152 notable events from 1940 — wars, massacres and rail accidents. Page 1 of 2.
- Katyn massacre
Apr 1940–May 1940 · Russian Federation · Massacre
- Battle of Britain
Jul 10, 1940–Oct 31, 1940 · United Kingdom · War & armed conflict
- The Blitz
Sep 7, 1940–May 21, 1941 · United Kingdom · War & armed conflict
- Warsaw Ghetto
Oct 12, 1940–May 1943 · Poland · Massacre
- Assassination of Leon Trotsky
Aug 20, 1940 · Mexico · Murder & homicide
- Łódź Ghetto
Feb 8, 1940–Aug 29, 1944 · Poland · Genocide & ethnic violence
- Tacoma Narrows Bridge (1940)
Nov 7, 1940 · United States · Disaster
- German bombing of Rotterdam
May 14, 1940 · Netherlands · War & armed conflict
- Occupation of the Baltic states
1940–1991 · Lithuania · War & armed conflict
- Bombing of Berlin in World War II
Jun 7, 1940–Apr 21, 1945 · Germany · War & armed conflict
- Battle of Taranto
Nov 11, 1940–Nov 12, 1940 · Italy · War & armed conflict
- Coventry Blitz
1940–1942 · United Kingdom · War & armed conflict
- Le Paradis massacre
May 27, 1940 · France · Massacre
- Sorge case
1940s · Attack (other)
- Three Alls policy
1940–1941 · Mongolia · War & armed conflict
- Guerrilla war in the Baltic states
1940–1956 · Estonia · War & armed conflict
- Pakistan Movement
Mar 23, 1940–Aug 14, 1947 · India · Genocide & ethnic violence
- Wormhoudt massacre
May 28, 1940 · France · Massacre
- Mechelen incident
Jan 10, 1940 · Belgium · Aviation accident
- Waldemar Hoven
Jan 1, 1940–Sep 12, 1943 · Germany · Genocide & ethnic violence
- Sōshi-kaimei
Feb 11, 1940–Aug 15, 1945 · Genocide & ethnic violence
- 1940 Brocklesby mid-air collision
Sep 29, 1940 · Australia · Aviation accident
- 1940 British war cabinet crisis
1940 · Crisis
- Aerial incidents in Switzerland in World War II
Jan 1, 1940–Jan 1, 1945 · Switzerland · War & armed conflict
- Altmark incident
Feb 16, 1940 · Norway · War & armed conflict
- British occupation of the Faroe Islands
Apr 13, 1940–May 13, 1945 · Faroe Islands · War & armed conflict
- 1940–1944 insurgency in Chechnya
Dec 20, 1940–Dec 15, 1944 · Russian Federation · War & armed conflict
- Aktion AB
Jul 1, 1940 · Poland · War & armed conflict
- Battle of Zeeland
May 10, 1940–May 18, 1940 · Netherlands · War & armed conflict
- Second Great Fire of London
Dec 29, 1940–Dec 30, 1940 · United Kingdom · War & armed conflict
- Ningbo plague attack
Oct 27, 1940 · China · War & armed conflict
- Anti-communist insurgencies in Central and Eastern Europe
1940s–1960s · Poland · War & armed conflict
- Battle of Graveney Marsh
Sep 27, 1940 · United Kingdom · War & armed conflict
- Bombing of Milan in World War II
Aug 13, 1940–Apr 13, 1945 · Italy · War & armed conflict
- Patria disaster
Nov 25, 1940 · Israel · Scandal & controversy
- 1940 Canberra air disaster
Aug 13, 1940 · Australia · Aviation accident
- Bombing of Nuremberg in World War II
Aug 27, 1940–Apr 11, 1945 · Germany · War & armed conflict
- Bombing of Frankfurt in World War II
Jan 1, 1940 · Germany · War & armed conflict
- Bombing of Stuttgart in World War II
Aug 25, 1940–Apr 19, 1945 · Germany · War & armed conflict
- Ajikawaguchi station rail accident
Jan 29, 1940 · Japan · Rail accident
- Estonian partisans
Aug 6, 1940 · Estonia · War & armed conflict
- Bombing of Freiburg on 10 May 1940
May 10, 1940 · Germany · War & armed conflict
- Bombing of Naples in World War II
1940–1944 · Italy · Bombing & explosion
- Italian bombing of Mandatory Palestine in World War II
Sep 9, 1940 · Israel · War & armed conflict
- Operation Spark (1941)
1940 · Russian Federation · War & armed conflict
- Paul Nitsche
Jan 1, 1940–Jan 1, 1945 · Genocide & ethnic violence
- Manchester Blitz
1940–1944 · United Kingdom · War & armed conflict
