1940 in Romania

Incumbents

• King: Carol II of Romania until September
• Prime Minister: Ion Gigurtu until September 4, Ion Antonescu

  Events

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

  Births

• February 24 - Nicolae Martinescu, Olympic wrestler

  Deaths

• November 26 :
• *Gheorghe Argeşanu, general
• *Victor Iamandi, politician
• *Ioan Bengliu, Inspector-General of the Romanian Gendarmerie
• *Mihail Moruzov, founder of the Romanian Secret Intelligence Service
• *Aristide Macoveanu, major
• *Iosif Dinulescu, major
• November 27:
• *Nicolae Iorga
• *Virgil Madgearu