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Year 920 (CMXX) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.

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Africa

  • The golden age of the Ghana Empire begins in Africa.

    • 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.

    • 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.

    • Births

  • September or 921 – Louis IV of France (d. 954)
  • Haakon I of Norway (approximate date; d. 961)
  • Dunash ben Labrat, Spanish Jewish commentator (d. 990)

    • References

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