13 events the sources record for this year, grouped by region.
What happened
China (7)
On the same day he reached Uda Agaki, and Ōtomo no Makuta and others followed from the Yoshino palace. (Nihon Shoki (Chronicles of Japan) 日本書紀 卷第廿八 天武紀 1年 단락23)
The Ōmi court, Prince Yamabe and Soga no Hatayasu, camped with tens of thousands of troops by the Inukami River to raid Fuwa. (Nihon Shoki (Chronicles of Japan) 日本書紀 卷第廿八 天武紀 1年 단락48)
Prince Ōtomo and the ministers set up a great camp west of the bridge at Seta, but the vanguard collapsed under the charge of Ono no Wakaomi (Battle of Seta). (Nihon Shoki (Chronicles of Japan) 日本書紀 卷第廿八 天武紀 1年 단락64)
Prince Ōtomo and the left and right ministers barely escaped with their lives; Murakuni no Oyori and others camped below the Awazu hill. (Nihon Shoki (Chronicles of Japan) 日本書紀 卷第廿八 天武紀 1年 단락66)
Miwa no Takeichimaro and others fought at Hashinohaka and crushed the Ōmi army. (Nihon Shoki (Chronicles of Japan) 日本書紀 卷第廿八 天武紀 1年 단락78)
Silla troops faced the Goguryeo army near Baeksu fortress and killed several thousand, then were defeated by the Tang army at Seokmun. (Samguk Sagi (History of the Three Kingdoms) 卷07 文武王 12年)
In the sixth month of the year of Jinshin (672), Tenmu ordered Murakuni no Oyori and others to go to Mino and raise troops (Jinshin War). (Nihon Shoki (Chronicles of Japan) 日本書紀 卷第廿八 天武紀 1年 단락19)
He crossed the mountains and reached Suzuka in Ise, where the governor Miyake no Isotoko and others welcomed him. (Nihon Shoki (Chronicles of Japan) 日本書紀 卷第廿八 天武紀 1年 단락27)
Tenmu reached Fuwa and first sent Prince Takechi to Fuwa to oversee the troops, then raised troops from the eastern sea and eastern mountain circuits. (Nihon Shoki (Chronicles of Japan) 日本書紀 卷第廿八 天武紀 1年 단락30)
Tenmu left the empress behind and entered Fuwa; the governor of Owari, Ōkobe no Sahimochi, surrendered with 20,000 troops. (Nihon Shoki (Chronicles of Japan) 日本書紀 卷第廿八 天武紀 1年 단락38)
General Ōtomo no Fukei fought the Ōmi commander Ōno no Hatayasu at Mount Nara and was defeated. (Nihon Shoki (Chronicles of Japan) 日本書紀 卷第廿八 天武紀 1年 단락53)
Tenmu's commanders went to Fuwa palace and presented Prince Ōtomo's head before the camp. (Nihon Shoki (Chronicles of Japan) 日本書紀 卷第廿八 天武紀 1年 단락85)