Explore 4728 historical events from 1940–1949.
Sir Oliver Joseph Lodge was an English physicist and electrical engineer whose investigations into electromagnetic radiation (EMR) contributed to the development of radio. He ident…
Oliver Lodge, English physicist and academic (born 1851)
Jean d'Orléans was Orléanist pretender to the defunct French throne as Jean III. He used the courtesy title of Duke of Guise.
Prince Jean, Duke of Guise (born 1874)
Georges Gauthier was a French Canadian archbishop of Montreal and the first rector of the Université de Montréal.
Georges Gauthier, Canadian archbishop (born 1871)
DeLancey Walker Gill was an American drafter, landscape painter, and photographer. Gill first became noted for his landscape illustrations and watercolors, featuring subjects such …
DeLancey W. Gill, American painter (born 1859)
Lev Davidovich Trotsky, better known as Leon Trotsky, was a Russian revolutionary, Soviet politician and political theorist. He was a key figure in the 1905 Revolution, the October…
Leon Trotsky, Russian theorist and politician, founded the Red Army (born 1879)
Gerald Paul Joseph Cajetan Carmel Antony Martin Strickland, 6th Count della Catena, 1st Baron Strickland,, usually known between 1897 and January 1928 as Sir Gerald Strickland, was…
Gerald Strickland, 1st Baron Strickland, Maltese lawyer and politician, 4th Prime Minister of Malta (born 1861)
Paul Julius Gottlieb Nipkow was a German electrical engineer and inventor. He invented the Nipkow disk, which laid the foundation of television, since his disk was a fundamental co…
Paul Gottlieb Nipkow, Polish-German technician and inventor, invented the Nipkow disk (born 1860)
Sir Joseph John Thomson was a British physicist. He received the 1906 Nobel Prize in Physics "in recognition of the great merits of his theoretical and experimental investigations …
J. J. Thomson, English physicist and mathematician, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1856)
George William de Carteret was a Norman language journalist and writer from Jersey.
George William de Carteret, French-English journalist and author (born 1869)
Thomas Harte was the first of seven Irish Republican Army (IRA) members executed by Irish forces in Mountjoy Prison and Portlaoise Prison prisons between 1940 and 1944.
Thomas Harte (Irish republican) (born 1915)
Patrick MacGrath was born into an old Dublin republican family and took part in the 1916 Rising, as did two of his brothers. He was sent to Frongoch Internment Camp after the 1916…
Patrick McGrath (Irish republican) (born 1894)
José Félix Estigarribia Insaurralde was a Paraguayan military officer and politician who served as the 34th President of Paraguay from 1939 until his death in a plane crash on 7 Se…
José Félix Estigarribia, Paraguayan soldier and politician, President of Paraguay (born 1888)
Herman "Hemmo" Kallio was a Finnish stage and film actor and playwright.
Hemmo Kallio, Finnish actor (born 1863)
Issy Smith was a British-Australian recipient of the Victoria Cross (VC), the highest award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to eligible forces of the Com…
Issy Smith, British-Australian soldier and Jewish recipient of the Victoria Cross (born 1890)
Charles Wallace Alexander Napier Cochrane-Baillie, 2nd Baron Lamington,, was a British politician and colonial administrator who served as Governor of Queensland from 1896 to 1901,…
Charles Cochrane-Baillie, 2nd Baron Lamington, English-Scottish politician, 8th Governor of Queensland (born 1860)
William Brockman Bankhead was an American politician who served as the 42nd speaker of the United States House of Representatives from 1936 to 1940, representing Alabama's 10th and…
William B. Bankhead, American lawyer and politician, 47th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives (born…
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: A squad of 250 Norwegian volunteers defending Hegra Fortress surrendered to a superior Nazi force after a
The Norway Debate, sometimes called the Narvik Debate, was a momentous debate in the British House of Commons from 7 to 9 May 1940, during the Second World War. The official title …
A three-day debate began in the House of Commons that resulted in British prime minister Neville Chamberlain being repla
Arthur Neville Chamberlain was a British politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from May 1937 to May 1940 and Leader of the Conservative Party from May 1937 …
British prime minister Neville Chamberlain resigned and formally recommended Winston Churchill as his successor
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: German forces commenced their invasion of Belgium
Franz Rademacher was a German lawyer and diplomat. As an official in the Nazi government of the Third Reich during World War II, he was known for initiating action on the Madagasca…
Franz Rademacher, a Nazi official, proposed that the island of Madagascar be made available as a destination for the res
Benjamin Sumner Welles III was an American government official and diplomat. He was a major foreign policy adviser to President Franklin D. Roosevelt and served as Under Secretary …
Sumner Welles, U.S. Under Secretary of State, issued a declaration that the U.S. government would not recognize the…
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 bulk of Dutch forces surrendered to the German Wehrmacht, ending the Battle of the Netherlands
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…
Second World War: German troops captured Boulogne-sur-Mer, France, forcing British forces to evacuate via Dunkirk