1662 in China
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Events from the year 1662 in China.
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Incumbents
- Kangxi Emperor (1st year)
Viceroys
- Viceroy of Zhili â Miao Cheng
- Viceroy of Min-Zhe â Zhao Tingchen
- Viceroy of Huguang â Zhang Changgeng
- Viceroy of Shaanxi â Bai Rumei
- Viceroy of Guangdong â Li Qifeng
- Viceroy of Yun-Gui â Zhao Tingchen
- Viceroy of Guizhou â Tong Yannian, Yang Maoxun
- Viceroy of Yunnan â Bian Sanyuan
- Viceroy of Sichuan â Li Guoying
- Viceroy of Jiangnan â Lang Tingzuo
Events
- February 1 â Siege of Fort Zeelandia concludes with Dutch forces in Taiwan surrendering to Zheng Chenggong (Koxinga)
- February 18 â The Kangxi era begins with the start of the following Lunar Year
- Spring â the regents ordered a Great Clearance in southern China that evacuated the entire population from the seacoast to counter a resistance movement started by Ming loyalists under the leadership of Taiwan-based Ming general Koxinga, also known as Zheng Chenggong
- June 1 â Zhu Youlang, the Yongli Emperor of Southern Ming, is captured in killed by forces led by Wu Sangui, while in Toungoo dynasty-ruled Burma.[1] The last of the Ming dynasty pretenders have been defeated.
- June 23 â Koxinga dies in Anping, Taiwan of Malaria, his son Zheng Jing takes over the Zheng regime, later leading the remaining 7,000 Ming loyalist troops to Taiwan
- An imperial edict banning footbinding is put in place. This is the first one imposed on all of China[2]
- For his efforts defeating Ming loyalist forces, Wu Sangui is rewarded with the title of Pingxi Wang (平西ç; translated as "Prince Who Pacifies the West" or "King Who Pacifies the West") with a fief in Yunnan by the Qing imperial court, Guizhou is added to his domain later that year[citation needed][3]
- Kaifeng repopulated after most residents are killed in the devastating 1642 man-made flood designed to lift the siege from Li Zichengâs rebel forces
- Sino-Russian border conflicts
Births
- Shanxi â Cao Ji Wu (æ¹ç¹¼æ¦, 1662-1722), a master of the internal martial art of Xinyi (Heart and Intention Boxing), precursor of Xingyi (Form and Intention Boxing)[4]
- Xiamen â Zheng Kezang (éå ð¡ 1662-1681), the crown prince and regency of Kingdom of Tungning. Kezhang was the eldest son of Zheng Jing and Chen Zhao-niang, and his grandparents were Koxinga and Princess Dong
- Tian Wenjing (ç°æé¡; 1662 â 1732), styled Yiguang (æå ), a prominent mandarin who lived during the reign of the Kangxi and Yongzheng Emperors of the Qing Dynasty[5]
Deaths
- June 23 â Koxinga (åå§çº), Zheng Chenggong (éæå), Prince of Yanping (1624 â 1662), was a Chinese Ming loyalist who resisted the Qing conquest of China in the 17th century, fighting them on China's southeastern coast
- Ji Jike (姬éå¯, 1588â1662) â a highly accomplished martial artist from Yongji, Shanxi Province. Also known as Ji Longfeng (姬é¾å³°), he is widely considered to be the originator of the internal martial art of Xingyiquan
- Empress Xiaogangkuang (died 1662) â a Chinese Empress consort of the Southern Ming Dynasty, empress to the Yongli Emperor
- Li Dingguo (æå®å, 1621 â 1662) â a military general who fought for the Southern Ming against the Qing Dynasty
- Zhu Yihai (æ±ä»¥æµ·, 1618â1662) â ruled as the Gengyin Emperor (åºå¯ ) of the Southern Ming Dynasty from reigning from 1645 to 1655