60 events the sources record for this year, grouped by region.
What happened
China (4)
The Yao leader Wu Tianbao again captured Wugang; the unrest spread to Baoqing, and Saban, right vice-minister of the Huguang Branch Secretariat, was killed in the army. (History of Yuan (Yuanshi), Annals 元史 卷41 順帝 1347年)
Ko no Moronao arrives at Yawata with over 7,000 horsemen. Troops from all quarters gather, reaching over 60,000 (Taiheiki 巻第二十六 216)
The Kusunoki brothers, Masayuki and his brother, attend the Yoshino palace, speak of their father's last words, and ask permission for a decisive battle. Emperor Go-Murakami answers in person (Taiheiki 巻第二十六 216)
In the ninth month, day dingmao, the Yao chief Wu Tianbao again took Wugang and spread to Baoqing, and in camp killed Shi Bao, right vice-governor of the Huguang Xingsheng. (Xu Zizhi Tongjian (Continuation of the Comprehensive Mirror) 권209 九月 단락209.34.0)
Japan (3)
Battle of Fujiidera: Hosokawa Akiuji is beaten by Kusunoki Masayuki and withdraws (Taiheiki 巻第二十五 215)
Kusunoki Masayuki, with over 500 horsemen, sets fire to houses at Ishizu and raids Yamana Tokiuji's camp north of Uryuno; a great battle of 6,000 horsemen (Taiheiki 巻第二十五 215)
Yamana Tokiuji withdraws after being badly wounded; many soldiers drown crowded on a narrow bridge (Taiheiki 巻第二十五 215)
Central Asia (2)
Khalil wins all of Transoxiana, but as his power grows he rebels against his patron, Husayn, king of Herat; his army does not follow him, and he is defeated and captured. Husayn spares his life, keeps him at court, and gives him slaves and a pension. The author notes this was the situation when he left India at the end of 747 AH (April 1347) (Ibn Battuta, Travels III p.51)
The Shia power Sarbadar ('Rafida') takes Tus, Sarakhs and Jam and threatens Herat; Husayn leads 120,000 people of Herat and Shamanan out to face him on the plain of Bushanj. At first the fight is evenly matched, but Rafida's army is pushed back; Sultan Mahmud flees, and Caliph Hasan dies (Ibn Battuta, Travels III p.66-69)
Southeast Asia (1)
Majapahit sent a fleet of 100 ships against Singapura and a landing battle followed, but Singapura did not yield and the Javanese force withdrew. (Malay Annals (Sejarah Melayu) Leyden 1821 p.53)
West Asia (14)
John VI Kantakouzenos's army enters the city, and Empress Anna, confined in the palace, and the young emperor surrender. Kantakouzenos sends the Turkish troops home with gifts and thanks his son-in-law Orhan. (Doukas, History 10 (Bonn p.38))
John V marries Helena, daughter of Kantakouzenos, and is crowned at the Church of the Virgin at Blachernae. Kantakouzenos also becomes co-emperor, and his son Matthew is proclaimed despot. (Doukas, History 10 (Bonn p.38-39))
Emperor Kantakouzenos sends Anna's envoys back, saying he could take the fortress by force but has given up the idea. (Nikephoros Gregoras, Roman History XV.8 IX (779))
The next day Kantakouzenos's soldiers and officers secretly storm the fortress; around midday they set fire to the gate by the Blachernae church with missiles and fire. (Nikephoros Gregoras, Roman History XV.8 X (779))
Armed bands break in, seize the seaward part of the fortress and plunder residents' property; the emperor sends men to stop the assault. (Nikephoros Gregoras, Roman History XV.8 X (779–780))
After a sleepless night, Empress Anna sends envoys at the morning council to ask for reconciliation; she asks no pardon but demands authority, then yields, accepting Kantakouzenos as co-emperor on condition that she ranks first. (Nikephoros Gregoras, Roman History XV.8 XI (780))
The emperor expels Patriarch John and has him confined under guard in the Byzantium palace. (Nikephoros Gregoras, Roman History part06 줄 609–611 (라틴 대역))
