16 January 1920League CouncilLeon Bourgeois
Presides over early League Council work.
Historical records for France in 1920, rendered directly from the World History Database and ordered by month, day and event.
Presides over early League Council work.
Defeated in the presidential election
France receives the Syria and Lebanon mandate.
Establishes French authority in Syria under mandate policy.
Under the Treaty of Svres Syria is ceded to France
Under the Treaty a League of Nations mandate is set up for Syria. Syria is ceded to France
Joan of Arc is officially canonized as a saint
Appointed Minister of War
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