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992

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992 in various calendars
Gregorian calendar992
CMXCII
Ab urbe condita1745
Armenian calendar441
ԹՎ ՆԽԱ
Assyrian calendar5742
Balinese saka calendar913–914
Bengali calendar399
Berber calendar1942
Buddhist calendar1536
Burmese calendar354
Byzantine calendar6500–6501
Chinese calendar辛卯年 (Metal Rabbit)
3689 or 3482
    — to —
壬辰年 (Water Dragon)
3690 or 3483
Coptic calendar708–709
Discordian calendar2158
Ethiopian calendar984–985
Hebrew calendar4752–4753
Hindu calendars
 - Vikram Samvat1048–1049
 - Shaka Samvat913–914
 - Kali Yuga4092–4093
Holocene calendar10992
Iranian calendar370–371
Islamic calendar381–382
Japanese calendarShōryaku 3
(正暦3年)
Javanese calendar893–894
Julian calendar992
CMXCII
Korean calendar3325
Minguo calendar920 before ROC
民前920年
Nanakshahi calendar−476
Seleucid era1303/1304 AG
Thai solar calendar1534–1535
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.

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Worldwide

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

Europe

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References

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  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.