1940 in Portugal

Events in the year 1940 in Portugal.

Incumbents

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

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).