1940
| Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | |
| Decades: | |
| Years: |
| Gregorian calendar | 1940 MCMXL |
| Ab urbe condita | 2693 |
| Armenian calendar | 1389 ԹՎ ՌՅՁԹ |
| Assyrian calendar | 6690 |
| Bahá'í calendar | 96–97 |
| Bengali calendar | 1347 |
| Berber calendar | 2890 |
| British Regnal year | 4 Geo. 6 – 5 Geo. 6 |
| Buddhist calendar | 2484 |
| Burmese calendar | 1302 |
| Byzantine calendar | 7448–7449 |
| Chinese calendar |
己卯年 (Earth Rabbit) 4636 or 4576 — to — 庚辰年 (Metal Dragon) 4637 or 4577 |
| Coptic calendar | 1656–1657 |
| Discordian calendar | 3106 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1932–1933 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5700–5701 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1996–1997 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1861–1862 |
| - Kali Yuga | 5040–5041 |
| Holocene calendar | 11940 |
| Igbo calendar | 940–941 |
| Iranian calendar | 1318–1319 |
| Islamic calendar | 1358–1359 |
| Japanese calendar |
Shōwa 15 (昭和１５年) |
| Javanese calendar | 1870–1871 |
| Juche calendar | 29 |
| Julian calendar | Gregorian minus 13 days |
| Korean calendar | 4273 |
| Minguo calendar |
ROC 29 民國29年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | 472 |
| Thai solar calendar | 2482–2483 |
1940 (MCMXL) was a leap year starting on Monday (dominical letter GF) of the Gregorian calendar, the 1940th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 940th year of the 2nd millennium, the 40th year of the 20th century, and the 1st year of the 1940s decade.
Below, the events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix.
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