1917 in Spain
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Events in the year 1917 in Spain.
.svg)
Incumbents
- Monarch: Alfonso XIII
- President of the Council of Ministers:[1]
- until 19 April: Ãlvaro Figueroa Torres
- 19 April â 11 June: Manuel GarcÃa Prieto
- 11 June â 3 November: Eduardo Dato Iradier
- starting 3 November: Manuel GarcÃa Prieto
Events
_en_el_Penal_de_Cartagena.png)
- 18 January â "Manifiesto de la Liga Antigermanófila" ('Manifesto of the Anti-Germanophile League') published in La España.[2]
- 25 June â the Juntas de Defensa made their manifesto public.[3]
- 13 August â Beginning of the 1917 general strike.[4]
- 11 November 1917 â Municipal elections.[5]
Undated
Births
- 23 January â Encarna Hernández, basketball player and coach (died 2022).
- 1 February â José Luis Sampedro, economist and human rights activist (died 2013).
- 20 April â MarÃa Silva Cruz, "La Libertaria", anarchist known for the 1933 Casas Viejas uprising (died 1936).
- 21 April â MarÃa Isbert, actress (died 2011).
- 1 July â Ãlvaro Domecq y DÃez, aristocrat (died 2005)
- 4 July â Manolete, bullfighter (died 1947).
- 6 July â Heribert Barrera, Catalan nationalist politician (died 2011).
- 28 July â Gloria Fuertes, writer of children's literature (died 1998).
- 20 September â Fernando Rey, film, tv and theatre actor (died 1994).
- 25 December â Alejandro RodrÃguez de Valcárcel, falangist politician, acting head of state in November 1975 (died 1976).
Deaths
- 21 February â JoaquÃn Dicenta, journalist, novelist, playwright, poet and Republican politician (born 1862).
- 1 August â Enric Prat de la Riba, Catalan nationalist, lawyer and writer (born 1870).
- 18 August â Ricardo de Madrazo, painter best known for his Orientalist works (born 1852).
- 15 December â Gumersindo de Azcárate, Krausist educator, philosopher and Republican politician (born 1840).
- 22 December â PÃo Gullón e Iglesias, lawyer, journalist and politician (born 1835).
