6 events the sources record for this year, grouped by region.
What happened
China (3)
Ögedei marched south in person, accompanied by Tului and Möngke; they took Tiancheng Fort and others, crossed the Yellow River, and attacked Fengxiang. (History of Yuan (Yuanshi), Annals 元史 卷2 太宗 1230年 7月)
After a hunt he sent troops to besiege Jingzhao; he defeated the relief army of the Jin ruler and soon took the city. (History of Yuan (Yuanshi), Annals 元史 卷2 太宗 1230年)
In the first month he donned armor, mounted his horse and did not look back; morale doubled, and with four hundred horsemen he broke eight thousand Mongols and lifted the siege of Qingyang. (Xu Zizhi Tongjian (Continuation of the Comprehensive Mirror) 권165 正月 단락165.2.1)
West Asia (2)
Ögedei set out for the campaign against Altan Khan (the Jin), taking his brothers, nephews, and sons; Tolui led two tümen (about twenty thousand) and set out separately. (Rashid al-Din, Jami' al-tawarikh (Compendium of Chronicles) 87460_djvu.txt 줄 4779–4781)
A passage on the army from Erzurum («ارزن الروم») entangled in the Sultan (Jalal al-Din)'s siege of Ahlat (part of the line is damaged; line 5148 earlier mentions the Sultan's two-month siege). (Rashid al-Din, Jami' al-tawarikh (Compendium of Chronicles) 87460_djvu.txt 줄 5157–5159)
Eastern Europe & Russia (1)
An earthquake after Easter; a great death that year. (Novgorod First Chronicle litopys 기사 1230년)