152 notable events from 1940. Page 2 of 2.
- Nușfalău massacre
Sep 8, 1940 · Romania
- Massacre of the 43 Senegalese tirailleurs at Clamecy
Jun 18, 1940–Jun 21, 1940 · France
- Bombing of Toulon (1940)
Jun 13, 1940 · France
- Little Falls Gulf Curve crash of 1940
Apr 19, 1940 · United States
- Komin Yushi uprising incident
Jul 5, 1940 · —
- Great Fire of Shizuoka
Jan 15, 1940 · Japan
- Bombing of Pajala
1940 · —
- Lima anti-Japanese riot
1940 · Peru
- Bloody Wednesday of Olkusz
Jul 31, 1940 · Poland
- 1940 Norton Fitzwarren rail crash
Nov 4, 1940 · United Kingdom
- Bombing of Lüneburg
Jan 1, 1940–Jan 1, 1945 · Germany
- Pullman porter affair
Sep 1, 1940 · United States
- German air raid on Rennes
Jun 17, 1940 · France
- Executions in Rury Jezuickie
Aug 15, 1940 · Poland
- Execution on Gruszka Hill
Jul 6, 1940 · Poland
- Turenki rail accident
Mar 12, 1940 · Finland
- Bombardments of Venlo
1940s · Netherlands
- Lynching of Austin Callaway
Sep 8, 1940 · United States
- Execution of Tczew hostages
Jan 24, 1940 · Poland
- Machita incident
Oct 16, 1940–May 21, 1941 · United States
- Bombing of Marburg
Jan 1, 1940–Jan 1, 1945 · Germany
- Execution in the Brzask Forest
Jun 29, 1940 · Poland
- Sonman Mine explosion
Jul 15, 1940 · United States
- Pacification of Skłoby
Apr 11, 1940 · Poland
- 1940 New Hampshire earthquakes
Dec 20, 1940 · United States
- Chișinău massacre
Sep 1, 1940–Jul 1, 1941 · —
- Bombing of Schwerin
Jan 1, 1940 · Germany
- Arsia Disaster
Feb 28, 1940 · Croatia
- Shinozaki Case
Sep 1940 · —
- Bombing of Evreux (1940)
Jun 9, 1940 · France
- Botafogo Cove air disaster
Nov 8, 1940 · Brazil
- Executions near Olsztynek and Apolonka (1940)
Jan 1, 1940 · Poland
- Bombardment Sint-Niklaas
May 1940 · Belgium
- Düsseldorf bombing (1940)
Aug 23, 1940 · France
- Execution of Poles from the Free City of Danzig (1940)
Jan 11, 1940 · Poland
- Hommelvik train collision
Nov 19, 1940 · Norway
- Wreck of the Orazio
Jan 21, 1940 · France
- Sandoná fire
May 6, 1940 · —
- Executions in the Bor forest near Skarzysko-Kamienna
Feb 1, 1940 · Poland
- Massacre in Kumowa Dolina
Jul 4, 1940 · Poland
- Aurillac–Paris train derailment
May 4, 1940 · France
- Hirvensalo bus crash
May 25, 1940 · Finland
- Bombing of La Chapelle-d'Angillon
Jun 18, 1940 · France
- Stuart mediation
1940 · —
- Operation Rhubarb
Dec 20, 1940–May 8, 1945 · —
- 1940 Velilla de Ebro train wreck
Dec 3, 1940 · Spain
- 1940 Avio Linee Italiane Savoia-Marchetti S.M.73 accident
Mar 16, 1940 · Italy
- 1940 Ala Littoria Savoia-Marchetti S.M.75 I-LEAL accident
Feb 10, 1940 · Italy
- Suzhou rail attack
Nov 29, 1940 · —
- Yunnan rail accident
Feb 1, 1940 · —
- Iittala rail accident
Mar 4, 1940 · Finland
- Tamagawaguchi rail accident
Mar 4, 1940 · Japan