40 events the sources record for this year, grouped by region.
What happened
China (10)
The hostile Hu besiege and attack Hunyungjin; Sin Rip and Yi Bak come to its relief (Annals of the Joseon Dynasty 宣祖修正實錄 十六年 · 宣祖修正實錄 4책 17권 2장 B면 · 기사 wnb_11602001_006)
North Byeongsa Yi Je-sin sends his officers in separate groups to subdue the rebel barbarians at Geumdeuktan (Annals of the Joseon Dynasty 宣祖修正實錄 十六年 · 宣祖修正實錄 4책 17권 4장 A면 · 기사 wnb_11602001_014)
The hostile Hu besiege Hunyungjin again, and Chamsa Sin Sang-jeol defeats them (Annals of the Joseon Dynasty 宣祖修正實錄 十六年 · 宣祖修正實錄 4책 17권 4장 A면 · 기사 wnb_11602001_012)
More than 5,000 hostile Hu cavalry again invade Bangwonbo, and Choe Ho and others repel them (Annals of the Joseon Dynasty 宣祖修正實錄 十六年 · 宣祖修正實錄 4책 17권 13장 A면 · 기사 wnb_11605001_003)
The hostile Hu Yul Bo-ri and Ni Tang-gae enter Jongseong, and Onseong Magistrate Sin Rip comes to the rescue (Annals of the Joseon Dynasty 宣祖修正實錄 十六年 · 宣祖修正實錄 4책 17권 13장 A면 · 기사 wnb_11605001_002)
The hostile Hu Yul Bo-ri besieges Donggwanjin, and Chamsa Jeong Gon and others repel them (Annals of the Joseon Dynasty 宣祖修正實錄 十六年 · 宣祖修正實錄 4책 17권 13장 A면 · 기사 wnb_11605001_001)
The surveillance commissioner reports frequent provocations by barbarians at Jongseong and other places, and the king orders reinforced troops and arms at Donggwan (Annals of the Joseon Dynasty 宣祖實錄 十六年 · 宣祖實錄 9책 17권 13장 B면 · 기사 wna_116050??_001)
Qing Taizu (Nurhaci) rose in arms, attacked Nikan Wailan and took Tulun city (the source writes it as 'Our Great Qing Taizu'). (History of Ming (Mingshi), Annals 明史 卷20 萬曆十一年)
On the Shibata side, Sakuma Morimasa went around the east of Lake Yogo by night with 10,000 troops and reached Kake (the foot of the mountain) at dawn, attacking Nakagawa Kiyohide's camp. (Rai Sanyō, Nihon Gaishi 卷之十五 · part_05.txt L208)
In the 2nd month, when Shibata Katsuie marched to Yanase, Hideyoshi went out in person to meet him. (Rai Sanyō, Nihon Gaishi part_07.txt 줄 5 (卷之十四))
Korean Peninsula (3)
Barbarians on the northern border rise in revolt and take Gyeongwon-bu; Kim Su and Yang Sa-ui are ordered to be beheaded and displayed (Annals of the Joseon Dynasty 宣祖修正實錄 十六年 · 宣祖修正實錄 4책 17권 1장 B면 · 기사 wnb_11602001_001)
The hostile Hu besiege Gyeongwon-bu again, and Onseong Magistrate Sin Rip repels them (Annals of the Joseon Dynasty 宣祖修正實錄 十六年 · 宣祖修正實錄 4책 17권 2장 A면 · 기사 wnb_11602001_003)
Following the North Byeongsa's report, Hyo-jeong, who contributed to repelling the Hoeryeong barbarian incursion, is rewarded (Annals of the Joseon Dynasty 宣祖實錄 十六年 · 宣祖實錄 9책 17권 14장 A면 · 기사 wna_11605017_001)
Japan (2)
In the 4th month, when Nobutaka raised troops again, Hideyoshi besieged Gifu and Nobutaka was defeated. (Rai Sanyō, Nihon Gaishi part_07.txt 줄 5 (卷之十四))
When Hideyoshi surrounded Kitanosho Castle in several rings, Katsuie took his own life with his wife (Nobunaga's sister) after a night banquet. (Rai Sanyō, Nihon Gaishi part_07.txt 줄 7 (卷之十四))
South Asia (2)
Ralph Fitch's journey to the East (1583–91) — Goa passage (based on the sentence mentioning Goa) (Hakluyt, The Principal Navigations vol10 l.857 (표제 l.736))
Ralph Fitch's journey to the East (1583–91) — Agra passage (based on the sentence mentioning Agra) (Hakluyt, The Principal Navigations vol10 l.876 (표제 l.736))
