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Millennium: 2nd millennium
Centuries: 19th century20th century21st century
Decades: 1890s  1900s  1910s  – 1920s –  1930s  1940s  1950s
Years: 1917 1918 191919201921 1922 1923
1920 in other calendars
Gregorian calendar1920
MCMXX
Ab urbe condita2673
Armenian calendar1369
ԹՎ ՌՅԿԹ
Assyrian calendar6670
Bahá'í calendar76–77
Balinese saka calendar1841–1842
Bengali calendar1327
Berber calendar2870
British Regnal year10 Geo. 5 – 11 Geo. 5
Buddhist calendar2464
Burmese calendar1282
Byzantine calendar7428–7429
Chinese calendar己未(Earth Goat)
4616 or 4556
    — to —
庚申年 (Metal Monkey)
4617 or 4557
Coptic calendar1636–1637
Discordian calendar3086
Ethiopian calendar1912–1913
Hebrew calendar5680–5681
Hindu calendars
 - Vikram Samvat1976–1977
 - Shaka Samvat1841–1842
 - Kali Yuga5020–5021
Holocene calendar11920
Igbo calendar920–921
Iranian calendar1298–1299
Islamic calendar1338–1339
Japanese calendarTaishō 9
(大正9年)
Javanese calendar1850–1851
Juche calendar9
Julian calendarGregorian minus 13 days
Korean calendar4253
Minguo calendarROC 9
民國9年
Nanakshahi calendar452
Thai solar calendar2462–2463
Tibetan calendar阴土羊年
(female Earth-Goat)
2046 or 1665 or 893
    — to —
阳金猴年
(male Iron-Monkey)
2047 or 1666 or 894

1920 (MCMXX) was a leap year starting on Thursday in the Gregorian calendar and a leap year starting on Wednesday in the Julian calendar. As of the start of the year, the Gregorian calendar was 13 days ahead of the Julian calendar. The Julian calendar remained in localized use until 1923.

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