1908 in Spain

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See also:	Other events of 1908 List of years 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: Nicolás de Peñalver y Zamora
• Mayor of Barcelona: Domènec Sanllehy and Albert Bastardas

Events

• May - The Hispano-French Exposition of 1908 opens in Zaragoza, marking the hundredth anniversary of the first siege of Zaragoza.[1]

Arts

Films

• El hotel eléctrico, directed by Segundo de Chomón

Literature

• Vicente Blasco Ibáñez - Blood and Sand (Sangre y arena)[2]
• José Toribio Medina - Los Restos Indígenas de Pichilemu

Births

• 22 October - José Escobar Saliente, comic book writer and artist (died 1994)
• 8 December - Concha Piquer, singer and actress (died 1990)
• 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

1. • This article draws heavily on the corresponding article in the Spanish-language Wikipedia, which was accessed in the version of 5 April 2006.
2. Vicente Blasco Ibáñez (1919) Blood and Sand p. vii, E. P. Dutton, New York