6 events the sources record for this year, grouped by region.
What happened
China (1)
Wu Han led four generals and attacked Lu Fang's general Jia Lan at Gaoliu, but the battle went badly for him. (Book of the Later Han (Hou Hanshu), Annals 後漢書卷1下 光武帝紀下 建武9年)
Pursued by the Lambakannas, Ilanaga crossed to the western coast by boat with an elephant's help, stayed three years, then raised troops and landed at Sankarasobha port in Rohana. (Mahavamsa (Great Chronicle of Sri Lanka) 35.26-29)