1320

1320 (MCCCXX) was a leap year beginning on a Tuesday of the Julian calendar.

Events

• April 6: In the Abbey of Arbroath (Scotland), the Scots re-independence from England through the Arbroath Declaration.
• In Santiago de Compostela (Galicia), the soldiers of Archbishop Berenguel de Landoira conquer the city and murder the insurgents.

Births

• Peter I of Portugal, king.
• John Hawkwood, condotiero.

Deaths

• Yunus Emre, Turkish poet.