1679 in China

none 1679 Events from the year 1679 in China. Incumbents Kangxi Emperor (18th year) Events The Revolt of the Three Feudatories continues A special examination for admission into the Hanlin Academy is held, the Emperor chooses as the topic a rhyme-prose (fu) on the xuanzhi and yuheng, instruments that were then thought to be part of the astronomical system used by the ancient sage-kingsMay 2019 to chart the skiesBenjamin A. Elman Cambridge History of China vol. 9 Willard J. Peterson 408 Building of the Ganden Sumtseling Monastery, a Tibetan Buddhist monastery near Zhongdian at elevation 3,380 metres (11,090 ft) in Yunnan province 1679 Sanhe-Pinggu earthquake, a major quake that struck the Zhili (Greater Beijing) region in Qing China on the morning of September 2, 1679. It is the largest recorded surface rupture event to have occurred in the North China PlainNational Physical Atlas of China 1999 China Cartographic Publishing House Beijing, China 978-7503120404 The Dzungar conquest of Altishahr resulted in the Tibetan Buddhist Dzungar Khanate in Dzungaria conquering and subjugating the Genghisid-ruled Chagatai Khanate in Altishahr (the Tarim Basin). It put a final end to the independence of the Chagatai KhanateEurasian Crossroads: A History of Xinjiang James A. Millward illustrated 2007 Columbia University Press https://books.google.com/books?id=8FVsWq31MtMC 978-0231139243 10 March 2014 Sino-Russian border conflicts Births November 15 — Arcadio Huang (born Xinghua, modern Putian, in Fujian, 1679–1716), a Chinese Christian convert, brought to Paris by the Missions étrangères. He took a pioneering role in the teaching of the Chinese language in France around 1715 References Draft History of Qing (Qing Shi Gao) Zhao Erxun Zhao Erxun 1928 zh Spence Jonathan D. The K'ang-hsi Reign Willard J. Peterson Cambridge History of China, Vol. 9, Part 1: The Ch'ing Dynasty to 1800 Cambridge Cambridge University Press 2002 120–182 https://books.google.com/books?id=hi2THl2FUZ4C&pg=PA120 0521243343. 1679 China