1920 in Czechoslovakia
# 1920 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).
