1320
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| Years: 1317 1318 1319 - 1320 - 1321 1322 1323 |
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| Decades: 1290s 1300s 1310s - 1320s - 1330s 1340s 1350s |
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| Centuries: 13th century - 14th century - 15th century |
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| 1320 by topic | |
| Politics | |
| State leaders - Sovereign states | |
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| Gregorian calendar | 1320 MCCCXX |
| Ab urbe condita | 2073 |
| Armenian calendar | 769 ԹՎ ՉԿԹ |
| Chinese calendar | 4016 – 4017 己未 – 庚申 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1312 – 1313 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5080 – 5081 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1375 – 1376 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1242 – 1243 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4421 – 4422 |
| Iranian calendar | 698 – 699 |
| Islamic calendar | 720 – 721 |
Events
- January 20 - Dante - Quaestio de Aqua et Terra.
- January 20 - Duke Wladyslaw Lokietek becomes king of Poland.
- April 6 - The Scots reaffirm their independence by signing the Declaration of Arbroath.
- Ghiyas al-Din Tughlaq founds the Tughlaq dynasty of the Delhi Sultanate.
- The Venetian Arsenal is rebuilt as the Arsenal Nuovo.
- Second Shepherds' Crusade.
Births
- April 8 - King Peter I of Portugal (died 1367)
- John Hawkwood, English mercenary (died 1394)
- Ukhaatu Khan, Grand Khan of the Mongol Empire (died 1370)
- Rudolph, Duke of Lorraine (died 1346)
- Emperor Mingzong of Yuan China (died 1329)
- Nissim of Gerona, talmudist and authority in Jewish law (died 1380)
- Michael Panaretos, chronicler of Trebizond (died 1390)
- Louis of Taranto (died 1362)
- William of Wykeham, Bishop of Winchester (died 1404)
Deaths
- July 11 - Robert II of Artois, French soldier (b. 1250)
- July 20 - King Oshin of Armenia (b. 1282)
- Geoffrey of Paris, French chronicler
- Emperor Renzong of Yuan China
- Farsi, Persian mathematician and physicist (born 1260)