992

For the sports car, see Porsche 911 (992).

Millennium:	1st millennium
Centuries:	9th century 10th century 11th century
Decades:	970s 980s 990s 1000s 1010s
Years:	989 990 991 992 993 994 995

992 in various calendars

Gregorian calendar	992 CMXCII
Ab urbe condita	1745
Armenian calendar	441 ԹՎ ՆԽԱ
Assyrian calendar	5742
Balinese saka calendar	913–914
Bengali calendar	399
Berber calendar	1942
Buddhist calendar	1536
Burmese calendar	354
Byzantine calendar	6500–6501
Chinese calendar	辛卯年 (Metal Rabbit) 3689 or 3482     — to — 壬辰年 (Water Dragon) 3690 or 3483
Coptic calendar	708–709
Discordian calendar	2158
Ethiopian calendar	984–985
Hebrew calendar	4752–4753
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	1048–1049
- Shaka Samvat	913–914
- Kali Yuga	4092–4093
Holocene calendar	10992
Iranian calendar	370–371
Islamic calendar	381–382
Japanese calendar	Shōryaku 3 (正暦３年)
Javanese calendar	893–894
Julian calendar	992 CMXCII
Korean calendar	3325
Minguo calendar	920 before ROC 民前920年
Nanakshahi calendar	−476
Seleucid era	1303/1304 AG
Thai solar calendar	1534–1535
Tibetan calendar	阴金兔年 (female Iron-Rabbit) 1118 or 737 or −35     — to — 阳水龙年 (male Water-Dragon) 1119 or 738 or −34

Pietro II Orseolo (left) and his son Otto.

Year 992 (CMXCII) was a leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.

Events

By place

Worldwide

• Winter – A superflare from the sun causes an Aurora Borealis, with visibility as far south as Germany and Korea. ^[1]

Europe

• Spring – Pietro II Orseolo, doge of Venice, concludes a treaty with Emperor Basil II to transport Byzantine troops, in exchange for commercial privileges in Constantinople. Venetian ships are exempted from customs duties at Abydos (mostly foreign goods are carried on Venetian ships). Venetian merchants in Constantinople are placed directly under the Grand Logothetes (Minister of Finance).^[2]
• May 25 – Mieszko I, prince (duke) of the Polans, dies after a reign of more than 30 years at Poznań. He is succeeded by his son Bolesław I the Brave who becomes ruler of Poland. Having inherited the principality (located between the Oder and the Warta rivers), Bolesław forms an alliance with the Holy Roman Empire.
• June 27 – Battle of Conquereuil: The Angevins under Fulk III "the Black", Count of Anjou, defeat the forces of Conan I, duke of Brittany, who is killed in the battle at Conquereuil (France).^[3]
• Approximate date – Norse Viking settlers establish a mint in Dublin (Ireland), to produce silver pennies.

Births

• August 1 – Hyeonjong, king of Goryeo (Korea) (d. 1031)
• Fujiwara no Michimasa, Japanese nobleman (d. 1054)
• Fujiwara no Yorimichi, Japanese nobleman (d. 1071)
• Guido Monaco, Italian monk and music theorist (or 991)
• Otto Orseolo, doge of Venice (approximate date)
• Ulric Manfred II, count of Turin (approximate date)

Deaths

• February 1 – Jawhar al-Siqilli, Fatimid general
• February 29 – Oswald, archbishop of Worcester
• May 25 – Mieszko I, prince (duke) of Poland
• June 15 – Michael I, Kievan metropolitan bishop
• June 27 – Conan I, duke of Brittany
• July 1 – Heonjeong, queen of Goryeo (Korea) (b. 961)
• August 23 – Volkold, bishop of Meissen
• December 3 – Lothar II, German nobleman
• Æthelwine, ealdorman of East Anglia
• Abu al-Hassan al-Amiri, Persian philosopher
• Adso of Montier-en-Der, Frankish abbot (b. 920)
• Fujiwara no Nakafumi, Japanese waka poet (b. 923)
• Fujiwara no Tamemitsu, Japanese statesman (b. 942)
• Herbert of Wetterau, German nobleman
• Liu Jiyuan, emperor of Northern Han
• Maelpeadair Ua Tolaid, Irish abbot
• Marino Cassianico, bishop of Venice

References

1. "Mystery glow that lit up the night sky in 992 C.E. Explained".
2. John Julius Norwich (1991). Byzantium: The Apogee, p. 257. ISBN 0-394-53779-3.
3. Bernard S. Bachrach, Warfare and Military Organization in Pre-Crusade Europe (Ashgate Publishing, Aldershot, UK & Burlington, VT, 2002), IX, p. 66.