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1940
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1940 in various calendars
Gregorian calendar
1940 MCMXL
Ab urbe condita
2693
Armenian calendar
1389 ԹՎ ՌՅՁԹ
Assyrian calendar
6690
Baháʼí calendar
96–97
Balinese saka calendar
1861–1862
Bengali calendar
1347
Berber calendar
2890
British Regnal year
4 Geo. 6 – 5 Geo. 6
Buddhist calendar
2484
Burmese calendar
1302
Byzantine calendar
7448–7449
Chinese calendar
己卯年 (Earth Rabbit) 4637 or 4430 — to — 庚辰年 (Metal Dragon) 4638 or 4431
Coptic calendar
1656–1657
Discordian calendar
3106
Ethiopian calendar
1932–1933
Hebrew calendar
5700–5701
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat
1996–1997
- Shaka Samvat
1861–1862
- Kali Yuga
5040–5041
Holocene calendar
11940
Igbo calendar
940–941
Iranian calendar
1318–1319
Islamic calendar
1358–1359
Japanese calendar
Shōwa 15 (昭和１５年)
Javanese calendar
1870–1871
Juche calendar
29
Julian calendar
Gregorian minus 13 days
Korean calendar
4273
Minguo calendar
ROC 29 民國29年
Nanakshahi calendar
472
Thai solar calendar
2482–2483
Tibetan calendar
阴土兔年 (female Earth-Rabbit) 2066 or 1685 or 913 — to — 阳金龙年 (male Iron-Dragon) 2067 or 1686 or 914
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1940 (MCMXL) was a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1940th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 940th year of the 2nd millennium, the 40th year of the 20th century, and the 1st year of the 1940s decade.
Calendar year
A calendar from 1940 according to the Gregorian calendar, factoring in the dates of Easter and related holidays, cannot be used again until the year 5280.[1]
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