1940 in Bulgaria
Events in the year 1940 in Bulgaria.
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Incumbents
- Monarch – Boris III
Events
- 7 September – Bulgaria regained control of Southern Dobruja under the Treaty of Craiova.[1]
- 14 December – Shipwreck of the Salvador, a ship carrying Jewish refugees to Palestine, in the Sea of Marmara. 230 of the 326 passengers died in the wreck.[2]
- 24 December – The Law for the Protection of the Nation, an anti-Jewish racial law which included banning Jews from having Bulgarian citizenship, was ratified.[2]
Births
- 2 July – Georgi Ivan Ivanov, first Bulgarian in space.[3]
- 8 December – Alexander Yossifov, composer and conductor.[4]
Deaths
- 23 March - Dimitar Stanchov, 15th Prime Minister of Bulgaria (b. 1863)[5]
- 10 September - Nikola Ivanov, Bulgarian general (b. 1861)[6]
- 23 December – Mariyka Popova, actress.
References
- "World War II - The Balkan campaigns | Britannica". www.britannica.com. Retrieved 2023-02-22.
- "Contrasting Destinies : The Plight of Bulgarian Jews and the Jews in Bulgarian-occupied Greek and Yugoslav Territories during World War Two | Sciences Po Mass Violence and Resistance - Research Network". www.sciencespo.fr. 2017-03-19. Retrieved 2023-02-22.
- "Timeline Bulgaria". www.timelines.ws. Retrieved 2020-07-08.
- "Yossifov Alexander". Union of Bulgarian Composers. 2018-03-19. Retrieved 2023-02-22.
- Mari Agop Firkatian, Diplomats and Dreamers: The Stancioff Family in Bulgarian History, University Press of America, 2008, pp. 13-14
- Hall, R.C. (2002). The Balkan Wars 1912-1913: Prelude to the First World War. Warfare and History. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 978-1-134-58363-8.
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