8 events the sources record for this year, grouped by region.
What happened
China (2)
Famished people of Shaanxi, suffering from the surtax, rose as bandits in great numbers and plundered Fuzhou and Yan'an (the beginning of the late-Ming popular uprisings). (History of Ming (Mingshi), Annals 明史 卷23 崇禎元年)
After envoys from the Karachin were repeatedly killed by the Chahar, Hong Taiji took the field in person. (Draft History of Qing (Qingshigao) 清史稿 卷2 天聰2年二月)
Japan (1)
Flood of the Kamo River: water covers the area from Shinnyo-do through Kyogoku-dori and on to Kabura-dera, turning it into a river (Zoku Shigushō 卷第五十三(끝)·寬永五年 五月 (卷54 중복))
Sub-Saharan Africa (2)
Ali ben Abdelkader returns to Timbuktu, and the residents set him up as pasha (Tarikh al-Sudan (Chronicle of the Sudan) Houdas 1900 불역 장 XXXI (houdas1900_fr_djvu.txt 줄 15488))
The pasha appoints Ali ben Obeid as hakim of Jenne, but dismisses him after seven months (Tarikh al-Sudan (Chronicle of the Sudan) Houdas 1900 불역 장 XXXI (houdas1900_fr_djvu.txt 줄 15503))
The Americas (3)
After obtaining the Kennebec patent, they built a trading post at the most suitable spot up the river and stocked it with winter and summer goods. (Bradford, Of Plymouth Plantation Bradford 1908 Jameson판 OCR l.11343)
The Dutch came up again to the Manomet trading post with sugar, cloth and other goods, and the trade in wampum shells was opened. (Bradford, Of Plymouth Plantation Bradford 1908 Jameson판 OCR l.11354)
Morton sold guns to the natives and became a threat, so the nearby settlements asked Plymouth for an alliance and seized him by force. (Bradford, Of Plymouth Plantation Bradford 1908 Jameson판 OCR l.11652)