1940 in Bulgaria
# 1940 in Bulgaria

Events in the year 1940 in Bulgaria.

## Incumbents

* Monarch – Boris III
* Prime Minister – Georgi Kyoseivanov until 16 February; then Bogdan Filov

## Events

* 7 September – Bulgaria regained control of Southern Dobruja under the Treaty of Craiova.
* 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.
* 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.

## Births

* 2 July – Georgi Ivan Ivanov, first Bulgarian in space.
* 8 December – Alexander Yossifov, composer and conductor.

## Deaths

* 23 March - Dimitar Stanchov, 15th Prime Minister of Bulgaria (b. 1863)
* 10 September - Nikola Ivanov, Bulgarian general (b. 1861)
* 23 December – Mariyka Popova, actress.
