692

By place

Byzantine Empire

• Battle of Sebastopolis: The Byzantine army under Leontios is defeated at Sebastopolis, by Arab forces led by Muhammad ibn Marwan. During the battle, a "special military corps" under Neboulos deserts the Byzantine lines, and goes over to the Muslim Arabs.
• Arab–Byzantine War: Muslims conquer Armenia, Iberia and Colchis, the last remaining 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.

  Britain

• King Ine of Wessex installs his kinsman, Nothelm, as ruler of Sussex. According to Bede, Sussex is subjected to Ine for a number of years.

  Asia

• Empress Wu Zetian regains control of the Kingdom of Khotan in the Tarim Basin.

  Mesoamerica

• The Temple of the Cross at Palenque is constructed to commemorate the rise of King K'inich Kan B'alam II to the throne.

  By topic

Religion

• The Quinisext Council is held in Constantinople; it lays the foundation for the Orthodox canon law. Justinian II suppresses non-Orthodox religious practices, and orders the arrest of Pope Sergius I; the militias of Rome and the Exarchate of Ravenna refuse, and take the pope's side.