1020
Year 1020 (MXX) was a leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
| 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 |
Events
By place
Asia
- 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
- 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
- Zhang Zai, Song Dynasty Chinese Neo-Confucian philosopher and cosmologist (d. 1077)
- Su Song, famous Song Dynasty Chinese scientist and engineer (d. 1101)
Deaths
- June 12 – Lyfing, Archbishop of Canterbury
- Ferdowsi Tousi, Persian epic poet (b. 935)
- Leif Ericson, Icelandic explorer
- Fan Kuan, Chinese landscape painter