1940 in Romania
Events from the year 1940 in Romania.
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Incumbents
- King: Carol II (until September 6), then Michael
- Prime Minister: Ion Gigurtu (until September 4), then Ion Antonescu
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 23 – Ileana Mălăncioiu, poet, essayist, and journalist
- February 24 – Nicolae Martinescu, Olympic wrestler
- March 12 – Virgil Nemoianu, essayist and literary critic
- May 3 – Marin Ferecatu, Olympic shooter
- June 18 – Nadia Ileana Bogorin, First Lady of Romania, 1996–2000
- October 25 – Olimpia Cataramă, Olympic athlete
Deaths
- July 21: Traian Bratu, academic and politician
- September 8: Constantin Banu, writer, journalist, and politician
- November 26 (killed in the Jilava Massacre):
- Gheorghe Argeșanu, major general and politician
- Ioan Bengliu, Inspector-General of the Romanian Gendarmerie
- Victor Iamandi, politician
- Gabriel Marinescu, brigadier general and politician
- Mihail Moruzov, founder of the Romanian Secret Intelligence Service
- Aristide Macoveanu, major
- Iosif Dinulescu, major
- November 27:
- Nicolae Iorga, historian and politician
- Virgil Madgearu, economist, sociologist, and politician
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