37 events the sources record for this year, grouped by region.
What happened
China (5)
(1185) On the 14th day of the 8th month, the era was changed from Genryaku 2 to Bunji 1 (drafted by Sadaiben Kanemitsu). (Azuma Kagami (Mirror of the East) 吾妻鏡 卷4 文治元年8月14日条 (zh_吾妻鏡_卷004.wiki 380행))
(1185) On the 17th day of the 11th month, rumors said Yoshitsune was hiding in Yoshino-yama in Yamato province, and the shrine chief gathered evil monks and searched the mountain forests, but found nothing. On this night, Yoshitsune's concubine Shizuka came down from Fujiō-zaka, reached the Zaōdō, and was seized by the monks. Shizuka said that Yoshitsune had come to this mountain from Ōmotsu-hama and stayed five days, but fled in yamabushi dress when rumors arose that the monks would rise against him. (Azuma Kagami (Mirror of the East) 吾妻鏡 卷5 文治元年11月17日条 (zh_吾妻鏡_卷005.wiki 162행))
(1185) On the 22nd day of the 11th month, Yoshitsune secretly set out for Tōnomine, breaking through the deep snow of Yoshino-yama, in order to pray before the image of Daishokukan (Kamatari). He arrived at Fujimuro in the Nan'in of the temple, whose lodge-keeper was an evil monk named Jūjibō, who welcomed Yoshitsune warmly. (Azuma Kagami (Mirror of the East) 吾妻鏡 卷5 文治元年11月22日条 (zh_吾妻鏡_卷005.wiki 170행))
From the Sunpin and Huligai routes, thirty moke were selected to form three meng'an, which were moved to the Shangjing area to fill it. (History of Jin (Jinshi), Annals 金史 卷008 世宗 大定二十五年4月)
On the return journey, at the Liao River, he summoned a 120-year-old Jurchen elder and heard about the founding of Taizu's dynasty. (History of Jin (Jinshi), Annals 金史 卷008 世宗 大定二十五年9月)
Japan (31)
(1185) On the 6th day of the 1st month, a rumor spread that the Eastern warriors in the western sea could not fight because boats and provisions had run out, and Yoritomo ordered the East to send rice for the army by boat. The express messenger Noriyori had sent on the 14th day of the 11th month of last year arrived that day, reporting that because of the lack of provisions the troops were divided and more than half wanted to return home, and he also asked for horses. Yoritomo gave the zōshiki Munemitsu and others a detailed letter and sent them off. (Azuma Kagami (Mirror of the East) 吾妻鏡 卷4 元暦二年1月6日条 (zh_吾妻鏡_卷004.wiki 5행))
(1185) On the 12th day of the 1st month, Noriyori reached Akama-seki in Nagato from Suō, and wished to cross the sea to attack the Taira, but he stayed several days because supplies had run out and there were no boats. Many of the eastern men wanted to withdraw, but there was a rumor that Usuki Koretaka and Ogata Koreyoshi of Bungo favored the Minamoto; so he summoned the boats of those brothers and decided to cross to Bungo, and that day returned to Suō. (Azuma Kagami (Mirror of the East) 吾妻鏡 卷4 元暦二年1月12日条 (zh_吾妻鏡_卷004.wiki 26행))
(1185) On the 1st day of the 2nd month, Noriyori crossed to Bungo, and Hōjō Tokimasa's son Yoshitoki, Shimōsa Yukihira, and Shibuya Shigekuni led the vanguard. On that day at Ashiya-ura, the Dazai Shōni Taneyoshi and his son Kama Hyōe-no-jō and others met them in battle, but Taneyoshi was struck down by an arrow of Shigekuni, and Yukihira cut down Bikisaburō Atsutane. (Azuma Kagami (Mirror of the East) 吾妻鏡 卷4 元暦二年2月1日条 (zh_吾妻鏡_卷004.wiki 52행))
(1185) On the 16th day of the 2nd month, the eastern warriors set out for Sanuki to subdue the Taira, with Yoshitsune taking the vanguard. At the hour of the Rooster they cut the mooring ropes. Taiki came to view the preparations and advised that the commander should not have to lead the vanguard in every formation, but Yoshitsune said he was prepared to give his life in the vanguard. The Taira had their former Naidaijin at Yashima and Tomomori at the Moji barrier. (Azuma Kagami (Mirror of the East) 吾妻鏡 卷4 元暦二年2月16日条 (zh_吾妻鏡_卷004.wiki 62행))
(1185) On the 18th day of the 2nd month, the boats of Yoshitsune, which had been set to sail from Watanabe the day before, were badly damaged by a storm, but Yoshitsune sent five boats ahead at the hour of the Ox, and at the hour of the Hare they reached Tsubaki-ura in Awa (normally a three-day trip). He landed about 150 horsemen and, with Kondō Chikaie as guide, headed for Yashima; at Katsura-ura he attacked Ōba Yoshitō, who abandoned his castle and fled. (Azuma Kagami (Mirror of the East) 吾妻鏡 卷4 元暦二年2月18日条 (zh_吾妻鏡_卷004.wiki 64행))
(1185) On the 21st day of the 2nd month, the Taira shut themselves into the Shido dōjō in Sanuki, and Yoshitsune pursued with eighty horsemen. The Taira house-retainer Tanai Saemon-no-jō submitted, and Kōno Michinobu also joined with thirty ships. Rumors reached the capital that Yoshitsune had already crossed Awa, and that Kumano's Bettō Tanmasu, too, had crossed to help the Minamoto. (Azuma Kagami (Mirror of the East) 吾妻鏡 卷4 元暦二年2月21日条 (zh_吾妻鏡_卷004.wiki 68행))
(1185) On the 22nd day of the 2nd month, Kajiwara Kagetoki and the eastern warriors reached the shore of Yashima with more than 140 ships. (Azuma Kagami (Mirror of the East) 吾妻鏡 卷4 元暦二年2月22日条 (zh_吾妻鏡_卷004.wiki 70행))
(1185) On the 8th day of the 3rd month, Yoshitsune's express messenger arrived at Kamakura and reported that on the 17th of last month he had set out from Watanabe with 150 horsemen, broken through the storm, and reached Awa at the hour of the Hare on the next day and fought; on the 19th he headed for Yashima, and the messenger, looking back from Harima, saw black smoke rising to the sky from the direction of Yashima, so the battle must already have ended and the inner palace and others must have burned. (Azuma Kagami (Mirror of the East) 吾妻鏡 卷4 元暦二年3月8日条 (zh_吾妻鏡_卷004.wiki 100행))
(1185) On the 9th day of the 3rd month, Noriyori wrote from the western sea that, having heard the Taira were nearby, he reached Bungo, but the people had all fled and there was no way to obtain provisions. He said that Wada Yoshimori and his brothers wished to go home, but he forcibly held them and they crossed the sea together. There was also a rumor that Kumano's Bettō Tanmasu had joined Yoshitsune's side and crossed to Sanuki as a pursuing commander. (Azuma Kagami (Mirror of the East) 吾妻鏡 卷4 元暦二年3月9日条 (zh_吾妻鏡_卷004.wiki 102행))
(1185) On the 21st day of the 3rd month, in heavy rain, Yoshitsune planned to go to Dan-no-ura to attack the Taira, but he postponed it because of the rain. When Funadokoro Masatoshi, a provincial official of Suō, offered dozens of boats in his role as the province's boat administrator, Yoshitsune wrote to him, urging him to become a retainer of Yoritomo. (Azuma Kagami (Mirror of the East) 吾妻鏡 卷4 元暦二年3月21日条 (zh_吾妻鏡_卷004.wiki 121행))