1662 in China

Events from the year 1662 in China.

Incumbents

February 1 — Siege of Fort Zeelandia concludes with Dutch forces in Taiwan surrendering to Zheng Chenggong
February 18 — The Kangxi era begins with the start of the following Lunar Year
Spring — the regents ordered a Great Clearance in southern China that evacuated the entire population from the seacoast to counter a resistance movement started by Ming loyalists under the leadership of Taiwan-based Ming general Koxinga, also known as Zheng Chenggong
June 1 — Zhu Youlang, the Yongli Emperor of Southern Ming, is captured in killed by forces led by Wu Sangui, while in Toungoo dynasty-ruled Burma. The last of the Ming dynasty pretenders have been defeated.
June 23 — Koxinga dies in Anping, Taiwan of Malaria, his son Zheng Jing takes over the Zheng regime, later leading the remaining 7,000 Ming loyalist troops to Taiwan
An imperial edict banning footbinding is put in place. This is the first one imposed on all of China
For his efforts defeating Ming loyalist forces, Wu Sangui is rewarded with the title of Pingxi Wang with a fief in Yunnan by the Qing imperial court, Guizhou is added to his domain later that year
Kaifeng repopulated after most residents are killed in the devastating 1642 man-made flood designed to lift the siege from Li Zicheng’s rebel forces
Sino-Russian border conflicts

Shanxi — Cao Ji Wu, a master of the internal martial art of Xinyi, precursor of Xingyi
Xiamen — Zheng Kezang, the crown prince and regency of Kingdom of Tungning. Kezhang was the eldest son of Zheng Jing and Chen Zhao-niang, and his grandparents were Koxinga and Princess Dong
Tian Wenjing, styled Yiguang, a prominent mandarin who lived during the reign of the Kangxi and Yongzheng Emperors of the Qing Dynasty

June 23 — Koxinga, Zheng Chenggong, Prince of Yanping, was a Chinese Ming loyalist who resisted the Qing conquest of China in the 17th century, fighting them on China's southeastern coast
Ji Jike — a highly accomplished martial artist from Yongji, Shanxi Province. Also known as Ji Longfeng, he is widely considered to be the originator of the internal martial art of Xingyiquan
Empress Xiaogangkuang — a Chinese Empress consort of the Southern Ming Dynasty, empress to the Yongli Emperor
Li Dingguo — a military general who fought for the Southern Ming against the Qing Dynasty
Zhu Yihai — ruled as the Gengyin Emperor of the Southern Ming Dynasty from reigning from 1645 to 1655