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[[File:0140 Palenque.JPG|upright=1.35|thumb|The [[Temple of the Cross Complex|Temple of the Cross]] at [[Palenque]] (Mexico)]]
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Year '''692''' ('''[[Roman numerals|DCXCII]]''') was a [[leap year starting on Monday]] of the [[Julian calendar]]. The denomination 692 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 ====
* [[Battle of Sebastopolis]]: The [[Byzantine army]] under [[Leontius]] is defeated at [[Sulusaray|Sebastopolis]], (modern [[Turkey]]) by [[Umayyad Caliphate|Arab]] forces led by [[Muhammad ibn Marwan]]. During the battle, a "special military corps" (some 20,000 [[Asia Minor Slavs|Slavs]]) under [[Neboulos]] deserts the Byzantine lines, and goes over to the [[Arab Muslims|Muslim Arabs]]. 
* [[Arab–Byzantine wars#Attacks against Byzantine holdings in Africa, Sicily and the East|Arab–Byzantine War]]: Muslims conquer [[Armenia]], [[Principality of Iberia|Iberia]] and [[Colchis]], the last remaining [[Byzantine Empire|Byzantine]] holdings east of the [[Taurus Mountains]]. Emperor [[Justinian II]] is forced to agree to joint Byzantine-Arab control of [[Cyprus]], in the [[Eastern Mediterranean]] Sea (approximate date).

==== Britain ====
* King [[Ine of Wessex]] installs his kinsman, [[Nothhelm of Sussex|Nothelm]], as ruler of [[Kingdom of Sussex|Sussex]]. According to [[Bede]], Sussex is subjected to Ine for a number of years.{{sfn|Bede|1990|loc=book&nbsp;IV, chap.&nbsp;XV}}

==== Asia ====
* Empress [[Wu Zetian]] regains control of the [[Kingdom of Khotan#Tang dynasty|Kingdom of Khotan]] in the [[Tarim Basin]] (Northwest China).

==== Mesoamerica ====
* The [[Temple of the Cross Complex|Temple of the Cross]] at [[Palenque]] (Mexico) is constructed to commemorate the rise of King [[Kʼinich Kan Bahlam II]] to the throne (approximate date).

=== By topic ===

==== Religion ====
* The [[Quinisext Council]] is held in [[Constantinople]]; it lays the foundation for the Orthodox [[canon law]]. Justinian II suppresses non-[[Eastern Orthodox Church|Orthodox]] religious practices, and orders the arrest of [[Pope Sergius I]]; the [[militia]]s of Rome and the [[Exarchate of Ravenna]] refuse, and take the [[pope]]'s side.{{sfn|Ostrogorsky|1956|pp=116–122}}
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== Births ==
* [[Gundelina]], Frankish abbess

== Deaths ==
* [[Abd Allah ibn al-Zubayr]], Arab [[Sahaba|sahabi]] (b. [[624]])
* [[Asmā' bint Abi Bakr]], companion of [[Muhammad]]
* [[Bʼalaj Chan Kʼawiil]], a Maya ruler of [[Dos Pilas]] (b. [[625]])
* [[Two Ewalds]], Saxon [[priest]]s (approximate date)
* [[Chrothildis]], Frankish queen regent

== References ==
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=== Sources ===
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* {{cite book |author=Bede |date=1990 |title=[[Ecclesiastical History of the English People]] |translator=[[Leo Sherley-Price]] |editor=Farmer, D.H. |location=London |publisher=Penguin |isbn=0-14-044565-X}}
* {{cite book |last=Ostrogorsky |first=George |date=1956 |title=History of the Byzantine State |location=Oxford |publisher=Blackwell |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Bt0_AAAAYAAJ}}{{refend}}

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