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[[File:Childebert II.png|thumb|right|King [[Childebert II]] (570–595)]]
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Year '''592''' ('''[[Roman numerals|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 ==
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=== By place ===
==== Byzantine Empire ====
* Emperor [[Maurice (emperor)|Maurice]] regains the [[Byzantine Empire|Byzantine]] stronghold [[Singidunum]] (modern [[Belgrade]]) from the [[Avars (Carpathians)|Avars]]. By counter-invading their homelands on the [[Balkans]], Byzantine troops increase their pay by [[Looting|pillaging]] in hostile territory.
==== Europe ====
* [[January 28]] &ndash; King [[Guntram]], age 59, dies after a 31-year reign, and is succeeded by his nephew [[Childebert II]], who becomes ruler of [[Kingdom of Burgundy|Burgundy]].<ref>Ian Wood, ''The Merovingian Kingdoms 450–751'', p. 91</ref> He is buried at Saint Marcellus of Chalons Church, in [[Chalon-sur-Saône]] (Eastern [[France]]).
* [[Ariulf of Spoleto|Ariulf]] becomes the second [[Duke of Spoleto]] ([[Central Italy]]).
==== Britain ====
* [[Battle of Woden's Burg (592)|Battle of Woden's Burg]]: After the mass killing at Woden's Burg, near [[Marlborough, Wiltshire|Marlborough]] ([[South West England]]), [[Ceawlin of Wessex|Ceawlin]] is deposed as king of the [[Wessex|West Saxons]]. His son [[Cuthwine of Wessex|Cuthwine]] is taken prisoner and goes into [[exile]].
* [[Ceol of Wessex|Ceol]] succeeds his uncle Ceawlin after his defeat at Woden's Burg. He becomes king of [[List of monarchs of Wessex#Monarchs of the West Saxons (Wessex)|Wessex]] (according to the ''[[Anglo-Saxon Chronicle]]'').
==== Asia ====
* Summer &ndash; Emperor [[Emperor Wen of Sui|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 [[Agriculture|farming]] land.
* [[December 8]] &ndash; Emperor [[Emperor Sushun|Sushun]] of [[Japan]] is murdered after 5 years on the [[throne]] by agents of his rival [[Soga no Umako|Umako Soga]], who is jealous of the emperor's power. He is succeeded by [[Empress Suiko|Suiko]], widow of the late emperor [[Emperor Bidatsu|Bidatsu]].
* Winter &ndash; Empress Suiko moves the imperial [[capital of Japan]] to [[Asuka, Yamato#Imperial Palaces|Asuka-Toyura Palace]] ([[Nara Prefecture]]) during the [[Asuka period]].
=== By topic ===
==== Literature ====
* [[Gregory of Tours|Gregory]], bishop of [[Tours]], completes his ''Historia Francorum'' ("History of the [[Franks]]").
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== Births ==
* [[Khalid ibn al-Walid]], 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]])
* [[Xu Jingzong]], chancellor of the [[Tang dynasty]] (d. [[672]])
== Deaths ==
* [[January 28]] &ndash; [[Guntram]], king of [[Kingdom of Burgundy|Burgundy]]
* [[Faroald I of Spoleto|Faroald I]], [[duke of Spoleto]] ([[Italy]])
* [[Emperor Sushun|Sushun]], emperor of [[Japan]]
== References ==
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