The following lists events in the year 2017 in Spain.
Incumbents Monarch: Felipe VI Prime Minister: Mariano Rajoy
Regional presidents
Andalusia: Susana Diaz Aragón: Javier Lambán Asturias: Javier Fernandez Balearic Islands: Francina Armengol Basque Country: Iñigo Urkullu Canary Islands: Fernando Clavijo Batlle Cantabria: Miguel Ángel Revilla Castilla–La Mancha: Emiliano García-Page Castile and León: Juan Vicente Herrera Catalonia: Quim Torra Extremadura: Guillermo Fernández Vara Galicia: Alberto Núñez Feijóo La Rioja: José Ignacio Ceniceros Community of Madrid: Cristina Cifuentes Region of Murcia: Pedro Antonio Sánchez (until 4 April), Fernando López Miras (starting 3 May) Navarre: Uxue Barkos Valencian Community: Ximo Puig Ceuta: Juan Jesús Vivas Melilla: Juan José Imbroda
Events January 3 January – More than 1100 migrants fight with riot police on the border to the town of Ceuta.
February 17 February – Iñaki Urdangarin (Brother-in-Law of Spain's King), found guilty of evading taxes 18 February – Protest «Volem acollir»
July 2017 Spain transportation strikes 28 July – 2017 Barcelona train crash
August 17 August – 2017 Barcelona attack
October 1 October – 2017 Catalan independence referendum 3 October – General strike in Catalonia against police violence in the referendum. 27 October – The Catalan Parliament declares the Independence of the Catalan Republic from Spain. The Spanish government imposes direct rule to Catalonia.
November 8 November – General strike in Catalonia against the Catalan imprisoned leaders.
December 21 December – Elections to the Catalan Parliament (21D).
Popular culture Sports 6 to 8 January – 2017 International Tournament of Spain (handball) 6 to 19 March – FIS Freestyle Ski and Snowboarding World Championships 2017 in Sierra Nevada 24 to 30 April – 2017 Barcelona Open Banco Sabadell (tennis) 19 August to 10 September – 2017 Vuelta a España (cycling)
Film 4 February – 31st Goya Awards presented, to honour the best in Spanish films of 2016
Deaths
2 January – Moruca, footballer (b. 1932) 4 January – Jordi Pagans i Monsalvatje, painter (b. 1932) 15 January – Luis Gámir, politician (b. 1942) 23 January – Bimba Bosé, model, designer, actress and singer (b. 1975) 1 March - Alejandra Soler, politician and schoolteacher (b. 1913)El dia que va morir Alejandra Soler, mestra republicana, el 2017 5 June – Juan Goytisolo, poet, essayist, and novelist (b. 1931) 5 July – Joaquín Navarro-Valls, Spanish-Vatican academic, journalist and physician (b. 1936) 3 September – Joan Colom, photographer (born 1921) 5 September – Eloísa Álvarez, politician, Mayor of Soria (1999–2003), Deputy (2004–2011) and Senator for Soria (2011–2015) (born 1956) 7 September – Tomás Villanueva, politician, Vice President of Castile and León region (2001–2003) (born 1953; heart attack) 8 September – José Antonio Souto, jurist, academic and politician, Mayor of Santiago de Compostela 1979–1981 (born 1938) 12 September – Xohana Torres, Galician language writer, poet, narrator and playwright (born 1931) 16 September – Bautista Álvarez, Galician nationalist politician (born 1933) 19 September – José Salcedo, film editor, Goya winner (1989, 1996, 2000) (born c.1949) 28 September – Antonio Isasi-Isasmendi, Spanish film director and producer (born 1927) 4 October – Jesús Mosterín, anthropologist and philosopher of science (born 1941)
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