692
| Millennium: | 1st millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 6th century · 7th century · 8th century |
| Decades: | 660s · 670s · 680s · 690s · 700s · 710s · 720s |
| Years: | 689 · 690 · 691 · 692 · 693 · 694 · 695 |
| 692 by topic | |
| Politics | |
| State leaders – Sovereign states | |
| Birth and death categories | |
| Births – Deaths | |
| Establishment and disestablishment categories | |
| Establishments – Disestablishments | |
| Gregorian calendar | 692 DCXCII |
| Ab urbe condita | 1445 |
| Armenian calendar | 141 ԹՎ ՃԽԱ |
| Assyrian calendar | 5442 |
| Bengali calendar | 99 |
| Berber calendar | 1642 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1236 |
| Burmese calendar | 54 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6200–6201 |
| Chinese calendar | 辛卯年 (Metal Rabbit) 3388 or 3328 — to — 壬辰年 (Water Dragon) 3389 or 3329 |
| Coptic calendar | 408–409 |
| Discordian calendar | 1858 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 684–685 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4452–4453 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 748–749 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 613–614 |
| - Kali Yuga | 3792–3793 |
| Holocene calendar | 10692 |
| Iranian calendar | 70–71 |
| Islamic calendar | 72–73 |
| Japanese calendar | N/A |
| Javanese calendar | 584–585 |
| Julian calendar | 692 DCXCII |
| Korean calendar | 3025 |
| Minguo calendar | 1220 before ROC 民前1220年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | −776 |
| Seleucid era | 1003/1004 AG |
| Thai solar calendar | 1234–1235 |
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Year 692 (DCXCII) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. The denomination 692 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.
Events
By place
Byzantine Empire
- Battle of Sebastopolis: The Byzantine army under Leontios is defeated at Sebastopolis, (modern Turkey) by Arab forces led by Muhammad ibn Marwan. During the battle, a "special military corps" (some 20,000 Slavs) under Neboulos deserts the Byzantine lines, and goes over to the Muslim Arabs.
- Arab–Byzantine War: Muslims conquer Armenia, Iberia and Colchis, the last remaining Byzantine holdings east of the Taurus Mountains. Emperor Justinian II is forced to agree to joint Byzantine-Arab control of Cyprus, in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea (approximate date).
Britain
- King Ine of Wessex installs his kinsman, Nothelm, as ruler of Sussex. According to Bede, Sussex is subjected to Ine for a number of years.[1]
Asia
- Empress Wu Zetian regains control of the Kingdom of Khotan in the Tarim Basin (Northwest China).
Mesoamerica
- The Temple of the Cross at Palenque (Mexico) is constructed to commemorate the rise of King K'inich Kan B'alam II to the throne (approximate date).
By topic
Religion
- The Quinisext Council is held in Constantinople; it lays the foundation for the Orthodox canon law. Justinian II suppresses non-Orthodox religious practices, and orders the arrest of Pope Sergius I; the militias of Rome and the Exarchate of Ravenna refuse, and take the pope's side.[2]
Births
Deaths
- Abd-Allah ibn al-Zubayr, Arab sahabi (b. 624)
- Asmā' bint Abi Bakr, companion of Muhammad
- Two Ewalds, Saxon priests (approximate date)
- B'alaj Chan K'awiil, a Maya ruler of Dos Pilas (b. 625)
References
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