Explore 4728 historical events from 1940–1949.
The Second Vienna Award was the second of two territorial disputes that were arbitrated by Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy. On 30 August 1940, they assigned the territory of Norther…
The Second Vienna Award reassigns the territory of Northern Transylvania from Romania to Hungary.
World War II, or the Second World War, was a global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies and the Axis powers. Nearly all of the world's countries participated. Tanks and air…
World War II: The Dunkirk evacuation ends: the British Armed Forces completes evacuation of 338,000 troops from Dunkirk
World War II, or the Second World War, was a global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies and the Axis powers. Nearly all of the world's countries participated. Tanks and air…
World War II: After a brief lull in the Battle of France, the Germans renew the offensive against the remaining French d
World War II, or the Second World War, was a global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies and the Axis powers. Nearly all of the world's countries participated. Tanks and air…
World War II: The completion of Operation Alphabet, the evacuation of Allied forces from Narvik at the end of the Norweg
World War II, or the Second World War, was a global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies and the Axis powers. Nearly all of the world's countries participated. Tanks and air…
World War II: Fascist Italy declares war on France and the United Kingdom, beginning an invasion of southern France
Southern Dobruja or South Dobruja, also the Quadrilateral, is an area of north-eastern Bulgaria comprising Dobrich and Silistra provinces, part of the historical region of Dobruja.…
Romania returns Southern Dobruja to Bulgaria under the Treaty of Craiova.
George Robert Stibitz was an American researcher at Bell Labs who is internationally recognized as one of the fathers of the modern digital computer. He was known for his work in t…
George Stibitz pioneers the first remote operation of a computer.
The Treznea massacre occurred in the village of Treznea, Sălaj in north-western Transylvania on 9 September 1940, in the immediate aftermath of the Second Vienna Award, when Romani…
Treznea Massacre in Transylvania.
In archaeology, cave paintings are a type of parietal art, found on the wall or ceilings of caves. The term usually implies prehistoric origin. Several groups of scientists suggest…
Cave paintings are discovered in Lascaux, France.
Franklin Delano Roosevelt, also known as FDR, was the 32nd president of the United States, serving from 1933 until his death in 1945. He is the longest-serving US president and the…
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The occupation of Norway by Nazi Germany during the Second World War began on 9 April 1940 after Operation Weserübung. Conventional armed resistance to the German invasion ended on…
World War II: Military resistance to the German occupation of Norway ends
World War II, or the Second World War, was a global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies and the Axis powers. Nearly all of the world's countries participated. Tanks and air…
World War II: The Siege of Malta begins with a series of Italian air raids
World War II, or the Second World War, was a global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies and the Axis powers. Nearly all of the world's countries participated. Tanks and air…
World War II: Thirteen thousand British and French troops surrender to General Erwin Rommel at Saint-Valery-en-Caux
World War II, or the Second World War, was a global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies and the Axis powers. Nearly all of the world's countries participated. Tanks and air…
World War II: The German occupation of Paris begins
The Hercules Powder plant disaster was an explosion at an armaments factory owned by the Hercules Powder Company in the Kenvil section of Roxbury, New Jersey, on 12 September 1940.…
The Hercules Powder plant disaster in the United States kills 51 people and injures over 200.
The Ip massacre was the mass killing of around 150 ethnic Romanians by the Royal Hungarian Army on 14 September 1940, in Ipp,, Northern Transylvania, and in nearby locations and su…
Ip massacre: The Hungarian Army, supported by local Hungarians, kill 158 Romanian civilians in Ip, Sălaj, a village in…
Witold Pilecki, known by the codenames Roman Jezierski, Tomasz Serafiński, Druh and Witold, was a Polish World War II cavalry officer, intelligence agent, and resistance leader.
World War II: Witold Pilecki is voluntarily captured and sent to Auschwitz concentration camp to gather and smuggle…
The Soviet Union issued an ultimatum to Lithuania before midnight of 14 June 1940. The Soviets, using a formal pretext, demanded that an unspecified number of Soviet soldiers be al…
The Soviet Union presents an ultimatum to Lithuania, resulting in Lithuanian loss of independence
Tarnów is a city in southeastern Poland with 105,922 inhabitants and a metropolitan area population of 269,000 inhabitants. The city is situated in the Lesser Poland Voivodeship. I…
Seven hundred and twenty-eight Polish political prisoners from Tarnów become the first inmates of the Auschwitz concentr
World War II, or the Second World War, was a global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies and the Axis powers. Nearly all of the world's countries participated. Tanks and air…
World War II: Operation Aerial begins: Allied troops start to evacuate France, following Germany's takeover of Paris and
World War II, or the Second World War, was a global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies and the Axis powers. Nearly all of the world's countries participated. Tanks and air…
World War II: Marshal Henri Philippe Pétain becomes Chief of State of Vichy France (Chef de l'État Français)
Benoît Bouchard is a Canadian public official and former politician.
Benoît Bouchard, Canadian academic and politician, 18th Canadian Minister of Transport
David Anthony Jerome Holford was a West Indian cricketer who played in 24 Test matches between 1966 and 1977.
David Holford, Barbadian cricketer (died 2022)
Fotis Constantine Kafatos was a Greek biologist. Between 2007 and 2010, he was the founding president of the European Research Council (ERC). He chaired the ERC Scientific Council …
Fotis Kafatos, Greek biologist, founding president of the European Research Council (ERC) (died 2017)