8 events the sources record for this year, grouped by region.
What happened
China (3)
Shogun Iemitsu died (aged 48) and was interred at Nikko. (Rai Sanyō, Nihon Gaishi 卷之廿二 · part_08 L65)
Kong Youde took Guilin, beheaded the Prince Jing and 473 civil and military officials, and forced the rest to surrender. (Draft History of Qing (Qingshigao) 清史稿 卷5 順治8年正月)
Madawaki Kuma drives Kukuna out after a year and installs Soyaki, his sister Fasuma's son. (Kano Chronicle Palmer 1908, Kano Chronicle §XXXII Kukuna, p.86)
Pasha Yahya el-Garnati is deposed after a reign of 3 years and 24 days (Tarikh al-Sudan (Chronicle of the Sudan) Houdas 1900 불역 장 XXXV (houdas1900_fr_djvu.txt 줄 19394))
Pasha Ahmad (son of Hadu ben Yusuf) is appointed with the army's consent (Tarikh al-Sudan (Chronicle of the Sudan) Houdas 1900 불역 장 XXXV (houdas1900_fr_djvu.txt 줄 19397))
The Americas (1)
Contract to buy land from Mademoiselle de Grandmaison — the Hurons came to live on the Île d'Orléans (The Jesuit Relations Thwaites, Jesuit Relations vol. 36 (파일 jesuits36jesuuoft.txt, 공백정리본 159943자 지점))