1936 in Spain
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Events in the year 1936 in Spain.
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Incumbents
- President: Manuel Azaña
- Prime Minister: Santiago Casares Quiroga until July 19, Francisco Largo Caballero
Events
- July 17â18 â July 1936 military uprising in Melilla
- July 18â25 â July 1936 military uprising in Seville
- July 18â20 â Siege of Cuartel de la Montaña
- July 19 â July 1936 military uprising in Barcelona[1]
- July 19â27 â Siege of Cuartel de Loyola
- July 19-August 16 â Siege of Gijón
- July 19-October 16 â Siege of Oviedo
- July 20-23 â July 1936 coup d'état in Granada
- July 21-September 27 â Siege of the Alcázar
- August 14 â Battle of Badajoz (1936)
- August 19-September 5 â Battle of Irún
- September 3 â Battle of Talavera de la Reina (1936)
Births
- 7 March â Antonio Mercero, film director and screenwriter (d. 2018)[2]
- 15 March â Francisco Ibáñez Talavera, cartoonist and writer (d. 2023)[3]
- 4 May â El Cordobés, matador[4]
- 18 May â Francisco LaÃna, politician (b. 2022)[5]
- 3 July â Jerónimo Saavedra, president of the Canary Islands (d. 2023)[6]
- 30 July â Infanta Pilar, Duchess of Badajoz, royal (d. 2020)[7]
- 31 August â Fernando Abril Martorell, politician (d. 1998)
Deaths
- July 12 â José Castillo (Spanish Civil War), police officer (born 1901)
- July 13 â José Calvo Sotelo, jurist and politician (born 1893)
- July 20 â José Sanjurjo, military officer (born 1872) and Francisco Ascaso, political activist (born 1901)
- July 30 â JoaquÃn Abati, writer (born 1865)
- August 4 â Antonio Azarola y Gresillón, naval officer (born 1874)
- August 5
- José Manuel Puelles de los Santos, physician (born 1894)
- Marcelino ValentÃn Gamazo, lawyer (born 1879)
- August 8 â Ceferino Giménez Malla, Roman Catholic activist (born 1861)
- August 11 â Blas Infante, politician and writer (born 1885)
- August 12
- Blessed Victoria DÃez Bustos de Molina, teacher and religious woman (born 1903)
- Manuel Goded Llopis, general (born 1882)
- August 17 â José MarÃa of Manila, Catholic priest (born 1880) and Alexandre Bóveda, politician (born 1903)
- August 19 â Federico GarcÃa Lorca, poet and playwright (born 1898)
- August 22 â MelquÃades Ãlvarez (politician) (born 1864)
- August 23 â Julio Ruiz de Alda Miqueleiz, aviator (born 1897) and José MarÃa Albiñana, physician and politician (born 1883)
- August 31 â JoaquÃn Milans del Bosch, military officer (born 1854)
- September 5 â Federico Borrell GarcÃa, militiaman (born 1912)
- September 29 â Alfonso Beorlegui Canet, army officer (born 1888)
- October 2 â Bartolomé Blanco, Catholic activist (born 1914)
- October 29 â Ramiro de Maeztu, writer and diplomat (born 1875) and Ramiro Ledesma Ramos, philosopher and politician (born 1905)
- November 20 â Buenaventura Durruti, revolutionary (born 1896) and José Antonio Primo de Rivera, politician (born 1903)
- November 28 â Pedro Muñoz Seca, playwright (born 1879)