28 events the sources record for this year, grouped by region.
What happened
China (20)
When Gao Huan brought his army across from Hebei, Emperor Xiaowu fled to Chang'an. On the day jiyou Gao Huan entered Luoyang and stayed at Yongning Monastery. (Book of Northern Qi (Bei Qishu), Annals 北齊書 卷2)
Emperor Xiaowu fled to Chang'an that same day, while his ministers' plans were still divided. This marks the start of the split of the Northern Wei. (Book of Northern Qi (Bei Qishu), Annals 北齊書 卷2)
In Luoyang, Yuan Shanjian, heir of the Prince of Qinghe, was set up as Emperor Xiaojing. 'Wei was thereupon split in two' (division into Eastern and Western Wei). (Book of Northern Qi (Bei Qishu), Annals 北齊書 卷2)
Luoyang was close to the west and bordered Liang, so its position was unfavorable. They debated moving the capital to Ye, and within three days of the edict, 400,000 households set out. (Book of Northern Qi (Bei Qishu), Annals 北齊書 卷2)
In the intercalary twelfth month of the first year of Emperor Ankan, he goes to Mishima, inquires about good fields, and asks the district chief Iibo for them (Nihon Shoki (Chronicles of Japan) 日本書紀 卷第十八 安閑紀 1年 단락7)
West Asia (1)
Belisarius arrived at Constantinople with Gelimer and the Vandals, an honor of triumph that no general had received in six hundred years. (Procopius, History of the Wars 4.9.1)
Egypt & North Africa (1)
Belisarius returned to Carthage and gathered the Vandals to send them to Constantinople; Cyril took Tzazo's head to Sardinia. (Procopius, History of the Wars 4.5.2–4.5.5)
Southern Europe (3)
Pharas, worn out by the winter siege, tried to climb Mount Papua, but was blocked by the Moors and suffered heavy losses. (Procopius, History of the Wars 4.6.1–4.6.4)
After a three-month siege, the winter ended, and Gelimer, in hunger and misery, negotiated a surrender. (Procopius, History of the Wars 4.7.1–4.7.6)