23rd January 1920
Royal Navy HMS Yarmouth going through the Panama Canal.
The Netherlands refuses to extradite ex-Emperor Wilhelm II; on May 15 he moves into Huis Doorn in the country where he remains permanently in exile.
Ship Losses:
Arlette (United Kingdom) The coaster was driven ashore on Walney Island, Lancashire. Her crew were rescued.
Eos (Sweden) The cargo ship was wrecked at Stoktaskeri, Iceland.
Sigvard (Sweden) The cargo ship collided with another ship off Barry, Glamorgan, United Kingdom and sank with the loss of one of her eighteen crew.