1940 in Portugal explained

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).^[1]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Abel Fontoura da Costa (1869-1940) . pt . hidrografico.pt . 26 January 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160606155507/http://www.hidrografico.pt/abel-fontoura-da-costa-1869-1940.php . 6 June 2016 . dead .