1687 in China

Events from the year 1687 in China.

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Incumbents

• Kangxi Emperor (26th year)

Events

A map of the 200-odd Jesuit churches and missions established across China c. 1687.

• Five French Jesuits arrive in Beijing and later help the emperor in the Bureau of Astronomy and in the field of medicine
• The imperial court promulgates a plan requiring garrison officers to ascertain that candidates (whether Manchu, Mongol, or Chinese) were in some degree proficient in horsemanship and archery before being admitted to the entry-level imperial examinations
• Sino-Russian border conflicts

Births

• Li Wei (1687?–1738) a native of Xuzhou, Jiangsu and instrumental in carrying out Yongzheng's nationwide reforms in his role in various regional governing positions.

Deaths

• Frederick Coyett (揆一); born in Stockholm c. 1615, buried in Amsterdam on 17 October 1687, was a Swedish nobleman and the last colonial governor for the Dutch colony of Formosa
• Geng Juzhong (耿聚忠; 1650–1687) was the third son of Geng Jimao, brother of Revolt of the Three Feudatories participant Geng Jingzhong and court member of the Qing dynasty. He was a Third Class Viscount (三等子)

References

• Zhao, Erxun (1928). Draft History of Qing (Qing Shi Gao) (in Chinese).
• Spence, Jonathan D. (2002), "The K'ang-hsi Reign", in Peterson, Willard J. (ed.), Cambridge History of China, Vol. 9, Part 1: The Ch'ing Dynasty to 1800, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp. 120–182, ISBN 0521243343.