The Venetian fleet commander leaves Euboea and sails for Byzantium, waiting there for the emperor to come. (Nikephoros Gregoras, Roman History Bonn 44–45 (XXV.17–19))
A Genoese fleet of 60 ships leaves Chios, passes the mouth of the Hellespont and anchors at Tenedos. (Nikephoros Gregoras, Roman History Bonn 78–79 (XXVI.10–19))
After the people of Heraclea kill Latin sailors in a surprise attack, the Latins take the town in two hours and enslave its people; Heraclea is utterly destroyed. (Nikephoros Gregoras, Roman History Bonn 79–80 (XXVI.12–14))
Emperor Kantakouzenos leaves Byzantium after the rising of Arcturus and goes to Didymoteichon, to settle the unrest that Irene had calmed. (Nikephoros Gregoras, Roman History part06 줄 607–608 (라틴 대역))
Kantakouzenos entrusts his son Matthew with part of Thrace (from Didymoteichon west to the outskirts of Christopolis, and from the sea to the town of Xanthi), giving him authority under the emperor. (Nikephoros Gregoras, Roman History part06 줄 664–668 (라틴 대역))
34 Venetian warships block the harbor entrance at Euboea and surround and capture Genoese ships as in a net. (Nikephoros Gregoras, Roman History Bonn 43–44 (XXV.17–18))
At the harbor of Oreos the Venetian commander ties the abandoned ships together and sinks them in the harbor so the enemy cannot seize them. (Nikephoros Gregoras, Roman History Bonn 47 (XXV.21–22))
The Genoese fleet surrounds and attacks Oreos; the Venetians send men to defend the fortress (requesting 300 Latin cavalry from Athens and Thebes). (Nikephoros Gregoras, Roman History Bonn 48–49 (XXV.21–22))
About 5,000 Venetian elite troops attack after a night ambush and drive off the Genoese; the text gives 500 dead on the enemy side. (Nikephoros Gregoras, Roman History Bonn 50–51 (XXV.23–24))
Venice blockades the Galata fort by land and sea (the text calls it an event of "last year"); the emperor offers to withdraw on condition the walls be destroyed, but the Genoese refuse. (Nikephoros Gregoras, Roman History Bonn 76–77 (XXVI.10–19))
More than 100 Venetian ships pass through the Ionian Sea and recruit mercenaries at Corcyra, Zakynthos and elsewhere. (Nikephoros Gregoras, Roman History Bonn 77–78 (XXVI.10–19))
Genoa sends 10 warships and, after two days of fighting, takes Sozopolis, a wealthy Roman city on the Black Sea coast. (Nikephoros Gregoras, Roman History Bonn 83–84 (XXVI.15–18))
A Venetian fleet of 70 ships and 30 Catalan ships arrive intact at Crete in mid-autumn and stay several days to resupply. (Nikephoros Gregoras, Roman History Bonn 85–86 (XXVI.15–19))
Battle of Liège: the bishop and the Duke of Brabant's allied army defeats the rebel citizen army and takes the city; the duke also takes the surrounding estates (Giovanni Villani, Nuova Cronica Libro XII, cap. XCIV)
A French fleet to relieve Calais (70 transports and 12 galleys) sails but is surrounded by the English fleet (about 200 cogs) and most of the transports are captured (Giovanni Villani, Nuova Cronica Libro XII, cap. XCV)
Calais surrenders: terms agreed on the 4th (foreigners in shirts, barefoot and with halters), and Edward III enters on the 5th. Food had run out and they had eaten even animals (Giovanni Villani, Nuova Cronica Libro XII, cap. XCVI)
Genoa secures lordship of the island of Corsica (with the support of its lords). In the same year the Black Death kills most of the population of Sardinia and Corsica (Giovanni Villani, Nuova Cronica Libro XII, cap. C)
Louis I of Hungary sets out from Buda with about 1,000 horsemen on his Italian expedition (to reconquer the Kingdom of Naples) (Giovanni Villani, Nuova Cronica Libro XII, cap. CVII)