320
year
Year 320 (CCCXX) was a leap year starting on Friday of the Julian calendar.
| Millennium: | 1st millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 3rd century – 4th century – 5th century |
| Decades: | 290s 300s 310s – 320s – 330s 340s 350s |
| Years: | 317 318 319 – 320 – 321 322 323 |
| Gregorian calendar | 320 CCCXX |
| Ab urbe condita | 1073 |
| Assyrian calendar | 5070 |
| Balinese saka calendar | 241–242 |
| Bengali calendar | −273 |
| Berber calendar | 1270 |
| Buddhist calendar | 864 |
| Burmese calendar | −318 |
| Byzantine calendar | 5828–5829 |
| Chinese calendar | 己卯年 (Earth Rabbit) 3016 or 2956 — to — 庚辰年 (Metal Dragon) 3017 or 2957 |
| Coptic calendar | 36–37 |
| Discordian calendar | 1486 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 312–313 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4080–4081 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 376–377 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 241–242 |
| - Kali Yuga | 3420–3421 |
| Holocene calendar | 10320 |
| Iranian calendar | 302 BP – 301 BP |
| Islamic calendar | 311 BH – 310 BH |
| Javanese calendar | 201–202 |
| Julian calendar | 320 CCCXX |
| Korean calendar | 2653 |
| Minguo calendar | 1592 before ROC 民前1592年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | −1148 |
| Seleucid era | 631/632 AG |
| Thai solar calendar | 862–863 |
| Tibetan calendar | 阴土兔年 (female Earth-Rabbit) 446 or 65 or −707 — to — 阳金龙年 (male Iron-Dragon) 447 or 66 or −706 |
Events change
By place change
Roman Empire change
- Crispus wins against the Franks.
- Licinius stopped the religious freedom promised by the Edict of Milan. He persecutes Christians in the Eastern Roman Empire.
Asia change
- King Chandragupta I founds the Gupta dynasty in northern India.
- The Huns appear in Persia.
By topic change
Art change
- Old St. Peter's Basilica, Rome, is started to be built (approximate date).
Culture and Religion change
- In Nydam Mose (Denmark) the Nydam oak boat is sacrificed by the Danes. The boat is excavated in the 1830s, when a local farmer finds weapons including swords and spears.
- December 25 is introduced as the birthday of Jesus.
Science change
- October 18 – Pappus of Alexandria, Greek philosopher, sees an eclipse of the sun. He writes on The Great Astronomer (Almagest).
Births change
- Aurelius Victor, historian and politician (approximate date)
- Constans I, Roman emperor (d. 350)
- Flavian I, Patriarch of Antioch (d. 404)
- Jin Jianwendi, emperor of the Jin Dynasty (d. 372)
- Oribasius, Greek physician (approximate date)
- Tuoba Shiyijian, prince of the Tuoba Dai (d. 376)
- Xie An, statesman of the Jin Dynasty (d. 385)
Deaths change
- Lactantius, Christian writer (approximate date)
- Sima Bao, prince of the Jin Dynasty (b. 294)