title: 1920 in Czechoslovakia
text: # 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).
  