# 592 > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/592 > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/592.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/592 > Source revision: 1340802139 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) Calendar year Calendar year Years Millennium 1st millennium Centuries 5th century 6th century 7th century Decades 570s 580s 590s 600s 610s Years 589 590 591 592 593 594 595 v t e 592 by topic Leaders Political entities State leaders Religious leaders Categories Births Deaths v t e 592 in various calendars Gregorian calendar 592 DXCII Ab urbe condita 1345 Armenian calendar 41 ԹՎ ԽԱ Assyrian calendar 5342 Balinese saka calendar 513–514 Bengali calendar −2 – −1 Berber calendar 1542 Buddhist calendar 1136 Burmese calendar −46 Byzantine calendar 6100–6101 Chinese calendar 辛亥年 (Metal Pig) 3289 or 3082 — to — 壬子年 (Water Rat) 3290 or 3083 Coptic calendar 308–309 Discordian calendar 1758 Ethiopian calendar 584–585 Hebrew calendar 4352–4353 Hindu calendars - Vikram Samvat 648–649 - Shaka Samvat 513–514 - Kali Yuga 3692–3693 Holocene calendar 10592 Iranian calendar 30 BP – 29 BP Islamic calendar 31 BH – 30 BH Javanese calendar 481–482 Julian calendar 592 DXCII Korean calendar 2925 Minguo calendar 1320 before ROC 民前1320年 Nanakshahi calendar −876 Seleucid era 903/904 AG Thai solar calendar 1134–1135 Tibetan calendar ལྕགས་མོ་ཕག་ལོ་ (female Iron-Boar) 718 or 337 or −435 — to — ཆུ་ཕོ་བྱི་བ་ལོ་ (male Water-Rat) 719 or 338 or −434 King [Childebert II](/source/Childebert_II) (570–595) Year **592** (**[DXCII](/source/Roman_numerals)**) was a [leap year starting on Tuesday](/source/Leap_year_starting_on_Tuesday) of the [Julian calendar](/source/Julian_calendar). The denomination 592 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the [Anno Domini](/source/Anno_Domini) [calendar era](/source/Calendar_era) became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. ## Events ### By place #### Byzantine Empire - Emperor [Maurice](/source/Maurice_(emperor)) regains the [Byzantine](/source/Byzantine_Empire) stronghold [Singidunum](/source/Singidunum) (modern [Belgrade](/source/Belgrade)) from the [Avars](/source/Avars_(Carpathians)). By counter-invading their homelands on the [Balkans](/source/Balkans), Byzantine troops increase their pay by [pillaging](/source/Looting) in hostile territory. #### Europe - [January 28](/source/January_28) – King [Guntram](/source/Guntram), age 59, dies after a 31-year reign, and is succeeded by his nephew [Childebert II](/source/Childebert_II), who becomes ruler of [Burgundy](/source/Kingdom_of_Burgundy).[1] He is buried at Saint Marcellus of Chalons Church, in [Chalon-sur-Saône](/source/Chalon-sur-Sa%C3%B4ne) (Eastern [France](/source/France)). - [Ariulf](/source/Ariulf_of_Spoleto) becomes the second [Duke of Spoleto](/source/Duke_of_Spoleto) ([Central Italy](/source/Central_Italy)). #### Britain - [Battle of Woden's Burg](/source/Battle_of_Woden's_Burg_(592)): After the mass killing at Woden's Burg, near [Marlborough](/source/Marlborough%2C_Wiltshire) ([South West England](/source/South_West_England)), [Ceawlin](/source/Ceawlin_of_Wessex) is deposed as king of the [West Saxons](/source/Wessex). His son [Cuthwine](/source/Cuthwine_of_Wessex) is taken prisoner and goes into [exile](/source/Exile). - [Ceol](/source/Ceol_of_Wessex) succeeds his uncle Ceawlin after his defeat at Woden's Burg. He becomes king of [Wessex](/source/List_of_monarchs_of_Wessex#Monarchs_of_the_West_Saxons_(Wessex)) (according to the *[Anglo-Saxon Chronicle](/source/Anglo-Saxon_Chronicle)*). #### Asia - Summer – Emperor [Wéndi](/source/Emperor_Wen_of_Sui) reduces [taxes](/source/Taxes), due to an overflowing abundance of [food](/source/Food) and [silk](/source/Silk) in the governmental stores. He sends messengers around central [China](/source/China), redistributing land to give the poor [farming](/source/Agriculture) land. - [December 8](/source/December_8) – Emperor [Sushun](/source/Emperor_Sushun) of [Japan](/source/Japan) is murdered after 5 years on the [throne](/source/Throne) by agents of his rival [Umako Soga](/source/Soga_no_Umako), who is jealous of the emperor's power. He is succeeded by [Suiko](/source/Empress_Suiko), widow of the late emperor [Bidatsu](/source/Emperor_Bidatsu). - Winter – Empress Suiko moves the imperial [capital of Japan](/source/Capital_of_Japan) to [Asuka-Toyura Palace](/source/Asuka%2C_Yamato#Imperial_Palaces) ([Nara Prefecture](/source/Nara_Prefecture)) during the [Asuka period](/source/Asuka_period). ### By topic #### Literature - [Gregory](/source/Gregory_of_Tours), bishop of [Tours](/source/Tours), completes his *Historia Francorum* ("History of the [Franks](/source/Franks)"). ## Births - [Khalid ibn al-Walid](/source/Khalid_ibn_al-Walid), Arab general (approximate date) - [Asmā' bint Abi Bakr](/source/Asm%C4%81'_bint_Abi_Bakr), companion of [Muhammad](/source/Muhammad) - [Cutha Cathwulf](/source/Cutha_Cathwulf), prince of [Wessex](/source/Wessex) (approximate date) - [Itta](/source/Itta), wife of [Pepin of Landen](/source/Pepin_of_Landen) (d. [652](/source/652)) - [Xu Jingzong](/source/Xu_Jingzong), chancellor of the [Tang dynasty](/source/Tang_dynasty) (d. [672](/source/672)) ## Deaths - [January 28](/source/January_28) – [Guntram](/source/Guntram), king of [Burgundy](/source/Kingdom_of_Burgundy) - [Faroald I](/source/Faroald_I_of_Spoleto), [duke of Spoleto](/source/Duke_of_Spoleto) ([Italy](/source/Italy)) - [Sushun](/source/Emperor_Sushun), emperor of [Japan](/source/Japan) ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** Ian Wood, *The Merovingian Kingdoms 450–751*, p. 91 --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [592](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/592) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/592?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.