1669 in China
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Events from the year 1669 in China.
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Incumbents
- Kangxi Emperor (8th year)
- Regents â Oboi
Viceroys
- Viceroy of Zhili, Shandong and Henan â Bai Bingzhen (â July 28)[note 1]
- Viceroy of Zhejiang â Liu Zhaoqi
- Viceroy of Fujian â Zhang Chaolin
- Viceroy of Chuan-Hu â Liu Zhaoqi
- Viceroy of Shan-Shaan â Moluo
- Viceroy of Liangguang â Zhou Youde, Jin Guangzu
- Viceroy of Yun-Gui â Gan Wenkun
- Viceroy of Liangjiang â Maleji
- post abolished until 1724
Events
- Kangxi deposes his regent Oboi with help of his grandmother Grand Dowager Empress Xiaozhuang, who had raised him,[who?][1] and has him executed. He takes full control of the empire from this point onward.
- a Chinese pharmaceutical company Tong Ren Tang (TRT; Chinese: åä»å ) is founded in Beijing, which is now the largest producer of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM).[2]
- In 1669, Lanbu (1642â1679), the third holder of the Prince Jingjin title, was demoted by the Kangxi Emperor from a qinwang (first-rank prince) to a feng'en zhenguo gong[3]
- Chahar ruler Abunai showed disaffection with Manchu Qing rule, and is placed under house arrested in 1669 in Shenyang and the Kangxi Emperor gave his title to his son Borni[4]
- poet, essayist, and art historian Zhou Lianggong holds a party at his Pavilion for Viewing Paintings in Nanjing.[5] Later he is again accused of corruption
- Sino-Russian border conflicts
Births
- Jiang Tingxi (simplified Chinese: èå»·é¡; traditional Chinese: è£å»·é«; pinyin: JiÇng TÃngxÃ; WadeâGiles: Chiang T'ing-hsi, 1669â1732[6]), courtesy name Yangsun (æ¨å), was a Chinese painter, and an editor of the encyclopedia Complete Classics Collection of Ancient China.
Deaths
- Yang Guangxian (Chinese: æ¥å å , Xiao'erjing: ﻳÙïº ï»Ùï»®Ùا ﺷÙﯿÙïº) (1597â1669) a Chinese Muslim Confucian writer and astronomer who was the head of the Bureau of Astronomy (欽天ç£) from 1665 to 1669.