May 20 in history
Events on May 20
Notable events that happened on May 20 in past years.
- 2022
Russo-Ukrainian war: Russia claims full control of the Ukrainian city of Mariupol after a nearly three-month siege.
Wikipedia article: Russo-Ukrainian war - 2011
Mamata Banerjee is sworn in as the Chief Minister of West Bengal, the first woman to hold this post.
Wikipedia article: Mamata Banerjee - 1990
The first post-Communist presidential and parliamentary elections are held in Romania.
Wikipedia article: Communism - 1980
In a referendum in Quebec, the population rejects, with 60% of the vote, a government proposal to move towards independence from Canada.
Wikipedia article: 1980 Quebec referendum - 1965
One hundred twenty-one people are killed when Pakistan International Airlines Flight 705 crashes at Cairo International Airport.
Wikipedia article: Pakistan International Airlines Flight 705 - 1948
Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek wins the 1948 Republic of China presidential election and is sworn in as the first President of the Republic of China at Nanjing.
Wikipedia article: Chiang Kai-shek - 1932
Amelia Earhart takes off from Newfoundland to begin the world's first solo nonstop flight across the Atlantic Ocean by a female pilot, landing in Ireland the next day.
Wikipedia article: Amelia Earhart - 1891
History of cinema: The first public display of Thomas Edison's prototype kinetoscope.
Wikipedia article: History of film - 1864
American Civil War: Battle of Ware Bottom Church: In the Virginia Bermuda Hundred campaign, 10,000 troops fight in this Confederate victory.
Wikipedia article: Battle of Ware Bottom Church - 1813
Napoleon Bonaparte leads his French troops into the Battle of Bautzen in Saxony, Germany, against the combined armies of Russia and Prussia. The battle ends the next day with a French victory.
Wikipedia article: Battle of Bautzen (1813) - 1645
Yangzhou massacre: The ten day massacre of the residents of the city of Yangzhou, part of the Transition from Ming to Qing.
Wikipedia article: Yangzhou massacre - 1521
Ignatius of Loyola is seriously wounded in the Battle of Pampeluna.
Wikipedia article: Ignatius of Loyola - 1426
King Mohnyin Thado formally ascends to the throne of Ava.
Wikipedia article: Mohnyin Thado - 942
A Magyar raiding army defeats forces of the Muslim frontier state of Fraxinetum.
- 325
The First Council of Nicaea is formally opened, starting the first ecumenical council of the Christian Church.
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