Events in the year 1936 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 BarcelonaThomas, Hugh. (2001). The Spanish Civil War. Penguin Books. London. p.237 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)Biography 15 March – Francisco Ibáñez Talavera, cartoonist and writer (d. 2023)Tributes pour in after Spanish cartoonist Francisco Ibáñez Talavera dies aged 87 4 May – El Cordobés, matador 18 May – Francisco Laína, politician (b. 2022)Muere Francisco Laína, presidente del Gobierno provisional de secretarios y subsecretarios durante el 23-F 3 July – Jerónimo Saavedra, president of the Canary Islands (d. 2023)UGT lamenta el fallecimiento de Jerónimo Saavedra 30 July – Infanta Pilar, Duchess of Badajoz, royal (d. 2020)IN MEMORIAM – HRH Infanta Doña Pilar de Borbón, President of Europa Nostra (2007-2009) 31 August – Fernando Abril Martorell, politician (d. 1998)
Deaths July 12 – José Castillo (Spanish Civil War), police officer (born 1901) July 13 – José Calvo Sotelo, jurist and politician (born 1893) July 20 – José Sanjurjo, military officer (born 1872) and Francisco Ascaso, political activist (born 1901) July 30 – Joaquín Abati, writer (born 1865) August 4 – Antonio Azarola y Gresillón, naval officer (born 1874) August 5 José Manuel Puelles de los Santos, physician (born 1894) Marcelino Valentín Gamazo, lawyer (born 1879) August 8 – Ceferino Giménez Malla, Roman Catholic activist (born 1861) August 11 – Blas Infante, politician and writer (born 1885) August 12 Blessed Victoria Díez Bustos de Molina, teacher and religious woman (born 1903) Manuel Goded Llopis, general (born 1882) August 17 – José María of Manila, Catholic priest (born 1880) and Alexandre Bóveda, politician (born 1903) August 19 – Federico García Lorca, poet and playwright (born 1898) August 22 – Melquíades Álvarez (politician) (born 1864) August 23 – Julio Ruiz de Alda Miqueleiz, aviator (born 1897) and José María Albiñana, physician and politician (born 1883) August 31 – Joaquín Milans del Bosch, military officer (born 1854) September 5 – Federico Borrell García, militiaman (born 1912) September 29 – Alfonso Beorlegui Canet, army officer (born 1888) October 2 – Bartolomé Blanco, Catholic activist (born 1914) October 29 – Ramiro de Maeztu, writer and diplomat (born 1875) and Ramiro Ledesma Ramos, philosopher and politician (born 1905) November 20 – Buenaventura Durruti, revolutionary (born 1896) and José Antonio Primo de Rivera, politician (born 1903) November 28 – Pedro Muñoz Seca, playwright (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.