8 events the sources record for this year, grouped by region.
What happened
China (7)
On day Bingwu, Chuzhou fell and the puppet garrison commander Zhang Yanqing and others were beheaded; the Six Armies plundered widely, more than ten thousand soldiers and civilians in the city died, and nearly all the houses burned. (Old History of the Five Dynasties (Jiu Wudai shi), Annals 舊五代史 卷118)
Liu Jun, on hearing of the emperor's southern campaign, sent troops to besiege Xizhou; patrol commissioner Li Qianpu held them off with the prefectural troops, and they withdrew. (Old History of the Five Dynasties (Jiu Wudai shi), Annals 舊五代史 卷118)
Emperor Shizong of Zhou personally urges the attack and takes Chuzhou after besieging it for more than four rounds of ten days. (Zizhi Tongjian (Comprehensive Mirror) 資治通鑑 卷294 제9단(머리글 이후 비공백 줄 기준))
The Southern Tang ruler Li Jing gives up the imperial title, calls himself National Lord, and uses the Zhou calendar. (Zizhi Tongjian (Comprehensive Mirror) 資治通鑑 卷294 제38단(머리글 이후 비공백 줄 기준))
The Southern Han Zhongzong dies, and his eldest son Liu Chang ascends the throne and changes the era to Dabao. (Zizhi Tongjian (Comprehensive Mirror) 資治通鑑 卷294 제47단(머리글 이후 비공백 줄 기준))
Korean Peninsula (1)
Gwangjong entrusts the examinations to Hallim scholar Ssanggi, selecting jinsa by poetry, rhapsody and policy essays, and posts the results at Wibongnu — the civil service examination is first established (Goryeosa Jeolyo (Essentials of Goryeo History) 권2 光宗大成大王 九年)