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Year 992 (CMXCII) was a leap year starting on Friday 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.

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).
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).
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

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

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