1669 in China

Incumbents

• Kangxi Emperor
• * Regents — Oboi

  Viceroys

• Viceroy of Zhili, Shandong and Henan — Bai Bingzhen
• Viceroy of Zhejiang — Liu Zhaoqi
• Viceroy of Fujian — Zhang Chaolin
• Viceroy of Chuan-Hu — Liu Zhaoqi
• Viceroy of Shan-Shaan — Moluo
• Viceroy of Liangguang — Zhou Youde, Jin Guangzu
• Viceroy of Yun-Gui — Gan Wenkun
• Viceroy of Liangjiang — Maleji

  Events

• Kangxi deposes his regent Oboi with help of his grandmother Grand Dowager Empress Xiaozhuang, who had raised him, and has him executed. He takes full control of the empire from this point onward.
• a Chinese pharmaceutical company Tong Ren Tang is founded in Beijing, which is now the largest producer of traditional Chinese medicine.
• In 1669, Lanbu, the third holder of the Prince Jingjin title, was demoted by the Kangxi Emperor from a qinwang to a feng'en zhenguo gong
• 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
• poet, essayist, and art historian Zhou Lianggong holds a party at his Pavilion for Viewing Paintings in Nanjing. Later he is again accused of corruption
• Sino-Russian border conflicts

  Births

• Jiang Tingxi, courtesy name Yangsun, was a Chinese painter, and an editor of the encyclopedia Gujin Tushu Jicheng.

  Deaths

• Yang Guangxian a Chinese Muslim Confucian writer and astronomer who was the head of the Bureau of Astronomy from 1665 to 1669.