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← 1939 1938 1937 1940 in Romania → 1941 1942 1943
Decades:	1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s
See also:	Other events of 1940 History of Romania Timeline of Romanian history Years in Romania

Events from the year 1940 in Romania.

Incumbents

• King: Carol II (until September 6), then Michael
• Prime Minister:
  • Gheorghe Tătărescu (until 4 July).
  • Ion Gigurtu (4 July – 5 September).
  • Ion Antonescu (starting 5 September).

Events

• June 28–July 4 – Soviet occupation of Bessarabia and Northern Bukovina
• July 1 – Dorohoi pogrom
• September 7 – Treaty of Craiova
• September 8 – Nușfalău massacre
• September 9 – Treznea massacre
• September 13/14 – Ip massacre
• November 10 – 1940 Vrancea earthquake
• November 26 – Jilava Massacre

Births

• January 6 – Doina Badea, singer of popular music (died 1977)
• January 7 – Florentina Mosora, biophysicist and film actress (died 1996)
• January 23 – Ileana Mălăncioiu, poet, essayist, and journalist
• February 9 – Simion Surdan, footballer (died 2006)
• February 24 – Nicolae Martinescu, Olympic wrestler (died 2013)
• February 26 – Alexandru Repan, actor
• March 12 – Virgil Nemoianu, essayist and literary critic
• May 3 – Marin Ferecatu, Olympic shooter
• May 17 – Valeriu Pantazi, poet, writer, and painter (died 2015)
• April 17 – Ștefan Gușă, general and Chief of the General Staff, 1986–1989 (died 1994)
• June 18 – Nadia Ileana Bogorin, First Lady of Romania, 1996–2000
• August 1 – Simion Popescu, Greco-Roman wrestler
• September 19 – Nicolae Bărbășescu, biathlete
• October 25 – Olimpia Cataramă, Olympic athlete
• November 1 – Alexandru Cecal, chemist (died 2021)
• November 19 – Cornel Oțelea, handball player
• December 24 – Constantin Oțet, football coach (died 1999)

Deaths

• February 27: Nicolae Tonitza, painter (born 1886).
• July 21: Traian Bratu, academic and politician (born 1875).
• September 8: Constantin Banu, writer, journalist, and politician (born 1873).
• November 20: Ioan Moța, priest and journalist 1868).
• November 26 (killed in the Jilava Massacre):
  • Gheorghe Argeșanu, major general and politician (born 1883).
  • Ioan Bengliu, Inspector-General of the Romanian Gendarmerie (born 1881).
  • Victor Iamandi, politician (born 1891).
  • Gabriel Marinescu, brigadier general and politician (born 1886).
  • Mihail Moruzov, founder of the Romanian Secret Intelligence Service (born 1887).
  • Aristide Macoveanu, major
  • Iosif Dinulescu, major
• November 27:
  • Nicolae Iorga, historian and politician, Prime Minister in 1931–1932 (born 1871).
  • Virgil Madgearu, economist, sociologist, and politician (born 1887).

References

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v t e Years in Romania
United Principalities	Years of the United Principalities. 1859 1860 1861 1862 1863 1864 1865 1866 1867 1868 1869 1870 1871 1872 1873 1874 1875 1876 1877 1878 1879 1880 1881
Kingdom of Romania	Years of the Kingdom of Romania and the short-lived National Legionary State (1940–1941). 19th century 1881 1882 1883 1884 1885 1886 1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 20th century 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947
Socialist Romania	Years between the abdication of King Michael of Romania and the December 1989 Romanian Revolution. Romanian People's Republic (1947–1965) 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 Socialist Republic of Romania (1965–1989) 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989
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