1652
6th year of the Yongli reign period (Ming dynasty) |
Shen Siyan flees to Guiwang, but is blown off course to Taiwan. He establishes a school and at Mujialiu Bay teaches Pingpu children. |
1661
15th year of the Yongli reign period (Ming dynasty) |
March 24th Zheng Chenggong (Koxinga) lands in Penghu before invading Taiwan. |
1662
16th year of the Yongli reign period (Ming dynasty) |
Zheng Chenggong demands deerskins from four major tribes. Zheng treats the Pingpu tribes more harshly than the Dutch. |
1664
18th year of the Yongli reign period (Ming dynasty) |
December Huang An defeats chief Agourang of the Beilu aborigines. |
1668
22nd year of the Yongli reign period (Ming dynasty) |
Warriors of the Shuishalian tribe kill the Ming general Lin Yi. |
1670
24th year of the Yongli reign period (Ming dynasty) |
Liu Guoxuan suppresses the northern Shalu tribe. The Dadu tribe flees to Puli in fright. |
1671
25th year of the Yongli reign period (Ming dynasty) |
Shen Guangwen teaches Pingpu children at Luohanmen (modern Chishan in Kaohsiung
county). |
1675
29th year of the Yongli reign period (Ming dynasty) |
"CES" (C.E.S. may stand for "Coyett, Et, Socii) publishes "Forgotten Formosa." |
1677
31th year of the Yongli reign period (Ming dynasty) |
The Nanan natives Wei Shanying and Hou Kanmin lead the settlement of Datushizhuan (modern Chiayi county). It is said that the Zheng family ally Li Qi settled Shuishalian (Linyipu) and Bujiangshe, and Lai Erxing settled Shuishaliansheliao and Shanjiaozhuang (modern Yunlin county). |
1682
(36th year of the Yongli reign period) |
The yiguan Ke Shuang prospected for gold in the Duoluoman area (modern Hualien). Other Chinese setters settled in Xingangshe (modern Miaoli). The Quanzhou native Wang Shijie pioneered the settlement of the lands of the Taokas tribe around Zhuqian (beginning at Zhuqianshe), and cultivated several hundred jia of agricultural land. |
1683
37th year of the Yongli reign period (Ming dynasty) |
Zheng Keshuang surrenders to Qing forces and the Dongning dynasty comes to an end. |
1684
23rd year of the Kangxi reign period (Qing dynasty) |
Taiwan is captured by the Qing general Shi Lang. One prefecture and three counties are established: Taiwan prefecture and Taiwan (Tainan), Zhuluo (Chiayi), and Fengshan (Chiucheng) counties. A yangji hall is established in each county. |
1688
27rd year of the Kangxi reign period (Qing dynasty) |
Wang Xi compiles the "Taiwan Annals." |
| 1693 32nd year of the Kangxi reign period (Qing dynasty) |
The Tamsui residents Chen Wen and Lin Kan undertake a coastal trading expedition, but are forced ashore at Qilai (Hualien) by adverse weather. After living in the area for several years, the two learn to speak the aboriginal language. They are among the first Chinese to live in eastern Taiwan. |
1694
33rd year of the Kangxi reign period (Qing dynasty) |
Gao Gongqian publishes "Taiwan Prefecture Gazetteer." |
1695
34th year of the Kangxi reign period (Qing dynasty) |
Xu Huaizu publishes "Random Notes on Taiwan."
Prefectural magistrate Jin Zhiyang establishes a "community school for assimilated aborigines." |
1696
35th year of the Kangxi reign period (Qing dynasty) |
The Keelung (Ketagalan) tongshi Lai Ke crosses the mountains and arrives at Chongyao (Lai Amei's name for the area of the high mountain Taiya aborigines), where he establishes peaceful relationships with nine aboriginal villages. |
1697
36th year of the Kangxi reign period (Qing dynasty) |
The books "Benevolent Sea Travel Record," "Doing Restitution in Aboriginal Lands," and "Sea Travel Record" by Yu Yonghe describe life and government in Taiwan. |
1698
37th year of the Kangxi reign period (Qing dynasty) |
Yu Yonghe publishes "Benevolent Sea Travel Record." |
| 1699 38th year of the Kangxi reign period (Qing dynasty) |
Tongshi Huang Shen Tunxiao (modern Tunghsiao) exploits the people and causes the local officials Zhuo Jie, Zhuo Wu, and Ya Sheng to rebel.
The village of Tunxiao resists the abuses of the Tongshi Huang Shen (such as requiring a payment before the local men could hunt deer). A force of Qing soldiers are dispatched in July, but fail to quell resistance. Gifts of sugar and tobacco induce the warriors of Zhuo-an village to pacify Tunxiao village.
Tamsui and Peitou villages resist Qing rule. |
