1920 in Czechoslovakia
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Events from the year 1920 in Czechoslovakia. The year saw the state adopt a new constitution and hold its first parliamentary elections.
Incumbents
[edit]- President: Tomáš Masaryk.[1]
- Prime Minister:[2]
- Vlastimil Tusar (until 15 September).
- Jan Černý (from 15 September).
Events
[edit]- 29 February – A new constitution is adopted with the president elected by a National Assembly.[3] The constitution also rules that the country been known as Czechoslovakia, ending the hyphen war.[4]
- 18 April – Elections are held for the Chamber of Deputies of the National Assembly.[5]
- 23 April – The Czechoslovakian team participates for the first time in the Summer Olympics.[6]
- 25 April – Elections are held for the Senate.[5]
- 29 April – The Czechoslovakian ice hockey team wins the first Olympic bronze medal, in ice hockey.[7]
- 27 May – Tomáš Masaryk is re-elected president.[8]
- 4 June – The Treaty of Trianon is signed, confirming that Carpathian Ruthenia is part of Czechoslovakia.[8]
- 28 July – Czechoslovakia and Poland agree their border around Český Těšín.[9]
- 14 August – An alliance is signed between Czechoslovakia and Yugoslavia.[10]
Popular culture
[edit]Film
[edit]- Gilly in Prague for the First Time (Gilly poprvé v Praze), directed by Karel Lamač, is released.[11]
- For the Freedom of the Nation (Za svobodu národa), directed by Václav Binovec, is released.[11]
Music
[edit]- Bohuslav Martinů composes Three Slovak Songs.[12]
- Leoš Janáček's Káťa Kabanová and The Excursions of Mr. Brouček to the Moon and to the 15th Century are first performed.[13]
- The Prague Quartet is founded.[14]
Births
[edit]- 5 April Aniela Kupiec, Polish poet born in Cieszyn Silesia (died 2019).[15]
- 23 August – Wanda Jablonski, investigative reporter of the petroleum industry (died 1992).[16]
- 12 September – Lore Schirmer, Kabarett artist and standup comedian (died 1994).[17]
- 3 November – Herta Lindner, member of the German resistance to Nazism (died 1943).[18]
- 21 December – Olga Šilhánová, gymnast, gold medal winner at the 1948 Summer Olympics (died 1986).[19]
Deaths
[edit]- 1 May – Hanuš Wihan, cellist (born 1855).[20]
- 6 December – Karel Kovařovic, composer and conductor (born 1862).[21]
References
[edit]Citations
[edit]- ^ Cook & Paxton 2001, p. 42.
- ^ Balík et al. 2017, p. 42.
- ^ Howard 1949, p. 461.
- ^ Brenner 1997, p. xv.
- ^ a b Nohlen & Stöver 2010, p. 471.
- ^ Mallon & Bijkerk 2009, p. 15.
- ^ Mallon & Bijkerk 2009, p. 210.
- ^ a b Fawn & Hochman 2010, p. xxviii.
- ^ Brenner 1997, p. 63.
- ^ Howard 1949, p. 370.
- ^ a b Bretyšová 1995, p. 257.
- ^ Rybka 2011, p. xviii.
- ^ Jones 2021, pp. 202, 332.
- ^ Barker 2017, p. 3.
- ^ Bartelski 1995, p. 218.
- ^ Vassiliou 2018, p. 253.
- ^ Dertinger 1989, p. 84.
- ^ Commire & Klezmer1999, p. 219.
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Olga Šilhánová". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020.
- ^ Blume & Finscher 1989, p. 635.
- ^ Blume & Finscher 1989, p. 1219.
Bibliography
[edit]- Balík, Stanislav; Hloušek, Vít; Kopeček, Lubomír; Holzer, Jan; Pšej, Pavel; Roberts, Andrew Lawrence (2017). Czech Politics: From West to East and Back Again. Leverkusen-Opladen: Verlag Barbara Budrich. ISBN 978-3-84740-974-8.
- Barker, John W. (2017). The Pro Arte Quartet: A Century of Musical Adventure on Two Continents. Rochester: University of Rochester Press. ISBN 978-1-78744-145-3.
- Bartelski, Lesław Marian (1995). Polscy Pisarze Współcześni 1939–1991 [Polish Contemporary Writers 1939–1991] (in Polish). Warszawa: Wydawnictwo Naukowe PWN. ISBN 978-8-30111-593-7.
- Blume, Friedrich; Finscher, Ludwig (1989). Die Musik in Geschichte und Gegenwart: allgemeine Enzyklopädie der Musik [Music Past and Present: A General Encyclopedia of Music] (in German). Munich: Deutscher Taschenbuch Verlag. ISBN 978-3-42305-913-8.
- Brenner, Michael (1997). Czechoslovakia. New Haven: Yale University Press. ISBN 978-0-30017-915-6.
- Bretyšová, Táňa (1995). Česky Hraný Film [Czech Feature Films] (in Czech). Prague: Národní filmový archiv. ISBN 978-8-07004-082-9.
- Commire, Anne; Klezmer, Deborah (1999). Women in World History: Laa-Lyud. Waterford: Yorkin Publications. ISBN 978-0-7876-4068-2.
- Cook, Chris; Paxton, John (2001). European Political Facts of the Twentieth Century. London: Palgrave Macmillan. ISBN 978-0-33397-746-0.
- Dertinger, Antje (1989). Frauen der ersten Stunde: Aus den Gründerjahren der Bundesrepublik [Women from the First Hours: From the Founding Years of the Federal Republic] (in German). Bonn: Latke. ISBN 978-3-92506-811-9.
- Fawn, Rick; Hochman, Jiří (2010). Historical Dictionary of the Czech State. Lanham: Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-81085-648-6.
- Howard, Harry N. (1949). "The Little Entente and the Balkan Entente". In Kerner, Robert J. (ed.). Czechoslovakia. Berkeley: University of California Press. pp. 368–388. OCLC 3834800.
- Jones, Barry (2021). Dictionary of World Biography. Acton, Australian Capital Territory: ANU Press. ISBN 978-1-76046-467-7.
- Mallon, Bill; Bijkerk, Anthony (2009). The 1920 Olympic Games: Results for All Competitors in All Events, with Commentary. Jefferson: McFarland & Company Publishers. ISBN 978-1-47662-161-6.
- Nohlen, Dieter; Stöver, Philip (2010). Elections in Europe: A Data Handbook. Baden-Baden: Nomos. ISBN 978-3-83295-609-7.
- Rybka, F. James (2011). Bohuslav Martinu: The Compulsion to Compose. Lanham: Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-81087-762-7.
- Vassiliou, Marius S. (2018). Historical Dictionary of the Petroleum Industry. Lanham, Maryland: Rowman & Littlefield. ISBN 978-1-53811-160-4.
