December 1919

Monday 01:

Lady Astor becomes first female member of the British Parliament to take her seat (she had been elected to that position on November 28).

Wednesday 17:

Uruguay becomes a signatory to the Buenos Aires copyright treaty.

Sunday 21:

Municipal elections held in Senegal (First round, second round is held December 28). The multiracial lists of the Independent Socialist Republican Party (PRSI) wins in all four municipalities.

Tuesday 30:

Lincoln's Inn in London admits its first female bar student.