592
This article is about the year 592. For the number, see 592 (number).
| Millennium: | 1st millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 5th century – 6th century – 7th century |
| Decades: | 560s 570s 580s – 590s – 600s 610s 620s |
| Years: | 589 590 591 – 592 – 593 594 595 |
| 592 by topic | |
| Politics | |
| State leaders – Sovereign states | |
| Birth and death categories | |
| Births – Deaths | |
| Establishment and disestablishment categories | |
| Establishments – Disestablishments | |
| Gregorian calendar | 592 DXCII |
| Ab urbe condita | 1345 |
| Armenian calendar | 41 ԹՎ ԽԱ |
| Assyrian calendar | 5342 |
| Bengali calendar | −1 |
| Berber calendar | 1542 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1136 |
| Burmese calendar | −46 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6100–6101 |
| Chinese calendar | 辛亥年 (Metal Pig) 3288 or 3228 — to — 壬子年 (Water Rat) 3289 or 3229 |
| Coptic calendar | 308–309 |
| Discordian calendar | 1758 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 584–585 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4352–4353 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 648–649 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 514–515 |
| - Kali Yuga | 3693–3694 |
| Holocene calendar | 10592 |
| Iranian calendar | 30 BP – 29 BP |
| Islamic calendar | 31 BH – 30 BH |
| Julian calendar | 592 DXCII |
| Korean calendar | 2925 |
| Minguo calendar | 1320 before ROC 民前1320年 |
| Seleucid era | 903/904 AG |
| Thai solar calendar | 1134–1135 |
King Childebert II (570–595)
Year 592 (DXCII) was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. The denomination 592 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
- Emperor Maurice regains the Byzantine stronghold Singidunum (modern Belgrade) from the Avars. By counter-invading their homelands on the Balkans, Byzantine troops increase their pay by pillaging in hostile territory.
Europe
- January 28 – King Guntram, age 59, dies after a 31-year reign and is succeeded by his nephew Childebert II who becomes ruler of Burgundy.[1] He is buried at St. Marcel Church in Chalon-sur-Saône (Eastern France).
- Ariulf, previously Lombard commander in the war against Persia, becomes the second Duke of Spoleto (Central Italy).
Britain
- Battle of Woden's Burg: After the mass killing at Woden's Burg, near Marlborough (South West England), Ceawlin is deposed as king of the West Saxons. His son Cuthwine is taken prisoner and goes into exile.
- Ceol succeeds his uncle Ceawlin after his defeat at Woden's Burg. He becomes king of Wessex (according to the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle).
Asia
- Summer – Emperor Wéndi reduces the taxes due to an overflowing abundance of food and silk in the governmental stores. He sends messengers around central China, redistributing land to give the poor farming land.
- December 8 – Emperor Sushun of Japan is murdered after 5 years on the throne by agents of his rival Umako Soga, who is jealous of the emperor's power. He is succeeded by Suiko, widow of the late emperor Bidatsu.
- Winter – Empress Suiko moves the imperial capital of Japan to Asuka-Toyura Palace (Nara Prefecture) during the Asuka period.
By topic
Literature
Births
- 'Amr ibn al-'As, Arab general (approximate date)
- Asmā' bint Abi Bakr, companion of Muhammad
- Cutha Cathwulf, prince of Wessex (approximate date)
- Itta, wife of Pepin of Landen (d. 652)
- Khalid ibn al-Walid, Arab general (d. 642)
- Xu Jingzong, chancellor of the Tang Dynasty (d. 672)
Deaths
- Faroald I, duke of Spoleto (Italy)
- January 28 – Guntram, king of Burgundy
- December 8 – Sushun, emperor of Japan
References
- ↑ Ian Wood, The Merovingian Kingdoms 450–751, p. 91
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