1664 in China
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Events from the year 1664 in China. Also known as ç¸å¯å¹´ (Water Rabbit) 4360 or 4300 to ç²è¾°å¹´ (Wood Dragon) 4361 or 4301.
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Incumbents
- Kangxi Emperor (3rd 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
- January â Dutch fleets return to Batavia after Qing-Dutch alliance fails[1]
- Spring â Zheng Jing withdraws the last Zheng family forces on the mainland from Tongshan (æ¡å±±è¡é), Fujian
- After failing talk the Zheng family into peacefully surrendering, Dutch Captain Herman de Bitter defeats a fleet at Penghu in August and temporarily occupies Keelung harbor
- A planned Qing invasion of the Kingdom of Tungning led by Admiral Shi Lang and supported by the Dutch fleet in Taiwan fails to occur[2][3]
- Ming loyalist Zheng Huangyan (å¼µç è¨) is executed in Hangzhou
- An imperial edict imposes another ban on footbinding[4]
- Changsha becomes the capital of Hunan province, having been upgraded from a superior prefecture[5]
- The British East India Company begins trade in China[6]
- Jesuit missionary and astronomer Adam Schall von Bell is tried due to accusations by Yang Guangxian[7]
- Sino-Russian border conflicts
Births
- France â François Xavier d'Entrecolles (1664 â 1741); Chinese name: æ®·å¼ç»ª, Yin Hongxu) a French Jesuit priest, who learned the Chinese technique of manufacturing porcelain through his investigations in China at Jingdezhen