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
• 30 July - Nicolau Breyner, playwright and actor

Full date missing

• Ana Vieira, artist

Deaths

• 28 June - António Ginestal Machado, politician

Full date missing

• Abel Fontoura da Costa, colonial administrator.