1936 in Spain

← 1935 1934 1933 1936 in Spain → 1937 1938 1939
Decades:	1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s
See also:	Other events of 1936 List of years in Spain

Incumbents

• President: Manuel Azaña
• Prime Minister: Santiago Casares Quiroga until July 19, Francisco Largo Caballero

Events

• July 17–18 – July 1936 military uprising in Melilla
• July 18–25 – July 1936 military uprising in Seville
• July 18–20 – Siege of Cuartel de la Montaña
• July 19 – July 1936 military uprising in Barcelona^[1]
• July 19–27 – Siege of Cuartel de Loyola
• July 19-August 16 – Siege of Gijón
• July 19-October 16 – Siege of Oviedo
• July 20-23 – July 1936 coup d'état in Granada
• July 21-September 27 – Siege of the Alcázar
• August 14 – Battle of Badajoz (1936)
• August 19-September 5 – Battle of Irún
• September 3 – Battle of Talavera de la Reina (1936)

Births

• 7 March – Antonio Mercero, film director and screenwriter (d. 2018)^[2]
• 15 March – Francisco Ibáñez Talavera, cartoonist and writer (d. 2023)^[3]
• 4 May – El Cordobés, matador^[4]
• 18 May – Francisco Laína, politician (b. 2022)^[5]
• 3 July – Jerónimo Saavedra, president of the Canary Islands (d. 2023)^[6]
• 30 July – Infanta Pilar, Duchess of Badajoz, royal (d. 2020)^[7]
• 31 August – Fernando Abril Martorell, politician (d. 1998)

Deaths

• July 12 – José Castillo (Spanish Civil War) (born 1901)
• July 13 – José Calvo Sotelo (born 1893)
• July 20 – José Sanjurjo (born 1872) and Francisco Ascaso (born 1901)
• July 30 – Joaquín Abati (born 1865)
• August 4 – Antonio Azarola y Gresillón (born 1874)
• August 5
  • José Manuel Puelles de los Santos (born 1894)
  • Marcelino Valentín Gamazo (born 1879)
• August 8 – Ceferino Giménez Malla (born 1861)
• August 11 – Blas Infante (born 1885)
• August 12 – Manuel Goded Llopis (born 1882)
• August 17 – José María of Manila (born 1880) and Alexandre Bóveda (born 1903)
• August 19 – Federico García Lorca (born 1898)
• August 22 – Melquíades Álvarez (politician) (born 1864)
• August 23 – Julio Ruiz de Alda Miqueleiz (born 1897) and José María Albiñana (born 1883)
• August 31 – Joaquín Milans del Bosch (born 1854)
• September 5 – Federico Borrell García (born 1912)
• September 29 – Alfonso Beorlegui Canet (born 1888)
• October 2 – Bartolomé Blanco (born 1914)
• October 29 – Ramiro de Maeztu (born 1875) and Ramiro Ledesma Ramos (born 1905)
• November 20 – Buenaventura Durruti (born 1896) and José Antonio Primo de Rivera (born 1903)
• November 28 – Pedro Muñoz Seca (born 1879)

See also

• List of Spanish films of the 1930s
• Spanish Civil War

References

1. Thomas, Hugh. (2001). The Spanish Civil War. Penguin Books. London. p.237
2. Biography
3. Tributes pour in after Spanish cartoonist Francisco Ibáñez Talavera dies aged 87
4. "El Cordobés returns". Ottawa Citizen. 4 March 1978. p. 37. Retrieved 17 September 2012.
5. Muere Francisco Laína, presidente del Gobierno provisional de secretarios y subsecretarios durante el 23-F (in Spanish)
6. UGT lamenta el fallecimiento de Jerónimo Saavedra (in Spanish)
7. IN MEMORIAM – HRH Infanta Doña Pilar de Borbón, President of Europa Nostra (2007-2009)

Bibliography

• Thomas, Hugh. The Spanish Civil War. Penguin Books. 2001. London. ISBN 978-0-14-101161-5