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920

920 AD was a year in the 10th century.

Events

By Place

Africa

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

Europe

• 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.

Asia

• Abaoji orders the adoption of a 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