1920: what happened around the world

In 1920, 627 events recorded on Erask's globe began — Treaty of Trianon, Treaty of Sèvres and Battle of Warsaw among the best known. 100 more were already under way, such as Armenian Genocide and Russian Civil War. 156 things were founded or built that year, from Syria and Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic.

627events began
100already under way
156founded or built
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Wars, battles and sieges500

+460 less-known, on the globe.

Revolts, massacres and attacks88

+48 less-known, on the globe.

Treaties, councils and politics15

Accidents and fires11

Expeditions7

Disasters6

Already under way in 1920100

Came to an end in 192027

Founded or built in 1920156

+126 more, on the globe.

Stories that pass through 1920

Volcanic EruptionsEvery significant eruption on record since 1500 How America Filled UpEvery American city of 60,000 people, in the year it began Women's SuffrageA map filling in, one country at a time, 1893-2012

Nearby years

1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 All of the 20th century →

Every entry comes from Wikidata and links to its Wikipedia article; entries are ordered by how many language editions of Wikipedia cover them. Only things with a date are listed, and dates before the modern era are often approximate. How this is made →