920

'920 AD' was a year in the 10th century.
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Contents

Events

By Place

Africa

Europe

Asia

Births

Deaths

Events

By Place

Africa

★ The golden age of the Ghana Empire began in Africa.

Europe

★ 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.

Asia

★ Abaoji orders adoption of written script by the Khitan resulting in the creation of Khitan "Large Script."

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