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Events from the year 1665 in China.

Incumbents

• Kangxi Emperor (4th year)
  • Regents — Sonin, Ebilun, Suksaha, and Oboi

Viceroys

• Viceroy of Zhili — Miao Cheng (to July 4)
  • Viceroy of Zhili, Shandong and Henan — Zhu Changzuo (July 13 –)
• Viceroy of Zhejiang — Zhao Tingchen
• Viceroy of Fujian — Zhu Changzuo
• Viceroy of Huguang — Zhang Changgeng
• Viceroy of Shaanxi — Bai Rumei
• Viceroy of Guangdong — Li Qifeng^{[note 1]}
• Viceroy of Guangxi — Qu Jinmei^{[note 2]}
• Viceroy of Liangguang — Lu Xingzu ^{[note 3]}
• Viceroy of Yun-Gui — Bian Sanyuan ^{[note 4]}
• Viceroy of Sichuan — Li Guoying
• Viceroy of Jiangnan — Lang Tingzuo

Events

• October or November — Kangxi Emperor marries Lady Hešeri, granddaughter of his regent Sonin and she becomes Empress Xiaochengren^[1]
• Another planned Qing invasion of the Kingdom of Tungning fails to occur due to a typhoon^[2][3]
• An embassy from the East-India Company, a Dutch-language account of China by Johan Nieuhof is published. The book served as a major influence in the rise of chinoiserie in the early eighteenth century^[4]
• Sino-Russian border conflicts