1917 in Spain explained

Events in the year 1917 in Spain.

Incumbents

Monarch: Alfonso XIII
President of the Council of Ministers:^[1]
- until 19 April: Álvaro Figueroa Torres
  - - - 19 April – 11 June: Manuel García Prieto 11 June – 3 November: Eduardo Dato Iradier starting 3 November: Manuel García Prieto

18 January – "Manifiesto de la Liga Antigermanófila" ('Manifesto of the Anti-Germanophile League') published in La España.^[2]
25 June – the made their manifesto public.^[3]
13 August – Beginning of the 1917 general strike.^[4]
11 November 1917 – Municipal elections.^[5]

23 January – Encarna Hernández, basketball player and coach (died 2022).
1 February – José Luis Sampedro, economist and human rights activist (died 2013).
20 April – María Silva Cruz, "La Libertaria", anarchist known for the 1933 Casas Viejas uprising (died 1936).
21 April – María Isbert, actress (died 2011).
1 July – Álvaro Domecq y Díez, aristocrat (died 2005)
4 July – Manolete, bullfighter (died 1947).
6 July – Heribert Barrera, Catalan nationalist politician (died 2011).
28 July – Gloria Fuertes, writer of children's literature (died 1998).
20 September – Fernando Rey, film, tv and theatre actor (died 1994).
25 December – Alejandro Rodríguez de Valcárcel, falangist politician, acting head of state in November 1975 (died 1976).

21 February – Joaquín Dicenta, journalist, novelist, playwright, poet and Republican politician (born 1862).
1 August – Enric Prat de la Riba, Catalan nationalist, lawyer and writer (born 1870).
18 August – Ricardo de Madrazo, painter best known for his Orientalist works (born 1852).
15 December – Gumersindo de Azcárate, Krausist educator, philosopher and Republican politician (born 1840).
22 December – Pío Gullón e Iglesias, lawyer, journalist and politician (born 1835).