11 events the sources record for this year, grouped by region.
What happened
China (6)
Emperor Xian abdicated to Wei King Pi, became Duke of Shanyang, and established his capital at Zhuolu city in Shanyang. (Book of the Later Han (Hou Hanshu), Annals 後漢書卷9 孝獻帝紀 建安25年)
Cao Pi built an altar at Fanyang, ascended it, took the throne, changed the era to Huangchu, and granted a general amnesty (the abdication of Emperor Xian of Han). (Records of the Three Kingdoms (Sanguozhi) 魏書 文帝紀 (卷02) 黃初1년)
Su Ze and others sent troops to rescue Wuwei, subdued the three kinds of Hu, and together with Wuqiu Xing attacked Zhang Jin at Zhangye. (Zizhi Tongjian (Comprehensive Mirror) 卷069 220년 단락7 제11문)
Su Ze and the commandery troops surrounded Zhangye, broke it, and beheaded Zhang Jin, the instigator of the rebellion. (Zizhi Tongjian (Comprehensive Mirror) 卷069 220년 단락7 제13문)
Egypt & North Africa (1)
Elagabalus has the statue of the Carthaginian goddess (Urania) and the gold of her temple brought to Rome. (Herodian, History of the Empire 5.6)
Southern Europe (4)
Elagabalus married Cornelia Paula (with a feast, gladiators and the slaughter of 51 tigers), then divorced her and lived with the Vestal Aquilia Severa (Cassius Dio, Roman History 80(79).9.1)
Elagabalus summoned Urania of Carthage as wife of the god Elagabalus, kept her in the palace and collected wedding gifts (Cassius Dio, Roman History 80(79).12)
Elagabalus holds a procession carrying the black stone idol along a road strewn with gold dust, and the citizens follow with torches and flowers. (Herodian, History of the Empire 5.6)
Elagabalus marries a Vestal Virgin, excusing it by saying a marriage of priest and priestess is fitting. (Herodian, History of the Empire 5.6)