Southeast Asia (2)
Ralph Fitch's journey to the East (1583–91) — Pegu passage (based on the sentence mentioning Pegu) (Hakluyt, The Principal Navigations vol10 l.968 (표제 l.736))
Ralph Fitch's journey to the East (1583–91) — Malacca passage (based on the sentence mentioning Malacca) (Hakluyt, The Principal Navigations vol10 l.1263 (표제 l.736))
West Asia (6)
Voyage of the Susan of London to Constantinople — Constantinople passage (based on the sentence mentioning Constantinople) (Hakluyt, The Principal Navigations vol05 l.11462 (표제 l.11462))
Ralph Fitch's journey to the East (1583–91) — departure from Tripoli (based on the sentence mentioning the departure from Tripoli) (Hakluyt, The Principal Navigations vol10 l.753 (표제 l.736))
Ralph Fitch's journey to the East (1583–91) — Aleppo passage (based on the sentence mentioning Aleppo) (Hakluyt, The Principal Navigations vol10 l.754 (표제 l.736))
John Eldred's journey to Tripoli, Babylon and Basra — Tripoli passage (based on the sentence mentioning Tripoli) (Hakluyt, The Principal Navigations vol10 l.2160 (표제 l.2155))
John Eldred's journey to Tripoli, Babylon and Basra — Baghdad (Babylon) passage (based on the sentence mentioning Baghdad (Babylon)) (Hakluyt, The Principal Navigations vol10 l.2254 (표제 l.2155))
John Eldred's journey to Tripoli, Babylon and Basra — Basra passage (based on the sentence mentioning Basra) (Hakluyt, The Principal Navigations vol10 l.2311 (표제 l.2155))
Lopes arrives at the court in Madrid and tells the king of his mission, but the king is preoccupied with the conquest of England and nothing progresses (Lopes & Pigafetta, Report of the Kingdom of Congo Bk2 Ch6 (part_02 줄 284))
Eastern Europe & Russia (7)
Jerome Bowes's embassy to Russia — Moscow passage (based on the sentence mentioning Moscow) (Hakluyt, The Principal Navigations vol04 l.7365 (표제 l.7318))
On March 1 the tsar's envoy delivered two suits of armor, a fur coat and a letter of praise to Yermak and five atamans. (Remezov Siberian Chronicle 레메조프본 ст.86)
Murza Tagin reported that Mametkul was at Bagai; on February 28 Yermak sent sixty young men, who captured Mametkul sleeping at Kulalovo and brought him back. (Remezov Siberian Chronicle 레메조프본 ст.87–88)
Yermak went down the Irtysh and subdued the fortresses of Kod and Nazim and Prince Alachei; he returned on June 20, and on July 1 attacked Rabuta and Pachenka on the Tavda again and collected yasak. (Remezov Siberian Chronicle 레메조프본 ст.90)
On November 21 Yermak sent the captured Prince Mametkul and the yasak to Tsar Fyodor in Moscow and received hospitality and rewards. (Remezov Siberian Chronicle 레메조프본 ст.91)
On May 10 the princes Volkhovsky and Ivan Glukhoy, sent from Moscow, came to Sibir on November 2 with 500 men; many died of hunger, but in spring the Tatar and Ostyak supply of fish and food kept them alive. (Remezov Siberian Chronicle 레메조프본 ст.92)
On September 10 Karacha sent envoys who swore a false oath; Yermak sent Kolcho with 40 men, but they were annihilated in Karacha's land. (Remezov Siberian Chronicle 레메조프본 ст.93)
Lopes goes to the port of Santo Domingo on the island of Hispaniola and looks for a ship to join the fleet bound for Spain (Lopes & Pigafetta, Report of the Kingdom of Congo Bk2 Ch6 (part_02 줄 282))