1940 in Romania

Events from the year 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 (killed in the Jilava Massacre):
  • 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