incumbents
- Qing dynasty - Shunzhi Emperor
- Southern Ming pretender - Longwu Emperor (Zhu Yujian)
- Xi dynasty - Zhang Xianzhong
Events
- Transition from Ming to Qing
- February 1646 â Qing armies seized land west of the Qiantang River from the Lu regime and defeated a ragtag force representing the Longwu Emperor in northeastern Jiangxi.[1]
- May â Qing forces besiege Ganzhou, the last Ming bastion in Jiangxi.[2]
- July, a new Southern Campaign led by Prince Bolo sent Prince Lu's Zhejiang regime into disarray and proceeded to attack the Longwu regime in Fujian.[3]
- late September 1646 the Longwu court left their Fujian base, but the Qing army caught up with them.[4]
- 6 October â Longwu and his empress were summarily executed in Tingzhou (western Fujian) on.[5]
- 17 October â Fuzhou falls to the Qing, Zheng Zhilong surrendered to the Qing and his son Koxinga fled to the island of Taiwan with his fleet.[5]
- 11 December 1646 â The Longwu Emperor's younger brother Zhu Yuyue, takes the reign title Shaowu (ç´¹æ¦) who had fled Fuzhou by sea, soon founded another Ming regime in Guangzhou, the capital of Guangdong province[6] Short of official costumes, the court had to purchase robes from local theater troops.[6]
- 24 December â Prince of Gui Zhu Youlang established the Yongli (æ°¸æ) regime in the same vicinity.[6]
- Sichuan massacre
Deaths
- Longwu Emperor of the Southern Ming