1647 in China
Events from the year 1647 in China.
Incumbents
- Qing dynasty - Shunzhi Emperor
- * Co-regent: Dorgon
- * Co-regent: Jirgalang
- Southern Ming pretender - Yongli Emperor
- Xi dynasty - Zhang Xianzhong
Events
- Transition from Ming to Qing
- * 20 January 1647, a small Qing force led by former Southern Ming commander Li Chengdong captures Guangzhou, kills the Shaowu Emperor and sends the Yongli Emperor fleeing to Nanning in Guangxi.
Deaths
- Zhang Xianzhong - killed in Shaanxi by Qing forces
- Gao Guiying - female anti-Qing military leader