# 692 > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/692 > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/692.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/692 > Source revision: 1340806257 > 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 6th century 7th century 8th century Decades 670s 680s 690s 700s 710s Years 689 690 691 692 693 694 695 v t e 692 by topic Leaders Political entities State leaders Religious leaders Categories Births Deaths Establishments v t e 692 in various calendars Gregorian calendar 692 DCXCII Ab urbe condita 1445 Armenian calendar 141 ԹՎ ՃԽԱ Assyrian calendar 5442 Balinese saka calendar 613–614 Bengali calendar 98–99 Berber calendar 1642 Buddhist calendar 1236 Burmese calendar 54 Byzantine calendar 6200–6201 Chinese calendar 辛卯年 (Metal Rabbit) 3389 or 3182 — to — 壬辰年 (Water Dragon) 3390 or 3183 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 Shuchō 7 (朱鳥７年) 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 Tibetan calendar ལྕགས་མོ་ཡོས་ལོ་ (female Iron-Hare) 818 or 437 or −335 — to — ཆུ་ཕོ་འབྲུག་ལོ་ (male Water-Dragon) 819 or 438 or −334 The [Temple of the Cross](/source/Temple_of_the_Cross_Complex) at [Palenque](/source/Palenque) (Mexico) Year **692** (**[DCXCII](/source/Roman_numerals)**) was a [leap year starting on Monday](/source/Leap_year_starting_on_Monday) of the [Julian calendar](/source/Julian_calendar). The denomination 692 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 - [Battle of Sebastopolis](/source/Battle_of_Sebastopolis): The [Byzantine army](/source/Byzantine_army) under [Leontius](/source/Leontius) is defeated at [Sebastopolis](/source/Sulusaray), (modern [Turkey](/source/Turkey)) by [Arab](/source/Umayyad_Caliphate) forces led by [Muhammad ibn Marwan](/source/Muhammad_ibn_Marwan). During the battle, a "special military corps" (some 20,000 [Slavs](/source/Asia_Minor_Slavs)) under [Neboulos](/source/Neboulos) deserts the Byzantine lines, and goes over to the [Muslim Arabs](/source/Arab_Muslims). - [Arab–Byzantine War](/source/Arab%E2%80%93Byzantine_wars#Attacks_against_Byzantine_holdings_in_Africa,_Sicily_and_the_East): Muslims conquer [Armenia](/source/Armenia), [Iberia](/source/Principality_of_Iberia) and [Colchis](/source/Colchis), the last remaining [Byzantine](/source/Byzantine_Empire) holdings east of the [Taurus Mountains](/source/Taurus_Mountains). Emperor [Justinian II](/source/Justinian_II) is forced to agree to joint Byzantine-Arab control of [Cyprus](/source/Cyprus), in the [Eastern Mediterranean](/source/Eastern_Mediterranean) Sea (approximate date). #### Britain - King [Ine of Wessex](/source/Ine_of_Wessex) installs his kinsman, [Nothelm](/source/Nothhelm_of_Sussex), as ruler of [Sussex](/source/Kingdom_of_Sussex). According to [Bede](/source/Bede), Sussex is subjected to Ine for a number of years.[1] #### Asia - Empress [Wu Zetian](/source/Wu_Zetian) regains control of the [Kingdom of Khotan](/source/Kingdom_of_Khotan#Tang_dynasty) in the [Tarim Basin](/source/Tarim_Basin) (Northwest China). #### Mesoamerica - The [Temple of the Cross](/source/Temple_of_the_Cross_Complex) at [Palenque](/source/Palenque) (Mexico) is constructed to commemorate the rise of King [Kʼinich Kan Bahlam II](/source/K%CA%BCinich_Kan_Bahlam_II) to the throne (approximate date). ### By topic #### Religion - The [Quinisext Council](/source/Quinisext_Council) is held in [Constantinople](/source/Constantinople); it lays the foundation for the Orthodox [canon law](/source/Canon_law). Justinian II suppresses non-[Orthodox](/source/Eastern_Orthodox_Church) religious practices, and orders the arrest of [Pope Sergius I](/source/Pope_Sergius_I); the [militias](/source/Militia) of Rome and the [Exarchate of Ravenna](/source/Exarchate_of_Ravenna) refuse, and take the [pope](/source/Pope)'s side.[2] ## Births - [Gundelina](/source/Gundelina), Frankish abbess ## Deaths - [Abd Allah ibn al-Zubayr](/source/Abd_Allah_ibn_al-Zubayr), Arab [sahabi](/source/Sahaba) (b. [624](/source/624)) - [Asmā' bint Abi Bakr](/source/Asm%C4%81'_bint_Abi_Bakr), companion of [Muhammad](/source/Muhammad) - [Bridei III](/source/Bridei_III), king of the [Picts](/source/Picts) - [Bʼalaj Chan Kʼawiil](/source/B%CA%BCalaj_Chan_K%CA%BCawiil), a Maya ruler of [Dos Pilas](/source/Dos_Pilas) (b. [625](/source/625)) - [Two Ewalds](/source/Two_Ewalds), Saxon [priests](/source/Priest) (approximate date) - [Chrothildis](/source/Chrothildis), Frankish queen regent ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBede1990book IV,_chap. XV_1-0)** [Bede 1990](#CITEREFBede1990), book IV, chap. XV. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEOstrogorsky1956116–122_2-0)** [Ostrogorsky 1956](#CITEREFOstrogorsky1956), pp. 116–122. ### Sources - Bede (1990). Farmer, D.H. (ed.). *[Ecclesiastical History of the English People](/source/Ecclesiastical_History_of_the_English_People)*. Translated by [Leo Sherley-Price](/source/Leo_Sherley-Price). London: Penguin. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [0-14-044565-X](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-14-044565-X). - Ostrogorsky, George (1956). [*History of the Byzantine State*](https://books.google.com/books?id=Bt0_AAAAYAAJ). Oxford: Blackwell. --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [692](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/692) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/692?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.