9 events the sources record for this year, grouped by region.
What happened
China (6)
Han forces decisively defeated Wang Mang's generals Zhen Fu and Liangqiu Ci west of the Bi River and beheaded both. (Book of the Later Han (Hou Hanshu), Annals 後漢書卷1上 光武帝紀上 更始1年)
Guangwu, with 3,000 death-defying troops, struck the central army of Wang Xun and Wang Yi on the western riverbank of Kunyang city, killed Wang Xun, and Wang Mang's army suffered a crushing defeat. (Book of the Later Han (Hou Hanshu), Annals 後漢書卷1上 光武帝紀上 更始1年)
Wang Lang, a diviner of royal Zhao descent, falsely claimed to be a son of Emperor Cheng and was enthroned as emperor at Handan. (Book of the Later Han (Hou Hanshu), Annals 後漢書卷1上 光武帝紀上 更始1年)
In the sixth month, on the day jiwei, the first day of the moon, Liu Xiu, with about a thousand Baoji men, led the vanguard, camped four or five li ahead of the main army, and cut down several thousand sent by Wang Xun and Wang Yi. The commanders were amazed at his bravery. (Zizhi Tongjian (Comprehensive Mirror) 資治通鑑 卷039 (원문 단락 #2840, 23년))
In the ninth month, on the day wushen, the rebel army entered through the Xianping city gate, and Wang Yi and others faced them below the Northern Gate, but at dusk the government troops collapsed. Young men of the city, Zhu Ti, Zhang Yu and others, to avoid looting, responded and set fire to Zuoshi Gate. (Zizhi Tongjian (Comprehensive Mirror) 資治通鑑 卷039 (원문 단락 #2849, 23년))