12 events the sources record for this year, grouped by region.
What happened
China (4)
Gao Huan besieged Yubi City, held by Wang Sizheng of Western Wei; the Western army did not come out, heavy snow killed his soldiers, and he withdrew in the eleventh month. (History of the Northern Dynasties (Beishi), Annals 北史 卷6 興和4年)
Liu Jinggong of Anchengjun rebelled in the left-wing manner, took the commandery, attacked Luling and seized Yuzhang, with tens of thousands of followers. (Book of Liang (Liangshu), Annals 卷3 大同八年 正月)
Liu Jinggong was crushed and captured; he was sent to the capital and beheaded in the Jiankang market. (Book of Liang (Liangshu), Annals 卷3 大同八年 三月)
Gao Huan besieged the Western Wei fortress of Yubi and withdrew in the eleventh month (the Yubi battles). (Book of Wei (Weishu), Imperial Annals 魏書卷12·興和四年)
Southeast Asia (1)
The prefects of Yuezhou, Nazhou, Anzhou and Aizhou were sent together to punish Li Bi of Jiaozhou. (Book of Liang (Liangshu), Annals 卷3 大同八年 三月)
West Asia (2)
Belisarius camps at Europos; when he does, Khosrow sends the envoy Abandanes to scout. (Procopius, History of the Wars 2.21.1)
The plague in Byzantium lasts four months, its peak three months, with five thousand to over ten thousand dying each day. (Procopius, History of the Wars 2.23.1)
Southern Europe (5)
In spring Khosrow invades a third time, with the Euphrates on his right; the bishop of Sergiopolis, Candidos, is afraid and does not respond. (Procopius, History of the Wars 2.20.1–2.20.2)
Totila approached the Roman army with five thousand men; Artabazes addressed the commanders. (Procopius, History of the Wars 7.4.1)