1940 in Romania

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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

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