940 (CMXL) was a leap year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar, the 940th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 940th year of the 1st millennium, the 40th year of the 10th century, and the 1st year of the 940s decade. As of the start of 940, the Gregorian calendar was 5 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which was the dominant calendar of the time.

Millennium: 1st millennium
Centuries: 9th century10th century11th century
Decades: 910s  920s  930s  – 940s –  950s  960s  970s
Years: 937 938 939940941 942 943
940 in other calendars
Gregorian calendar940
CMXL
Ab urbe condita1693
Armenian calendar389
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Assyrian calendar5690
Balinese saka calendar861–862
Bengali calendar347
Berber calendar1890
Buddhist calendar1484
Burmese calendar302
Byzantine calendar6448–6449
Chinese calendar己亥(Earth Pig)
3636 or 3576
    — to —
庚子年 (Metal Rat)
3637 or 3577
Coptic calendar656–657
Discordian calendar2106
Ethiopian calendar932–933
Hebrew calendar4700–4701
Hindu calendars
 - Vikram Samvat996–997
 - Shaka Samvat861–862
 - Kali Yuga4040–4041
Holocene calendar10940
Iranian calendar318–319
Islamic calendar328–329
Japanese calendarTengyō 3
(天慶3年)
Javanese calendar840–841
Julian calendar940
CMXL
Korean calendar3273
Minguo calendar972 before ROC
民前972年
Nanakshahi calendar−528
Seleucid era1251/1252 AG
Thai solar calendar1482–1483
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

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