8 events the sources record for this year, grouped by region.
What happened
China (7)
The Han general Yang Pu, with 9,000 elite troops, first took Xunxia and broke Shimen. (Đại Việt sử ký toàn thư 外紀卷之二 「庚午，元年（公元前一一一年）冬，」)
Nanyue was pacified: nine commanderies were established: Nanhai, Cangwu, Yulin, Hepu, Jiaozhi, Jiuzhen, Rinan, Zhuya and Danyi. (Book of Han (Hanshu), Imperial Annals 漢書卷006 武帝元鼎六年春)
The Southwestern peoples were pacified; the commanderies of Wudu, Zangke, Yuesui, Chenli and Wenshan were set up. (Book of Han (Hanshu), Imperial Annals 漢書卷006 武帝元鼎六年)
Dongyue king Yu Shan rebelled and killed a Han official; General Hengxie Han Lie and others attacked from Kuaiji and Yuzhang. (Book of Han (Hanshu), Imperial Annals 漢書卷006 武帝元鼎六年秋)
The lands of Wuwei and Jiuquan were divided to establish Zhangye and Dunhuang commanderies, and people were relocated to fill them. (Book of Han (Hanshu), Imperial Annals 漢書卷006 武帝元鼎六年秋)
The emperor went north from Yunyang through Shangjun, Xihe and Wuyuan, left the Great Wall, climbed the Chanyu's terrace, reached Shuofang and approached the North River; he reviewed 180,000 cavalry to awe the Xiongnu. (Book of Han (Hanshu), Imperial Annals 漢書卷006 武帝元封元年十月)
Admiral-General Yang Pu entered the land of Yue, took the Xunxia gorge, broke Shimen, and reached Panyu, where he besieged the walls of the Southern Yue king Jian De and the chancellor Lü Jia, setting fires to attack. General Lu Bode also arrived. (Zizhi Tongjian (Comprehensive Mirror) 資治通鑑 卷020 (원문 단락 #1581, -111년))