1020
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| Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 10th century – 11th century – 12th century |
| Decades: | 990s 1000s 1010s – 1020s – 1030s 1040s 1050s |
| Years: | 1017 1018 1019 – 1020 – 1021 1022 1023 |
| Gregorian calendar | 1020 MXX |
| Ab urbe condita | 1773 |
| Armenian calendar | 469 ԹՎ ՆԿԹ |
| Assyrian calendar | 5770 |
| Balinese saka calendar | 941–942 |
| Bengali calendar | 427 |
| Berber calendar | 1970 |
| English Regnal year | N/A |
| Buddhist calendar | 1564 |
| Burmese calendar | 382 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6528–6529 |
| Chinese calendar | 己未年 (Earth Goat) 3716 or 3656 — to — 庚申年 (Metal Monkey) 3717 or 3657 |
| Coptic calendar | 736–737 |
| Discordian calendar | 2186 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1012–1013 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4780–4781 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1076–1077 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 941–942 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4120–4121 |
| Holocene calendar | 11020 |
| Igbo calendar | 20–21 |
| Iranian calendar | 398–399 |
| Islamic calendar | 410–411 |
| Japanese calendar | Kannin 4 (寛仁４年) |
| Javanese calendar | 922–923 |
| Julian calendar | 1020 MXX |
| Korean calendar | 3353 |
| Minguo calendar | 892 before ROC 民前892年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | −448 |
| Seleucid era | 1331/1332 AG |
| Thai solar calendar | 1562–1563 |
| Tibetan calendar | 阴土羊年 (female Earth-Goat) 1146 or 765 or −7 — to — 阳金猴年 (male Iron-Monkey) 1147 or 766 or −6 |
1020 (MXX) was a leap year starting on Friday of the Julian calendar, the 1020th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 20th year of the 2nd millennium, the 20th year of the 11th century, and the 1st year of the 1020s decade. As of the start of 1020, the Gregorian calendar was 6 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which was the dominant calendar of the time.
Events[change | change source]
By place[change | change source]
Asia[change | change source]
- Goryeo and the Liao Dynasty exchange embassies following a seven-year territorial disagreement.
- The massive Kandariya Mahadeva Hindu Temple is completed in the Chandela capital of Khajuraho.
Europe[change | change source]
- The city of Saint-Germain-en-Laye is founded.
- Henry II of Germany starts his third Italian military campaign .
- Canute the Great establishes the laws of England.
Births[change | change source]
- Zhang Zai, Song Dynasty Chinese Neo-Confucian philosopher and cosmologist (d. 1077)
- Su Song, famous Song Dynasty Chinese scientist and engineer (d. 1101)
Deaths[change | change source]
- June 12 – Lyfing, Archbishop of Canterbury
- Ferdowsi Tousi, Persian epic poet (b. 935)
- Leif Ericson, Icelandic explorer
- Fan Kuan, Chinese landscape painter