Events in the year 1940 in Portugal.
Incumbents President: Óscar Carmona Prime Minister: António de Oliveira Salazar (National Union)
Events Portuguese Mathematical Society founded Portuguese World Exhibition
Births 11 March – Sebastião Alba, poet (d. 2000) 30 July – Nicolau Breyner, playwright and actor (d. 2016)
Full date missing Ana Vieira, artist (d. 2016)
Deaths
28 June – António Ginestal Machado, politician (born 1874)
Full date missing
Abel Fontoura da Costa, colonial administrator (born 1869).
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