1908 in Spain

Events in the year 1908 in Spain.

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:
• Mayor of Barcelona: and

Events

• May - The Hispano-French Exposition of 1908 opens in Zaragoza, marking the hundredth anniversary of the first siege of Zaragoza.

Arts

Films

• El hotel eléctrico, directed by Segundo de Chomón

Literature

• Vicente Blasco Ibáñez - Blood and Sand (Sangre y arena)
• 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)
• date unknown - Miguel García, anarchist (died 1981)

Deaths

• 20 June - Federico Chueca, composer (born 1846)
• 20 September - Pablo de Sarasate, violinist and composer (born 1844)

References