AD 20

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AD 20 in various calendars
Gregorian calendar AD 20
XX
Ab urbe condita 773
Assyrian calendar 4770
Balinese saka calendar N/A
Bengali calendar −573
Berber calendar 970
Buddhist calendar 564
Burmese calendar −618
Byzantine calendar 5528–5529
Chinese calendar 己卯年 (Earth  Rabbit)
2717 or 2510
     to 
庚辰年 (Metal  Dragon)
2718 or 2511
Coptic calendar −264 – −263
Discordian calendar 1186
Ethiopian calendar 12–13
Hebrew calendar 3780–3781
Hindu calendars
 - Vikram Samvat 76–77
 - Shaka Samvat N/A
 - Kali Yuga 3120–3121
Holocene calendar 10020
Iranian calendar 602 BP – 601 BP
Islamic calendar 621 BH – 619 BH
Javanese calendar N/A
Julian calendar AD 20
XX
Korean calendar 2353
Minguo calendar 1892 before ROC
民前1892年
Nanakshahi calendar −1448
Seleucid era 331/332 AG
Thai solar calendar 562–563
Tibetan calendar 阴土兔年
(female Earth-Rabbit)
146 or −235 or −1007
     to 
阳金龙年
(male Iron-Dragon)
147 or −234 or −1006

AD 20 ( XX ) was a leap year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Marcus Valerius Messalla Barbatus and Cotta (or, less frequently, year 773 Ab urbe condita ). The denomination 20 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.

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