12 events the sources record for this year, grouped by region.
What happened
China (10)
At Bainiuluo in Boye, Ge Rong routed the forces of Yuan Shen, Prince of Guangyang, and Yuan Rong, Prince of Zhangwu; Yuan Rong died in battle. (History of the Northern Dynasties (Beishi), Annals 北史 卷4 孝昌2年)
The armies of Xiahou Dan and others took Shouyang city; afterwards Yuzhou was set up at Shouyang. (Book of Liang (Liangshu), Annals 卷3 普通七年 十一月)
Ge Rong crushed Yuan, Prince of Guangyang, and Rong, Prince of Zhangwu, at Bainiu Luo, and proclaimed himself emperor. (Book of Wei (Weishu), Imperial Annals 魏書卷9·孝昌二年)
Du Luozhou took Youzhou and captured the governor Wang Yannian and the Xingtai official Chang Jing. (Book of Wei (Weishu), Imperial Annals 魏書卷9·孝昌二年)
In the ninth month of the twentieth year, the capital moves to Iware Tamaho (Nihon Shoki (Chronicles of Japan) 日本書紀 卷第十七 継体紀 20年 단락33)
Xianyu Xiuli, a local strongman of Wuyuan, leads displaced people from the northern garrisons and rebels at Zuocheng in Dingzhou, adopting the reign title Luxing. (Zizhi Tongjian (Comprehensive Mirror) 卷151)
After Li Xian, Governor of Yangzhou of Northern Wei, offers up Shouyang, Chen Qingzhi enters the city, and 52 castles surrender. (Zizhi Tongjian (Comprehensive Mirror) 卷151)
Du Luozhou besieges Fanyang; the townspeople seize Wang Yannian, Governor of Youzhou, and open the gates. (Zizhi Tongjian (Comprehensive Mirror) 卷151)
After Theodoric's death, his eight-year-old grandson Athalaric succeeded to the throne, with his mother Amalasuntha as regent. (Procopius, History of the Wars 5.2.1)