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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.

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Events

  • 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]

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References

Citations

  1. ^ Cook & Paxton 2001, p. 42.
  2. ^ Balík et al. 2017, p. 42.
  3. ^ Howard 1949, p. 461.
  4. ^ Brenner 1997, p. xv.
  5. ^ a b Nohlen & Stöver 2010, p. 471.
  6. ^ Mallon & Bijkerk 2009, p. 15.
  7. ^ Mallon & Bijkerk 2009, p. 210.
  8. ^ a b Fawn & Hochman 2010, p. xxviii.
  9. ^ Brenner 1997, p. 63.
  10. ^ Howard 1949, p. 370.
  11. ^ a b Bretyšová 1995, p. 257.
  12. ^ Rybka 2011, p. xviii.
  13. ^ Jones 2021, pp. 202, 332.
  14. ^ Barker 2017, p. 3.
  15. ^ Bartelski 1995, p. 218.
  16. ^ Vassiliou 2018, p. 253.
  17. ^ Dertinger 1989, p. 84.
  18. ^ Commire & Klezmer1999, p. 219.
  19. ^ 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.
  20. ^ Blume & Finscher 1989, p. 635.
  21. ^ Blume & Finscher 1989, p. 1219.

Bibliography

  • 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.
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