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| Years: 916 917 918 919 - 920 - 921 922 923 924 |
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| Decades: 890s 900s 910s - 920s - 930s 940s 950s |
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| Centuries: 9th century - 10th century - 11th century |
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| 920 by topic | |
| Politics | |
| State leaders - Sovereign states | |
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| Establishments and disestablishments categories | |
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| Gregorian calendar | 920 CMXX |
| Ab urbe condita | 1673 |
| Armenian calendar | 369 ԹՎ ՅԿԹ |
| Chinese calendar | 3616 – 3617 己卯 – 庚辰 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 912 – 913 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4680 – 4681 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 975 – 976 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 842 – 843 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4021 – 4022 |
| Iranian calendar | 298 – 299 |
| Islamic calendar | 307 – 308 |
Events
- The golden age of the Empire of Ghana began in Africa.
- Saxons retook East Anglia from the Danes.
- The Welsh ruler Hywel Dda ("Hywel the Good") merged Dyfed and Seisyllwg and established 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.
- Abaoji orders adoption of written script by the Khitan resulting in the creation of Khitan "Large Script."
Births
- September 10 - Louis IV of France (died 954)
- Haakon I of Norway (approximate date; died 961)
- Dunash ben Labrat, Spanish Jewish commentator (died 990)