1661_in_China Knowpia

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Events from the year 1661 in the Qing dynasty.

Incumbents edit

Viceroy of Zhili — Miao Cheng
Viceroy of Min-Zhe — Zhao Guozuo, Zhao Tingchen
Viceroy of Huguang — Zhang Changgeng
Viceroy of Shaan-Chuan^{[note 1]} — Bai Rumei
Viceroy of Guangdong — Li Qifeng
- Viceroy of Guangxi^{[note 2]} — Yu Shiyue
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 Liangjiang/Jiangnan — Lang Tingzuo
Viceroy of Jiangxi — Zhang Chaolin^{[note 3]}

^ the office changed its name to "Viceroy of Shaanxi" (陝西總督) and Sichuan was removed from its jurisdiction
^ post existed from 1661–1665
^ split off from Viceroy of Liangjiang

Shunzhi Emperor dies, probably of smallpox. The seven-year-old Kangxi Emperor ascends the throne and the Four Regents, previously nominated in Shunzhi's will, begin rule as regents.
- The Thirteen Offices of the are eliminated (and eunuch Wu Liangfu executed) by Oboi and the other regents in March 1661.^[1]
March — Koxinga's fleet set sail from Kinmen with hundreds of junks of various sizes, with roughly 25,000 soldiers and sailors aboard. They arrived at Penghu the next day and attack Dutch forces shortly after
- On March 30, the Siege of Fort Zeelandia on the Taiwan main island begins
Khagan of Northern Yuan dynasty Ejei Khan dies and is succeeded by his brother Abunai, who shows disaffection with Manchu Qing rule
Sino-Russian border conflicts

Ejei Khan, (? – 1662) the son of Ligdan Khan, the last in the Borjigin clan of Mongol Khans, who once established the Mongol Empire in the 13th century. Northern Yuan dynasty, existed as remnants of the Yuan dynasty, ended a few years after

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