7 events the sources record for this year, grouped by region.
What happened
Japan (1)
Nagao Terutora (later Kenshin) entered the capital via Hokuriku with 2,000 troops, first visited the palace, then had an audience with Shogun Ashikaga Yoshiteru. (Rai Sanyō, Nihon Gaishi 卷之十一 · part_04 줄 70)
West Asia (1)
John Locke's pilgrimage to Jerusalem — Jerusalem passage (based on the sentence mentioning Jerusalem) (Hakluyt, The Principal Navigations vol09 l.5525 (표제 l.5525))
Sub-Saharan Africa (1)
Dawud sends Hikoi Alidudo from Kukiya to Kachena with a cavalry detachment (Tarikh al-Sudan (Chronicle of the Sudan) Houdas 1900 불역 장 XVII-XVIII (houdas1900_fr_djvu.txt 줄 7953))
Western Europe (1)
Willoughby's voyage to Cathay (all crew died) — wintering at Arzina (based on the sentence mentioning the wintering at Arzina) (Hakluyt, The Principal Navigations vol03 l.1480 (표제 l.1009))
Northern Europe (1)
Willoughby's voyage to Cathay (all crew died) — Wardhouse passage (based on the sentence mentioning Wardhouse) (Hakluyt, The Principal Navigations vol03 l.1350 (표제 l.1009))
Eastern Europe & Russia (2)
Chancellor's voyage to the White Sea and Moscow — Moscow passage (based on the sentence mentioning Moscow) (Hakluyt, The Principal Navigations vol03 l.1928 (표제 l.1928))
On the Volga, 74 men who had killed merchants were executed, but Votyaks and Cheremis soon rose in revolt (Kazan here is regional context). (Karamzin, History of the Russian State 제8권 V장)