6 events the sources record for this year, grouped by region.
What happened
China (1)
The rebellion of the Jing-Xiang refugees was pacified, and more than 1.4 million people returned to their former livelihoods. (History of Ming (Mingshi), Annals 明史 卷13 成化七年)
Southeast Asia (2)
On the 15th, Champa was pacified and Ban-la-da-tien was captured. (Đại Việt sử ký toàn thư 本紀卷之十二 「」)
The king of Koci bribed Champa's ministers to open the city gate; the fort of Bal fell, King Pogopo died, and Prince Indra Brahma fled to Malacca. (Malay Annals (Sejarah Melayu) Leyden 1821 p.211)
Eastern Europe & Russia (3)
The grand prince's force pursued for 12 versts, killed 12,000 and took 1,700 prisoners, among them two city mayors (the battle of Shelon; the place is not named in the sentence). (Karamzin, History of the Russian State 제6권 I장)
Supplementary article in brackets: Marfa Boretskaya plots to marry a Lithuanian boyar so as to place Novgorod under the king's suzerainty. (Novgorod First Chronicle MF1914 영역 1471 기사)
Novgorod elects the monk Feofil as archbishop without the grand prince's permission, and sends the boyar Nikita Savin to Moscow to request a safe-conduct. (Novgorod First Chronicle MF1914 영역 1471 기사)