1920 in Czechoslovakia

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Decades:	1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s
See also:	Other events of 1920 History of Czechoslovakia Years in Czechoslovakia

Events from the year 1920 in Czechoslovakia. The year saw the state adopt a new constitution and hold its first parliamentary elections.

Incumbents

• President: Tomáš Masaryk.
• Prime Minister:
  • Vlastimil Tusar (until 15 September).
  • Jan Černý (from 15 September).

Events

• 29 February – A new constitution is adopted with the president elected by a National Assembly. The constitution also rules that the country been known as Czechoslovakia, ending the hyphen war.
• 18 April – Elections are held for the Chamber of Deputies of the National Assembly.
• 23 April – The Czechoslovakian team participates for the first time in the Summer Olympics.
• 25 April – Elections are held for the Senate.
• 29 April – The Czechoslovakian ice hockey team wins the first Olympic bronze medal, in ice hockey.
• 27 May – Tomáš Masaryk is re-elected president.
• 4 June – The Treaty of Trianon is signed, confirming that Carpathian Ruthenia is part of Czechoslovakia.
• 28 July – Czechoslovakia and Poland agree their border around Český Těšín.
• 14 August – An alliance is signed between Czechoslovakia and Yugoslavia.

Popular culture

Film

• Gilly in Prague for the First Time (Gilly poprvé v Praze), directed by Karel Lamač, is released.
• For the Freedom of the Nation (Za svobodu národa), directed by Václav Binovec, is released.

Music

• Bohuslav Martinů composes Three Slovak Songs.
• Leoš Janáček's Káťa Kabanová and The Excursions of Mr. Brouček to the Moon and to the 15th Century are first performed.
• The Prague Quartet is founded.

Births

• 5 April Aniela Kupiec, Polish poet born in Cieszyn Silesia (died 2019).
• 23 August – Wanda Jablonski, investigative reporter of the petroleum industry (died 1992).
• 12 September – Lore Schirmer, Kabarett artist and standup comedian (died 1994).
• 3 November – Herta Lindner, member of the German resistance to Nazism (died 1943).
• 21 December – Olga Šilhánová, gymnast, gold medal winner at the 1948 Summer Olympics (died 1986).

Deaths

• 1 May – Hanuš Wihan, cellist (born 1855).
• 6 December – Karel Kovařovic, composer and conductor (born 1862).

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