11 events the sources record for this year, grouped by region.
What happened
China (3)
In the third month, the Yuan northern general Ashu besieged Fancheng with troops from Baihe. (History of Song (Songshi), Annals 宋史卷046 咸淳五年)
Zhang Shijie, Commander of the Jinghu Circuit, led cavalry and infantry to relieve Xiangyang and Fancheng and fought at Chitanpu. (History of Song (Songshi), Annals 宋史卷046 咸淳五年)
In the seventh month Gui Guo, heading for Xincheng, was defeated at Huweizhou by the naval forces of the Mongol manhu Xie Ruji; many soldiers drowned in the Han River and fifty warships all sank. (Xu Zizhi Tongjian (Continuation of the Comprehensive Mirror) 권179 七月 단락179.23.5)
Korean Peninsula (5)
The crown prince of Goryeo reported that officials arbitrarily deposed King Wang Jeon and enthroned his younger brother, the Duke of Angyeong, On. (History of Yuan (Yuanshi), Annals 元史 卷6 世祖 1269年)
Goryeo's Commander-in-Chief Choi Tan and others, citing Im Yeon's rebellion, led over fifty fortresses of Seogyeong to surrender. (History of Yuan (Yuanshi), Annals 元史 卷6 世祖 1269年 11月)
Im Yeon kills eunuchs such as Kim Gyeong, and exiles Jang Gye-ryeol and Gi-on to islands (just before King Wonjong is deposed). (Goryeosa (History of Goryeo) 世家 卷26 元宗 十年)
1269: Im Yeon gathers the Sambyeolcho and the Yukbeon Dobang at Gujeong and tells the high ministers of his plan. Yi Jang-yong says he will step down, and Yu Cheon-u says to postpone it until the crown prince returns (Goryeosa Jeolyo (Essentials of Goryeo History) 권18 元宗順孝大王 十年)
1269: Choe Tan kills Seogyeong governor Choe Nyeon, judge Yu Chan and the magistrates of Yongju, Yeongju, Cheolju and Seonju, and the officials of the remaining fortresses all fall to the enemy; he defects to the Mongols (Goryeosa Jeolyo (Essentials of Goryeo History) 권18 元宗順孝大王 十年)
West Asia (1)
In April 1269 they left Ayas and reached Acre, where they heard that the pope had already died. (Marco Polo, The Travels (Yule translation) Prologue ch. IX (Yule 영역 가운데 HOW THE TWO BROTHERS CAME TO THE CITY OF ACRE.))
Eastern Europe & Russia (2)
The master of the Livonian Order entered Pskov territory with ships and cavalry, burned Izborsk and besieged Pskov. (Karamzin, History of the Russian State 제4권 III장)
The Germans besiege Pskov for ten days and fail; the Novgorod forces pursue them. (Novgorod First Chronicle litopys 기사 1269년)