11 events the sources record for this year, grouped by region.
What happened
China (9)
Liu Yu was enthroned as Emperor of Da Qi and made to set his capital at Daming Prefecture. (History of Jin (Jinshi), Annals 金史 卷003 太宗 天會八年9月)
Zong Fu and others crushed the Song army of Zhang Jun at Fuping; Yaozhou and Fengxiang surrendered. (History of Jin (Jinshi), Annals 金史 卷003 太宗 天會八年9月)
The Jin took Bianjing; Shangguan Wu, acting garrison commander, fled and was killed by bandits. (History of Song (Songshi), Annals 宋史卷026 建炎四年)
The Jin entered Changzhou, and the garrison official Zhou Qi abandoned the city and left. (History of Song (Songshi), Annals 宋史卷026 建炎四年)
Zhang Jun had Liu Xi lead the five-route army to fight the Jin general Lou Su at Fuping County; the government forces were defeated, and Zhang Jun directed the battle from Binzhou. (History of Song (Songshi), Annals 宋史卷026 建炎四年)
In the fourth month, Han Shizhong, Zhexi Zhi-zhi commissioner, faced Jin's Zong Bi at Huangtian Tang; meanwhile the Jin general Peilaitu Yun besieged Yangzhou. (Xu Zizhi Tongjian (Continuation of the Comprehensive Mirror) 권107 四月 단락107.67.0)
On the seventh month, yimao, the Jin ruler had Huidegong (Emperor Huizong) and Zhonghouhou (Emperor Qinzong) moved to Wuguo City, in order to set up Liu Yu as a puppet. (Xu Zizhi Tongjian (Continuation of the Comprehensive Mirror) 권108 七月 단락108.7.0)
Archbishop William consecrated the monastery at Canterbury, and Rochester was nearly burned. (Anglo-Saxon Chronicle Giles/Ingram 1847 A.D. 1130 항 (pg657.txt 줄 9142))
Eastern Europe & Russia (1)
Vsevolod campaigns against the Chud in winter with the Novgorod forces. (Novgorod First Chronicle litopys 기사 1130년)