920
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| Millennium: | 1st millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 9th century – 10th century – 11th century |
| Decades: | 890s 900s 910s – 920s – 930s 940s 950s |
| Years: | 917 918 919 – 920 – 921 922 923 |
| 920 by topic | |
| Politics | |
| State leaders – Sovereign states | |
| Birth and death categories | |
| Births – Deaths | |
| Establishment and disestablishment categories | |
| Establishments – Disestablishments | |
| Gregorian calendar | 920 CMXX |
| Ab urbe condita | 1673 |
| Armenian calendar | 369 ԹՎ ՅԿԹ |
| Bahá'í calendar | -924 – -923 |
| Berber calendar | 1870 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1464 |
| Burmese calendar | 282 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6428 – 6429 |
| Chinese calendar | 己卯年十二月初八日 (3556/3616-12-8) — to —
庚辰年十一月十九日(3557/3617-11-19) |
| Coptic calendar | 636 – 637 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 912 – 913 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4680 – 4681 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 975 – 976 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 842 – 843 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4021 – 4022 |
| Holocene calendar | 10920 |
| Iranian calendar | 298 – 299 |
| Islamic calendar | 307 – 308 |
| Japanese calendar | |
| Korean calendar | 3253 |
| Thai solar calendar | 1463 |
920 AD was a year in the 10th century.
[edit] Events
[edit] By place
[edit] Africa
- The golden age of the Ghana Empire begins in Africa.
[edit] Europe
- Katla erupts in Iceland.
- The Saxons retake East Anglia from the Danes.
- The Welsh ruler Hywel Dda ("Hywel the Good") merges Dyfed and Seisyllwg, establishing a new kingdom known as Deheubarth.
- German king Henry the Fowler conquers Utrecht, which had been in possession of the Vikings for 70 years. The Bishop of Utrecht moves his seat back from Deventer to Utrecht.
[edit] Asia
- Abaoji orders the adoption of a written script by the Khitan, resulting in the creation of Khitan "Large Script."
[edit] Births
- September 10—Louis IV of France (d. 954)
- Haakon I of Norway (approximate date; d. 961)
- Dunash ben Labrat, Spanish Jewish commentator (d. 990)
