1664 in China

Events from the year 1664 in China. Also known as 癸卯年 (Water Rabbit) 4360 or 4300 to 甲辰年 (Wood Dragon) 4361 or 4301.

← 1663 1662 1661 1660 1659 1664 in China → 1665 1666 1667 1668 1669
Decades:	1640s 1650s 1660s 1670s 1680s
See also:	Other events of 1664 History of China  • Timeline  • Years

Incumbents

• Kangxi Emperor (3rd year)
  • Regents — Sonin, Ebilun, Suksaha, and Oboi

Viceroys

• Viceroy of Zhili — Miao Cheng
• Viceroy of Min-Zhe — Zhao Tingchen
• Viceroy of Huguang — Zhang Changgeng
• Viceroy of Shaanxi — Bai Rumei
• Viceroy of Guangdong — Li Qifeng
• Viceroy of Yun-Gui — Zhao Tingchen
  • Viceroy of Guizhou — Tong Yannian, Yang Maoxun
  • Viceroy of Yunnan — Bian Sanyuan
• Viceroy of Sichuan — Li Guoying
• Viceroy of Jiangnan — Lang Tingzuo

Events

• January — Dutch fleets return to Batavia after Qing-Dutch alliance fails^[1]
• Spring — Zheng Jing withdraws the last Zheng family forces on the mainland from Tongshan (桐山街道 [zh]), 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 (張煌言 [zh]) 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 — François Xavier d'Entrecolles (1664 – 1741); Chinese name: 殷弘绪, Yin Hongxu) a French Jesuit priest, who learned the Chinese technique of manufacturing porcelain through his investigations in China at Jingdezhen