- Rhythm Club fire
Apr 23, 1940 · United States · Fire
- Vinkt massacre
May 1940 · Belgium · Murder & homicide
- Bristol Blitz
1940–1941 · United Kingdom · War & armed conflict
- 1940–1942 Red Army purges
Oct 1940–Feb 23, 1942 · Massacre
- Hans Vollenweider
Jun 1, 1940 · Switzerland · Murder & homicide
- Soviet ultimatum to Lithuania
Jun 14, 1940 · War & armed conflict
- Abbeville massacre
May 20, 1940 · France · Suicide & execution
- Chasselay massacre
Jun 20, 1940 · France · Massacre
- Kaleva (airplane)
Jun 14, 1940 · Estonia · War & armed conflict
- 1942 mass shellfish poisoning at Lake Hamana
1940s · Japan · Epidemic & disease
- Jilava massacre
Nov 26, 1940–Nov 27, 1940 · Romania · Massacre
- 1940 Lima earthquake
May 24, 1940 · Peru · Earthquake
- Masļenki border incident
Jun 15, 1940 · Russian Federation · War & armed conflict
- Bombing of Bahrain in World War II
Oct 19, 1940 · Bahrain · War & armed conflict
- South Pasadena Junior High School shooting
May 6, 1940 · United States · Shooting
- Bombing of Genoa in World War II
Jun 1940–Mar 1945 · Italy · War & armed conflict
- Semarang Incident
1940s · Indonesia · Crime & justice
- Paul Hermann Feustel
Jan 1, 1940–May 7, 1945 · Czechia · Genocide & ethnic violence
- Bombing of Turin in World War II
Jun 1940–Apr 1945 · Italy · War & armed conflict
- Bombing of Palermo in World War II
Jun 1, 1940 · Italy · War & armed conflict
- Oil soldiers
Jan 1, 1940 · Switzerland · War & armed conflict
- 1940 Vrancea earthquake
Nov 10, 1940 · Romania · Earthquake
- Norwich Blitz
1940–1942 · United Kingdom · War & armed conflict
- 1940 El Centro earthquake
May 18, 1940 · United States · Earthquake
- Sinking of the SS City of Benares
Sep 17, 1940 · Iceland · Maritime disaster
- Cardiff Blitz
1940–1944 · United Kingdom · War & armed conflict
- Ip massacre
Sep 14, 1940 · Romania · Massacre
- Eleanor Jarman
Aug 8, 1940 · Murder & homicide
- Bombing of Middelburg
May 17, 1940 · Netherlands · War & armed conflict
- Asama Maru Incident
Jan 21, 1940 · Kiribati · Incident
- Wakamatsumachi junior high school rowing club distress accident
Mar 16, 1940 · Japan · Maritime disaster
- Doodlebug disaster
Jul 31, 1940 · United States · Rail accident
- Bombing of Livorno in World War II
Jan 1, 1940 · Italy · War & armed conflict
- Nanshitou massacre
1940s · China · Massacre
- Bombing of Amsterdam
May 11, 1940 · Netherlands · War & armed conflict
- Easter Pogrom
Mar 30, 1940 · Poland · Genocide & ethnic violence
- Dorohoi pogrom
Jul 1, 1940 · Romania · Genocide & ethnic violence
- 1940 Shakotan earthquake
Aug 2, 1940 · Japan · Earthquake
- Bois d'Eraine massacre
Jun 11, 1940 · France · Massacre
- Treznea massacre
Sep 9, 1940 · Romania · Massacre
- Barrow Blitz
Sep 1940–Jan 1942 · United Kingdom · War & armed conflict
- Lovettsville air disaster
Aug 31, 1940 · United States · Aviation accident
- Yonesaka Line avalanche accident
Mar 5, 1940 · Japan · Rail accident
- Bombing of Chemnitz in World War II
Aug 17, 1940–Apr 11, 1945 · Germany · War & armed conflict
- Cox incident
Jul 1940 · War & armed conflict
- Japan Airways Aso-go emergency landing
Feb 5, 1940 · Japan · Aviation accident
- Battle of Hucisko
Mar 30, 1940 · Poland · War & armed conflict
- Psilander affair
Jun 20, 1940 · Faroe Islands · War & armed conflict
- Bombing of Marseille (1940)
Jun 21, 1940 · France · War & armed conflict
- Forced Hospitalization at Honmyōji
Jul 9, 1940 · Japan · Attack (other)
- Czortków uprising
Jan 21, 1940–Jan 22, 1940 · Ukraine · War & armed conflict
- 1940 Deutsche Lufthansa Ju 90 crash
Nov 8, 1940 · Germany · Aviation accident
- Bombing of South-East Asia (1944–1945)
1940s · Cambodia · War & armed conflict