6 events the sources record for this year, grouped by region.
What happened
China (2)
The Qing army took Fushun City; Captain Wang Mingyin was killed. Then Commander-in-Chief Zhang Chengyin came to relieve it and was routed. (History of Ming (Mingshi), Annals 明史 卷21 萬曆四十六年)
Li Yongfang, a Ming guerrilla commander at Fushun, surrendered; he was made commander-in-chief to lead the Han people, and the city was abandoned. (Draft History of Qing (Qingshigao) 清史稿 卷1 天命3年二月)
The army deposes Pasha Ahmad ben Yusuf (reign of 1 year 4 months) (Tarikh al-Sudan (Chronicle of the Sudan) Houdas 1900 불역 장 XXXI (houdas1900_fr_djvu.txt 줄 15182))
Robert Cushman carried the Leiden church's letters and confession of faith in person to Sir John Wolstenholme, and sat in on the reading (negotiations with the Virginia Company). (Bradford, Of Plymouth Plantation Bradford 1908 Jameson판 OCR l.3208)