What Happened in 2020
79 historical events, 0 notable births, and 37 notable deaths in 2020.
Major Events
January 2020
2020 — year
Brexit — withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union
Gaza war — armed conflict around the Gaza Strip that started on 7 October 2023
2020s — decade (2020–2029)
Second Nagorno-Karabakh War — armed conflict in South Caucasus
Eurovision Song Contest 2020 — cancelled 2020 edition of the Eurovision Song Contest
2025–2026 Iranian protests — 2025–2026 protests against the Islamic Republic
2020 Formula One World Championship — 71st running of the Formula One World Championship
prelude to the Russian invasion of Ukraine — Russian preparation for the invasion since March 2021
Ukraine International Airlines Flight 752 — flight shot down by Iranian armed forces
2020–21 UEFA Nations League — association football competition
2020 Summer Olympics medal table — Wikimedia list article
January 2020 — month of 2020
Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2020 — 18th annual Junior Eurovision Song Contest
assassination of Qasem Soleimani — 2020 US drone strike in Baghdad, Iraq
2020 in film — overview of film-related events during the year of 2020
Abraham Accords — 2020 normalization of Israeli relations with some Arab countries
2020 UEFA Super Cup — football match
Elazığ–Sivrice earthquake of 2020 — 6.7-magnitude earthquake that struck Elazığ in eastern Turkey on January 24, 2020
2020 FIFA Club World Cup — 2020 edition of the FIFA Club World Cup
India at the 2020 Summer Olympics — sporting event delegation
COVID-19 pandemic in Israel — viral outbreak
77th Golden Globe Awards — 2020 film and television award ceremony, on the 5th of January in Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, California, United States of America, honoring achievements in 2019 filmmaking and televisionmaking
2020 Iranian attack on U.S. forces in Iraq — Iranian military offensive on January 8, 2020
timeline of the Russian invasion of Ukraine — Wikimedia timeline
Hezbollah–Israel conflict (2023–present) — conflict between Hezbollah and Israel since 2023 till 2024
Battle of Avdiivka — 2022–2024 military engagement during the Russian invasion of Ukraine
2020 European Men's Handball Championship — 14th edition of the European Men's Handball Championship
November 2020
2020 United States presidential election — 59th quadrennial U.S. presidential election
Wikipedia Asian Month 2020 — article contest on Wikipedia
November 2020 — month of 2020
2020 Vienna attacks — series of terrorist incidents in Austria
2020 Nagorno-Karabakh ceasefire agreement — armistice agreement ending the Nagorno-Karabakh war
Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership — 2020 Asia-Pacific free trade agreement
2020 Turkish Grand Prix — Formula One motor race
2020 Bahrain Grand Prix — Formula One motor race
2020 Emilia Romagna Grand Prix — Formula One race
August 2020
2020 Beirut explosions — accidental ammonium nitrate explosion in Beirut, Lebanon
2020 Belarusian presidential election — Belarusian presidential election
August 2020 — month of 2020
Air India Express Flight 1344 — 7 August 2020 aircraft crash in Kerala, India
2020 UEFA Champions League Final — The final of the 2019–20 season of the UEFA Champions League
70th Anniversary Grand Prix — Formula One motor race held in 2020
2020 Spanish Grand Prix — Formula One motor race held in 2020
2020 British Grand Prix — Formula One motor race held in 2020
2020 Malian coup d'état — Malí golpe de estado 2020
May 2020
murder of George Floyd — 2020 police murder of a black man in Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
May 2020 — month of 2020
Pakistan International Airlines Flight 8303 — domestic passenger flight crash near Karachi, Pakistan on 22 May 2020
February 2020
92nd Academy Awards — 2020 American film award ceremony
February 2020 — month of 2020
2020 Hanau shootings — shooting attack in Hanau, Germany
Nakhon Ratchasima shootings — 2020 mass shooting by a soldier in Thailand
Ruwiki — multilingual online wiki-encyclopedia from Russia
Doha Agreement — 2020 Peace agreement between the US and the Taliban
April 2020
April 2020 — month of 2020
2020 Nova Scotia shooting — series of shootings in Nova Scotia, Canada
2020 United States Census — 24th national census of the United States, taken on April 1, 2020
October 2020
murder of Samuel Paty — terrorist attack in October 2020 in France
Aegean Sea earthquake of 2020 — 2020 earthquake
October 2020 — month of 2020
2020 Eifel Grand Prix — formula 1 race in Germany
March 2020
March 2020 — month of 2020
2020 Zagreb earthquake — earthquake in Zagreb, Croatia on 22 March 2020
June 2020
June 2020 — month of 2020
solar eclipse of June 21, 2020 — solar eclipse
2020 Polish presidential election — Presidential elections in Poland
December 2020
December 2020 — month of 2020
2020 Petrinja earthquake — earthquake near Petrinja, Croatia, on 29 December 2020 at 12:20 PM CET
2020 Sakhir Grand Prix — Formula One motor race
July 2020
July 2020 — month of 2020
2020 Styrian Grand Prix — Formula 1 race in Austria
2020 Hungarian Grand Prix — Formula One race
2020 Austrian Grand Prix — Formula One motor race
September 2020
September 2020 — month of 2020
2020 Tuscan Grand Prix — Formula One race
2020 Italian Grand Prix — Formula One race
2020 Russian Grand Prix — formula One motor race
Israel–United Arab Emirates normalization agreement — 2020 agreement between Israel and the UAE