820
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| Years: 816 817 818 819 - 820 - 821 822 823 824 |
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| Decades: 790s 800s 810s - 820s - 830s 840s 850s |
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| Centuries: 8th century - 9th century - 10th century |
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| 820 by topic | |
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| Gregorian calendar | 820 DCCCXX |
| Ab urbe condita | 1573 |
| Armenian calendar | 269 ԹՎ ՄԿԹ |
| Chinese calendar | 3516 – 3517 己亥 – 庚子 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 812 – 813 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4580 – 4581 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 875 – 876 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 742 – 743 |
| - Kali Yuga | 3921 – 3922 |
| Iranian calendar | 198 – 199 |
| Islamic calendar | 204 – 205 |
Events
- Persian mathematician Muḥammad ibn Mūsā al-Ḵwārizmī founded algebra.
- Michael II succeeds Leo V as Byzantine Emperor
- The Historia Brittonum is written (approximate date)
- Feidlimid mac Cremthanin assumes the Kingship of Munster
Births
- Rhodri Mawr ('the Great'), ruler of Gwynedd (Wales) (approximate date) (d. 878)
- Photius I, Patriarch of Constantinople (approximate date) (d. 891)
Deaths
- December 24 - Leo V, Byzantine Emperor (b. 775)(assassinated)
- Tang Xian Zong, emperor of China (end of reign)