940

940 in other calendars
Gregorian calendar	940; CMXL
Ab urbe condita	1693
Armenian calendar	389; ԹՎ ՅՁԹ
Assyrian calendar	5690
Balinese saka calendar	861–862
Bengali calendar	347
Berber calendar	1890
Buddhist calendar	1484
Burmese calendar	302
Byzantine calendar	6448–6449
Chinese calendar	己亥年 (Earth Pig); 3636 or 3576; — to —; 庚子年 (Metal Rat); 3637 or 3577
Coptic calendar	656–657
Discordian calendar	2106
Ethiopian calendar	932–933
Hebrew calendar	4700–4701
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	996–997
- Shaka Samvat	861–862
- Kali Yuga	4040–4041
Holocene calendar	10940
Iranian calendar	318–319
Islamic calendar	328–329
Japanese calendar	Tengyō 3; (天慶３年)
Javanese calendar	840–841
Julian calendar	940; CMXL
Korean calendar	3273
Minguo calendar	972 before ROC; 民前972年
Nanakshahi calendar	−528
Seleucid era	1251/1252 AG
Thai solar calendar	1482–1483
Tibetan calendar	阴土猪年; (female Earth-Pig); 1066 or 685 or −87; — to —; 阳金鼠年; (male Iron-Rat); 1067 or 686 or −86

Millennium:	1st millennium
Centuries:	9th century – 10th century – 11th century
Decades:	910s 920s 930s – 940s – 950s 960s 970s
Years:	937 938 939 – 940 – 941 942 943

940 was a leap year.

Events

Saadia Gaon makes his siddur (Jewish prayer book) in Iraq.
Narita-san Temple is founded in Chiba, Japan.
The Liao Dynasty stops the rule that a younger sister replace an older sister who died in marriage.

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