1920 in Mexico

Incumbents

Federal government

• President: Venustiano Carranza until May 21, Adolfo de la Huerta, Alvaro Obregon from December 1
• Secretary of War and Navy: Benjamín G. Hill
• Secretary of the Interior: Gilberto Valenzuela, José Inociencio Lugo, Plutarco Elias Calles from December 1

  Governors

• Aguascalientes:
• Campeche:
• Chiapas:
• Chihuahua:
• Coahuila:
• Durango:
• Guanajuato:
• Guerrero:
• Hidalgo:
• Jalisco:
• State of Mexico:
• Michoacán:
• Morelos:
• Nayarit:
• Nuevo León:
• Oaxaca:
• Puebla:
• Querétaro:
• San Luis Potosí:
• Sinaloa:
• Sonora:
• Tabasco:
• Tamaulipas:
• Tlaxcala:
• Veracruz:
• Yucatán:
• Zacatecas:

  Events

• January 3: The 7.8 Veracruz earthquake affected the eastern part of the country with a maximum Mercalli intensity of X–XII. Between 648–4,000 were killed and 167 were injured.
• April 23: Plan of Agua Prieta is proclaimed; rebellion against Venustiano Carranza commences.
• June 1: Adolfo de la Huerta becomes provisional president.
• September 5: Federal elections.
• December 1: Álvaro Obregón becomes president after winning the federal election.

  Popular culture

Sports

Music

Film

• Hasta después de la muerte
• El Zarco or Los Plateados

  Literature

Notable births

• January 14 – Chava Flores, musical chronicler Álbum de Oro de la Canción and composer
• February 13 – Carlos Quintero Arce, Mexican Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Hermosillo
• April 20 — José de las Fuentes Rodríguez, lawyer and politician ; Governor of Coahuila 1981–1987
• June 16 - José López Portillo, president of Mexico
• July 29 - Rodolfo Acosta, television actor
• November 25 - Ricardo Montalbán, actor

  Notable deaths

• May 21 – President Venustiano Carranza is assassinated by Rodolfo Herrero.
• June 2 — Francisco Plancarte y Navarrete, archaeologist and archbishop of Monterrey, 1911-1920
• December 14 – Gen. Benjamín Hill, Secretary of War, dies in suspicious circumstances.