The world in 1258 AD — what happened that year

6 events the sources record for this year, grouped by region.

What happened

Xianzong urged an attack first on E'dingbao. (History of Yuan (Yuanshi), Annals 元史卷3 憲宗 1258年 11月)
The Eastern Jin come by naval force, surround Songdo of Goseong district, and burn the warships. (Goryeosa (History of Goryeo) 世家卷24 高宗四十五年)
In the eleventh month the Mongol general Li Tan broke Haizhou and Yanshou Jun; the Tongpan Hou Fu fought hard but died, his whole family was exterminated, and nearly all the remaining soldiers were killed or wounded. (Xu Zizhi Tongjian (Continuation of the Comprehensive Mirror) 권175 十一月 단락175.62.0)

March 1258: Yu Gyeong, Kim In-jun and others kill Choe Ui. He was young and dim-witted, did not treat worthy men with courtesy, and lost the people's hearts by not opening the granaries even in a famine (Goryeosa Jeolyo (Essentials of Goryeo History) 권17 高宗四十五年)

The whole tribe marched out, and the Chaokut army (of Kitai, Tangut, Jurchen, and Solangga) followed Möngke; the line mentions «60 tümen». (Rashid al-Din, Jami' al-tawarikh (Compendium of Chronicles) 87460_djvu.txt 줄 17939–17944)

Lithuanians and the men of Polotsk attack Smolensk and take Voishina. (Novgorod First Chronicle litopys 기사 1258년)