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← 1939 1938 1937 1940 in Portugal → 1941 1942 1943
Centuries:	18th 19th 20th 21st
Decades:	1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s
See also:	List of years in Portugal

Events in the year 1940 in Portugal.

Incumbentsedit

• President: Óscar Carmona
• Prime Minister: António de Oliveira Salazar

Eventsedit

• Portuguese Mathematical Society founded
• Portuguese World Exhibition

Birthsedit

• 11 March – Sebastião Alba, poet (d. 2000)
• 30 July – Nicolau Breyner, playwright and actor (d. 2016)

Full date missingedit

• Ana Vieira, artist (d. 2016)

Deathsedit

• 28 June – António Ginestal Machado, politician (born 1874)

Full date missingedit

• Abel Fontoura da Costa, colonial administrator (born 1869).^[1]

Referencesedit