920
This article is about the year 920. For the number, see 920 (number).
| 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 Ô¹ÕŽ Õ…Ô¿Ô¹ |
| Assyrian calendar | 5670 |
| Bengali calendar | 327 |
| Berber calendar | 1870 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1464 |
| Burmese calendar | 282 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6428–6429 |
| Chinese calendar | å·±å¯å¹´ (Earth Rabbit) 3616 or 3556 — to — 庚辰年 (Metal Dragon) 3617 or 3557 |
| Coptic calendar | 636–637 |
| Discordian calendar | 2086 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 912–913 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4680–4681 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 976–977 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 842–843 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4021–4022 |
| Holocene calendar | 10920 |
| Iranian calendar | 298–299 |
| Islamic calendar | 307–308 |
| Japanese calendar | Engi 20 (延喜２ï¼å¹´) |
| Julian calendar | 920 CMXX |
| Korean calendar | 3253 |
| Minguo calendar | 992 before ROC æ°‘å‰992å¹´ |
| Seleucid era | 1231/1232 AG |
| Thai solar calendar | 1462–1463 |
Year 920 (CMXX) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
By place
Africa
- The golden age of the Ghana Empire begins in Africa.
Europe
- The Icelandic volcano Katla erupts.
- 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.
Asia
- Abaoji orders the adoption of a written script by the Khitan, resulting in the creation of Khitan "Large Script."
- Chroniclers in Baghdad record an unusually cold summer.[1]
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)
Deaths
References
- ↑ DomÃnguez-Castro, Fernando; Vaquero, José Manuel; MarÃn, Manuela; Gallego, MarÃa Cruz; GarcÃa-Herrera, Ricardo. "How useful could Arabic documentary sources be for reconstructing past climate?" Weather 67(3): 76-82 DOI: 10.1002/wea.835 march 2012
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