January 20 in History

20 January in History – 99 years ago

Soviet-Japanese Peace Treaty

the Arctic 1925: Soviet-Japanese Peace Treaty

The Japanese withdrew from the Russian mainland in October 1922, allowing the Soviets to... SEE MORE…

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Historical Atlas of Europe 1942: The War Expands
Europe 1942
The War Expands
Beginning in December, a Russian counterattack pushed the German army back from Moscow....
Historical Atlas of Northern Eurasia 1925: Soviet-Japanese Peace Treaty
Northern Eurasia 1925
Soviet-Japanese Peace Treaty
On January 20, 1925, the Japanese finally signed a Peace Treaty with the Soviet Union and agreed...
Historical Atlas of the Arctic 1925: Soviet-Japanese Peace Treaty
the Arctic 1925
Soviet-Japanese Peace Treaty
The Japanese withdrew from the Russian mainland in October 1922, allowing the Soviets to annex...
 

Ending on 20 January 1812

Allies besiege and capture Ciudad Rodrigo

All Events on 20 January

starts   2018
Turkey invades Afrin, Syria
ends   1974
China seizes Paracel Islands from South Vietnam
starts   1963
Indonesian-Malaysian confrontation
  1942
Nazi regime decides on “Final Solution”: the extermination of all Europe’s Jews
starts   1942
Japanese conquer Burma
starts   1941
British & Ethiopian forces enter Ethiopia
  1925
Soviet-Japanese Peace Treaty
ends   1915
Germans mount first airship raid on British ports
starts   1895
Japanese capture Weihaiwei
ends   1877
Great Powers insist on reforms in Balkans
ends   1866
Unsuccessful progressive uprising at Villarejo de Salvanés
ends   1812
Allies besiege and capture Ciudad Rodrigo
starts   1522
Guamá revolts against Spanish in Cuba*
starts   1510
Failed Spanish settlement in Gulf of Urabá
starts   1494
Taíno population collapses in wake of Spanish arrival
  401
Gainas killed by Uldin the Hun*
*Actual date uncertain; set to 20 January for purposes of Omniatlas

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