Events from the year 1664 in China. Also known as 癸卯年 (Water Rabbit) 4360 or 4300 to 甲辰年 (Wood Dragon) 4361 or 4301.
Incumbents Kangxi Emperor (3rd year) Regents — Sonin, Ebilun, Suksaha, and Oboi
Viceroys Viceroy of Zhili — Miao Cheng Viceroy of Min-Zhe — Zhao Tingchen Viceroy of Huguang — Zhang Changgeng Viceroy of Shaanxi — Bai Rumei Viceroy of Guangdong — Li Qifeng Viceroy of Yun-Gui — Zhao Tingchen Viceroy of Guizhou — Tong Yannian, Yang Maoxun Viceroy of Yunnan — Bian Sanyuan Viceroy of Sichuan — Li Guoying Viceroy of Jiangnan — Lang Tingzuo
Events January — Dutch fleets return to Batavia after Qing-Dutch alliance fails Spring — Zheng Jing withdraws the last Zheng family forces on the mainland from Tongshan (), Fujian After failing talk the Zheng family into peacefully surrendering, Dutch Captain Herman de Bitter defeats a fleet at Penghu in August and temporarily occupies Keelung harbor A planned Qing invasion of the Kingdom of Tungning led by Admiral Shi Lang and supported by the Dutch fleet in Taiwan fails to occur Ming loyalist Zheng Huangyan () is executed in Hangzhou An imperial edict imposes another ban on footbinding Changsha becomes the capital of Hunan province, having been upgraded from a superior prefecture The British East India Company begins trade in ChinaThe new international encyclopæeia edited by Daniel Coit Gilman, Harry Thurston Peck, Frank Moore Colby Jesuit missionary and astronomer Adam Schall von Bell is tried due to accusations by Yang Guangxian Sino-Russian border conflicts
Births France — François Xavier d'Entrecolles (1664 – 1741); Chinese name: 殷弘绪, Yin Hongxu) a French Jesuit priest, who learned the Chinese technique of manufacturing porcelain through his investigations in China at Jingdezhen
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