1936 in Spain

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← 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 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 (b. 2018)^[2]
• 4 May - El Cordobés, matador^[3]
• 18 May - Francisco Laína, politician (b. 2022)^[4]

Deaths[]

• July 12 - José Castillo (Spanish Civil War) (born 1901)
• July 13 - José Calvo Sotelo (born 1893)
• July 20 - José Sanjurjo (born ) and Francisco Ascaso (born 1901)
• July 30 – Joaquín Abati (born )
• August 4 - Antonio Azarola y Gresillón (born )
• August 5 - Marcelino Valentín Gamazo (born 1879)
• August 8 - Ceferino Giménez Malla (born )
• August 11 - Blas Infante (born 1885)
• August 12 - Manuel Goded Llopis (born )
• August 17 - José María of Manila (born ) and Alexandre Bóveda (born 1903)
• August 19 - Federico García Lorca (born 1898)
• August 22 - Melquíades Álvarez (politician) (born )
• August 23 - Julio Ruiz de Alda Miqueleiz (born 1897) and José María Albiñana (born )
• August 31 - Joaquín Milans del Bosch (born )
• September 5 - Federico Borrell García (born 1912)
• September 29 - Alfonso Beorlegui Canet (born )
• October 2 - Bartolomé Blanco (born 1914)
• October 29 - Ramiro de Maeztu (born ) and Ramiro Ledesma Ramos (born 1905)
• November 20 - Buenaventura Durruti (born ) 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[]

Bibliography[]

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