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Kang Xi formally takes the throne but still has advisors such as Oboi take control of the ruling aspect.
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After arresting the regent Oboi with the help of Empress Xiaozhuang, Kang Xi takes personal control over the Qing Empire.
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Issued a series of sixteen maximas as a way of summing up the moral values of Confucianism.
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A revolt from the Three Feudatories in southern China attempt to "overthrow the Qing and restore the Ming". However the revolt ended with the victory of Qing forces in 1681.
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The first treaty signed between China and Russia which fixed a border between the two empires along the Amur River, as well as ensuring peaceful contact between the two.
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Recognized Catholocism, barred attacks on churches, and legalized their missions and the practice of Christianity by the Chinese people.
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Jesuit missionary Matteo Ripa helps Kang Xi bring in wetern technology and science such as astronomy and the telescope.
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After making several tax remissions, Kang Xi ordered the freezing of the Land Tax and Corvée in order to lighten farmers' burden and develop the agriculture economy without embarassing the state treasury.
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As a response, Kang Xi officially forbade any further Christian missions in China as he thought they were "causing too much trouble".
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In an attempt to unify the empire as well as to impress and gain the support of Han Chinese scholar-bureaucrats, Kang Xi publishes a dictionary with over 47,00 characters; a quarter of which are still used today.
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Kang Xi dies and leaves the throne to his fourth son, Yinzhen after a period of disputed succesion.