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.

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).