1939 in Spain

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Decades:	1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s
See also:	Other events of 1939 List of years in Spain

Events from the year 1939 in Spain.

Incumbents[]

• President: Manuel Azaña until March 3, Francisco Franco as leader
• Prime Minister: Juan Negrín until April 1, Francisco Franco

Events[]

• January 3 – The news agency EFE, based in Madrid, is officially founded as a limited company.^[1]
• January 5-February 4: Battle of Valsequillo
• January 26 - Catalonia Offensive: Nationalist forces capture Barcelona.
• February 7–9 - Battle of Menorca (1939)
• February 10 - Nationalists close Spanish border with France.
• February 16 - the high command of the Republican army tells Negrín that further military resistance was impossible.^[2]
• February 27 - United Kingdom and France recognized Francisco Franco's Nationalist government.^[3]
• March 4–7 - Cartagena Uprising.
• March 7 - Nationalist transport ship SS Castillo de Olite sunk by Republican shore batteries while entering the port of Cartagena.
• March 5: coup of Segismundo Casado.^[4][5][6]
• March 5: National Defence Council formed
• March 26-April 1: Final offensive of the Spanish Civil War

Births[]

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Deaths[]

• March 15 - Luis Barceló (b. 1896)
• November 15 - Etelvino Vega (b. 1906)

See also[]

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

References[]