592

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.

Millennium: 1st millennium
Centuries:
Decades:
Years:
592 in various calendars
Gregorian calendar592
DXCII
Ab urbe condita1345
Armenian calendar41
ԹՎ ԽԱ
Assyrian calendar5342
Balinese saka calendar513–514
Bengali calendar−1
Berber calendar1542
Buddhist calendar1136
Burmese calendar−46
Byzantine calendar6100–6101
Chinese calendar辛亥年 (Metal Pig)
3288 or 3228
     to 
壬子年 (Water Rat)
3289 or 3229
Coptic calendar308–309
Discordian calendar1758
Ethiopian calendar584–585
Hebrew calendar4352–4353
Hindu calendars
 - Vikram Samvat648–649
 - Shaka Samvat513–514
 - Kali Yuga3692–3693
Holocene calendar10592
Iranian calendar30 BP – 29 BP
Islamic calendar31 BH – 30 BH
Javanese calendar481–482
Julian calendar592
DXCII
Korean calendar2925
Minguo calendar1320 before ROC
民前1320年
Nanakshahi calendar−876
Seleucid era903/904 AG
Thai solar calendar1134–1135
Tibetan calendar阴金猪年
(female Iron-Pig)
718 or 337 or −435
     to 
阳水鼠年
(male Water-Rat)
719 or 338 or −434
King Childebert II (570–595)

Events

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 Saint Marcellus of Chalons 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 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.

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References

  1. Ian Wood, The Merovingian Kingdoms 450–751, p. 91
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