January 16 » The United States Senate accepts the Anglo-German treaty of 1899 in which the United Kingdom renounces its claims to the Samoan islands.
February 6 » The Permanent Court of Arbitration, an international arbitration court at The Hague, is created when the Senate of the Netherlands ratifies an 1899 peace conference decree.
April 14 » The Exposition Universelle begins.
June 14 » The second German Naval Law calls for the Imperial German Navy to be doubled in size, resulting in an Anglo-German naval arms race.
August 16 » The Battle of Elands River during the Second Boer War ends after a 13-day siege is lifted by the British. The battle had begun when a force of between 2,000 and 3,000 Boers had surrounded a force of 500 Australians, Rhodesians, Canadians and British soldiers at a supply dump at Brakfontein Drift.
November 7 » The People's Party is founded in Cuba.
Day of marriage September 16, 1920
The temperature on September 16, 1920 was between 11.8 °C and 16.9 °C and averaged 14.1 °C. There was 2.5 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from September 9, 1918 to September 18, 1922 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck I, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
January 19 » The United States Senate votes against joining the League of Nations.
February 20 » An earthquake kills between 114 and 130 in Georgia and heavily damages the town of Gori.
May 3 » A Bolshevik coup fails in the Democratic Republic of Georgia.
July 20 » The Greek Army takes control of Silivri after Greece is awarded the city by the Paris Peace Conference; by 1923 Greece effectively lost control to the Turks.
October 14 » Finland and Soviet Russia sign the Treaty of Tartu, exchanging some territories.
October 30 » The Communist Party of Australia is founded in Sydney.
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