1645 in China

Events from the year 1645 in China.

Incumbents

Events

  • Transition from Ming to Qing
    • From newly captured Xi'an, in early April 1645 the Qing mounted a campaign against the rich commercial and agricultural region of Jiangnan south of the lower Yangtze River
    • May 20-30 - Yangzhou massacre, one of the most destructive massacres in history
    • June, Dorgon eventually decreed that all official documents should refer to him as "Imperial Uncle Prince Regent" (Huang shufu shezheng wang 皇叔父攝政王), which left him one step short of claiming the throne for himself.[45]
  • Sichuan massacre

Deaths

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