7 events the sources record for this year, grouped by region.
What happened
China (6)
With the Chaohu navy, Zhu Yuanzhang crossed the Yangtze and reached Niuzhu; Chang Yuchun led the advance and seized it, and Caishi also fell. (History of Ming (Mingshi), Annals 明史 卷1 至正十五年)
He cut the boats to remove any retreat, took Taiping and captured Naha Chu. He set up the Taiping Xingguo Yiyuan Marshal's Office and made himself marshal. (History of Ming (Mingshi), Annals 明史 卷1 至正十五年)
Liu Futong and others welcomed Han Lin'er and made him emperor (the Little Bright King), with the capital at Bozhou; the state was named Song and the era Longfeng. (History of Yuan (Yuanshi), Annals 元史 卷44 順帝 1355年 2月)
The Great Ming emperor (Zhu Yuanzhang) crossed the river at Hezhou and took the Taiping route. (History of Yuan (Yuanshi), Annals 元史 卷44 順帝 1355年 6月)
The Jingnam-man-ho Kwon Gyeom, Won-ho and In-dang return from the Yuan and report that the southern bandits grow daily stronger, that our army took Yukhap castle, and that the defense has been moved to the Hoean road. (Goryeosa (History of Goryeo) 世家 卷38 恭愍 四年)
In the second month, day yimei, Liu Futong and others went from Dangshan to Jiahe, welcomed Han Lin'er and set him up as emperor, calling him the Little Ming King; they established the capital at Bozhou, with the dynastic name Song and the era name Longfeng. (Xu Zizhi Tongjian (Continuation of the Comprehensive Mirror) 권212 二月 단락212.10.0)
Eastern Europe & Russia (1)
Alexios is consecrated in Constantinople and comes to Rus. (Novgorod First Chronicle litopys 기사 1355년)