8 events the sources record for this year, grouped by region.
What happened
China (1)
The Joseon king Yi Jong (Injo), hearing that Ganghwa Island had fallen, that his wife and children were exhausted, and that Namhansanseong was in danger, requested to surrender. (Draft History of Qing (Qingshigao) 清史稿 卷3 崇德2年正月)
Pasha Said is deposed, and the army installs Masaud ben Mansur (Tarikh al-Sudan (Chronicle of the Sudan) Houdas 1900 불역 장 XXXV (houdas1900_fr_djvu.txt 줄 17495))
The Americas (5)
Early in spring the Pequots raided the English working in the fields of the lower Connecticut River, killing some and carrying others off. (Bradford, Of Plymouth Plantation Bradford 1908 Jameson판 OCR l.15974)
Connecticut and Massachusetts forces met in Narragansett country and joined up. The Narragansett watched from a distance, and the English carried out the raid themselves. (Bradford, Of Plymouth Plantation Bradford 1908 Jameson판 OCR l.16192)
The hidden Pequots were discovered in a marsh and chased; the next day a search found nine dead. (Bradford, Of Plymouth Plantation Bradford 1908 Jameson판 OCR l.16281)
Sassacus, the Pequot chief, fled to the Mohawks and was beheaded (presumably meant to appease the English and the Narragansett). (Bradford, Of Plymouth Plantation Bradford 1908 Jameson판 OCR l.16335)
A seminary for young Hurons began at Quebec; five youths spent the past winter there (The Jesuit Relations Thwaites, Jesuit Relations vol. 11 (파일 jesuitrelationsa11jesuuoft.txt, 공백정리본 25031자 지점))