1940 in Estonia

← 1939 1938 1937 1940 in Estonia → 1941 1942 1943
Decades:	1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s
See also:	Other events of 1940 Timeline of Estonian history

This article lists events that occurred during 1940 in Estonia.

Incumbents

• First Secretary of the Communist Party of Estonia Karl Säre

Events

• 17 June – The Red Army occupied Estonia and Latvia.
• 21 July – New Estonian Parliament (loyal to Soviet powers) proclaimed
  Estonian SSR.^[1]
• 6 August – Estonia was unlawfully declared the Estonian SSR and was, against the law, incorporated into the Soviet Union.

• 19 February – Jaan Kiivit Jr., Estonian clergyman
• 30 April – Ülo Õun, sculptor (died 1988)^[2]

Deaths

References