Explore 1388 historical events from 1920–1929.
ʿAbd al-Awwal Jaunpūrī was an Indian Muslim scholar, religious preacher, educationist, poet and author. Described by Muhammad Mojlum Khan as one of the "most gifted and outstanding…
Abdul Awwal Jaunpuri, Indian Islamic scholar and author (born 1867)
Ramón López Velarde was a Mexican poet. His work was a reaction against French-influenced modernismo which, as an expression of a purely Mexican subject matter and emotional exper…
Ramón López Velarde, Mexican poet and author (born 1888)
The Government of Ireland Act 1920 was an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. The Act's long title was "An Act to provide for the better government of Ireland"; it is also…
Under the British Government of Ireland Act, Ireland was partitioned into two self-governing territories, Northern and S
On 15 March 1921, Armenian student Soghomon Tehlirian killed Talaat Pasha—former grand vizier of the Ottoman Empire and the main architect of the Armenian genocide—in Berlin. At hi…
At his trial for the assassination of Talaat Pasha, viewed as the main orchestrator of the Armenian genocide, Soghomon T
Vladimir Alexandrovich Antonov-Ovseenko, real surname Ovseenko, party aliases 'Bayonet' (Штык) and 'Nikita' (Никита), literary pseudonym A. Galsky, was a prominent Bolshevik leader…
Soviet politician Vladimir Antonov-Ovseenko authorised the use of chemical weapons against a peasant rebellion in the Ta
Buckingham and Carnatic Mills, popularly known as B & C Mills, were textile mills run by Binny and Co. in the city of Madras, India. The mills were closed down in 1996 and the s…
Workers at the Buckingham and Carnatic Mills in Madras, India, began a four-month strike
Elizabeth Coleman was an early American civil aviator. She was the first African-American woman and first Native American to hold a pilot license, and is the earliest known Black p…
Bessie Coleman (pictured) became the first Black person to earn an international pilot's license from the Fédération Aér
Major-General Thomas Stanton Lambert was a British Army officer who served in the First World War. He joined the East Lancashire Regiment in 1891 and held a succession of regimenta…
British Army officer Thomas Stanton Lambert was assassinated by the Irish Republican Army near Moydrum, Ireland
The Irish War of Independence, also known as the Anglo-Irish War, was a guerrilla war fought in Ireland from 1919 to 1921 between the Irish Republican Army and British forces: the …
Irish War of Independence: Most of the village of Knockcroghery in County Roscommon was burned by British forces
The Grand National Assembly of Turkey is the unicameral legislative branch of the Turkish government. It is the sole body given the legislative prerogatives by the unitary Turkish …
The Grand National Assembly of Turkey (TBMM) is founded in Ankara
The San Remo conference was an international meeting of the post-World War I Allied Supreme Council as an outgrowth of the Paris Peace Conference, held at Castle Devachan in Sanrem…
At the San Remo conference, the principal Allied Powers of World War I adopt a resolution to determine the allocation of
Ice hockey, known simply as hockey in North America and parts of Europe, is a team sport played on ice skates, usually on an ice skating rink with lines and markings specific to th…
Ice hockey makes its Olympic debut at the Antwerp Games with center Frank Fredrickson scoring seven goals in Canada's 12
The Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic, also referred to as the Azerbaijani Soviet Socialist Republic, Azerbaijan SSR, Azerbaijani SSR, AzSSR, Soviet Azerbaijan or simply Azerbai…
The Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic is founded
The first Negro National League was a major professional baseball organization that laid the foundation for Black baseball in the early twentieth century. From 1920 to 1931, during…
The first game of the Negro National League baseball is played in Indianapolis
The Polish–Soviet War was fought primarily between the Second Polish Republic and the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, following World War I and the Russian Revolution…
Polish–Soviet War: The Polish army under General Edward Rydz-Śmigły celebrates its capture of Kiev with a victory parade
Pope Benedict XV was head of the Catholic Church from 1914 until his death in January 1922. His pontificate was largely overshadowed by World War I and its political, social, and h…
In Rome, Pope Benedict XV canonizes Joan of Arc
The Schleswig plebiscites were two plebiscites, organized according to section XII, articles 109 to 114 of the Treaty of Versailles of 28 June 1919, in order to determine the futur…
Following the 1920 Schleswig plebiscites, Northern Schleswig is transferred from Germany to Denmark
The Georgian coup in May 1920 was an unsuccessful attempt to take power by the Bolsheviks in the Democratic Republic of Georgia. Relying on the 11th Red Army of Soviet Russia opera…
A Bolshevik coup fails in the Democratic Republic of Georgia
Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti were Italian immigrants and anarchists, controversially accused of murdering Alessandro Berardelli and Frederick Parmenter, a guard and a payma…
Authorities arrest Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti for alleged robbery and murder
The Polish–Soviet War was fought primarily between the Second Polish Republic and the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, following World War I and the Russian Revolution…
Polish–Soviet War: Kyiv offensive: Polish troops led by Józef Piłsudski and Edward Rydz-Śmigły and assisted by a symboli
The Treaty of Moscow, signed between Soviet Russia (RSFSR) and the Democratic Republic of Georgia (DRG) in Moscow on 7 May 1920, granted de jure recognition of Georgian independenc…
Treaty of Moscow: Soviet Russia recognizes the independence of the Democratic Republic of Georgia only to invade the cou
The 1920 Louth flood was a severe flash flooding event in the Lincolnshire market town of Louth which occurred 29 May 1920, resulting in 23 fatalities in 20 minutes. It has been de…
The Louth flood of 1920 was a severe flash flooding in the Lincolnshire market town of Louth, resulting in 23 fatalities
Hungary is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Spanning much of the Carpathian Basin, it is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine to the northeast, Romania to the east and…
Hungary loses 71% of its territory and 63% of its population when the Treaty of Trianon is signed in Paris
Ananda Dassanayake was a Sri Lankan politician belonging to the Sri Lanka Freedom Party. He was the governor of Uva Province and Southern Province of Sri Lanka. He was a member of …
Ananda Dassanayake, Sri Lankan politician (died 2012)