1908 in Spain explained

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)^[1]
• 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)
• 11 December - Carlos Arias Navarro, politician (died 1989)^[2]
• date unknown - Miguel García, anarchist (died 1981)

Deaths

• 20 June - Federico Chueca, composer (born 1846)^[3]
• 20 September - Pablo de Sarasate, violinist and composer (born 1844)

Notes and References

1. https://books.google.com/books?id=z7MeAAAAMAAJ&q=Ib%C3%A1%C3%B1ez+%22Sangre+y+arena%22 Vicente Blasco Ibáñez (1919) Blood and Sand p. vii, E. P. Dutton, New York
2. Web site: Carlos Arias Navarro prime minister of Spain Britannica . www.britannica.com . 19 May 2022 . en.
3. Web site: Chueca, Federico . The Oxford Companion to Music . Oxford University Press . 19 May 2022 . en . 10.1093/acref/9780199579037.001.0001 . 1 January 2011. 978-0-19-957903-7 .