title: 1940 in Romania
text: # 1940 in Romania
  
  Events from the year 1940 in Romania.
  
  ## 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 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).
  