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: Mayor of Barcelona: and
Events May - The Hispano-French Exposition of 1908 opens in Zaragoza, marking the hundredth anniversary of the first siege of Zaragoza.
Arts Films El hotel eléctrico, directed by Segundo de Chomón
Literature Vicente Blasco Ibáñez - Blood and Sand (Sangre y arena)Vicente Blasco Ibáñez (1919) Blood and Sand p. vii, E. P. Dutton, New York José Toribio Medina - Los Restos Indígenas de Pichilemu
Births 26 June - Estrellita Castro, singer and actress (died 1983) 21 October – Jorge Oteiza, painter and sculptor (died 2003) 22 October - José Escobar Saliente, comic book writer and artist (died 1994) 8 December - Concha Piquer, singer and actress (died 1990) 11 December - Carlos Arias Navarro, politician (died 1989) 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)
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