1908 in Spain
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Events in the year 1908 in Spain.
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Incumbents
- National level
- Monarch: Alfonso XIII
- President of the Council of Ministers: Antonio Maura
- Minister of Foreign Affairs: Manuel Allendesalazar
- Minister of Justice: Juan Armada Losada
- Minister of War: Fernando Primo de Rivera
- Minister of Finance: Guillermo de Osma y Scull, Cayetano Sánchez Bustillo and Augusto González Besada
- Minister of the Navy: José Ferrándiz y Niño
- Ministro de Gobernación: Juan de la Cierva y Peñafiel
- Minister of Public Instruction: Faustino Rodríguez San Pedro
- Minister of Public Works: Augusto González Besada and José Sánchez Guerra
- Cities
- Mayor of Madrid: Nicolás de Peñalver y Zamora
- Mayor of Barcelona: Domènec Sanllehy and Albert Bastardas
Events
- May - The Hispano-French Exposition of 1908 opens in Zaragoza, marking the hundredth anniversary of the first siege of Zaragoza.[citation needed]
Arts
Films
- El hotel eléctrico, directed by Segundo de Chomón
Literature
- Vicente Blasco Ibáñez - Blood and Sand (Sangre y arena)[1]
- José Toribio Medina - Los Restos Indígenas de Pichilemu
Births
- 26 June - Estrellita Castro, singer and actress (died 1983)
- 21 October – Jorge Oteiza, painter and sculptor (died 2003)
- 22 October - José Escobar Saliente, comic book writer and artist (died 1994)
- 8 December - Concha Piquer, singer and actress (died 1990)
- 11 December - Carlos Arias Navarro, politician (died 1989)[2]
- date unknown - Miguel García, anarchist (died 1981)
Deaths
- 20 June - Federico Chueca, composer (born 1846)[3]
- 20 September - Pablo de Sarasate, violinist and composer (born 1844)
