Events in the year 1940 in Spain.
Incumbents Caudillo: Francisco Franco
Events November 9 – Joaquín Rodrigo's Concierto de Aranjuez premieres in Barcelona, Spain.
Births Robert Saladrigas, Spanish writer, journalist and literary critic (d. 2018) February 25 – Jesús López Cobos, Spanish-born conductor (d. 2018) April 20 – Pilar Miró, Spanish screenwriter and film director (d. 1997)
Deaths February 8 - Antonio Escobar Huertas (born 1879) May 19 – Diego Mazquiarán, Spanish matador (born 1895) September 26 — Walter Benjamin, German-Spanish philosopher and critic (born 1892) October 15 - Lluís Companys, execution by firing squad (born 1882) November 3 - Manuel Azaña (born 1880)
See also List of Spanish films of the 1940s
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