1925 in Spain explained

Events in the year 1925 in Spain.

Incumbents

• Monarch

Alfonso XIII

• President of the Council of Ministers

Miguel Primo de Rivera

Events

• 8 May - The final attack in the Rif War is launched by France and Spain, who between them field 123,000 men, supported by 150 aircraft, against 12,000 Rifians.^[1]

Births

• 8 January - Bernardo Ruiz, road bicycle racer
• 11 February - Amparo Rivelles, actress (died 2013)
• 4 June - Antonio Puchades, footballer (died 2014)
• 16 September - Odón Betanzos Palacios, poet, novelist and literary critic (died 2007)
• 26 September - Manuel Izquierdo, sculptor and woodcut artist (died 2009)^[2]
• 5 October - Emiliano Aguirre, palaeontologist (died 2021)^[3]
• 20 December - Oriol Bohigas, architect and urban planner (died 2021)^[4]

Date unknown

• Serafín Rojo, Spanish cartoon humorist and painter (died 2003)
• Ignacio Sanuy, musicologist, journalist, lawyer, music critic and historian (died 1995)

Deaths

• 23 September - Miguel Zabalza, Olympic fencer (born 1896).^[5]

Notes and References

1. Pennell, C. R. Country with a Government and a Flag: The Rif War in Morocco, 1921-1926 (1986); page 214
2. Web site: Izquierdo. Manuel Torres. SSDI. Genealogy Bank. 12 November 2014.
3. https://then24.com/2021/10/12/emiliano-aguirre-discoverer-of-atapuerca-dies-at-96/ Emiliano Aguirre, discoverer of Atapuerca, dies at 96
4. https://www.ansamed.info/ansamed/en/news/sections/culture/2021/12/02/spain-architect-oriol-bohigas-dies_d677ce8b-8614-4159-a627-942072257127.html Spain, architect Oriol Bohigas dies at the age of 95
5. Web site: Miguel Zabalza Olympic Results . https://web.archive.org/web/20200418053600/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/za/miguel-zabalza-1.html . dead . 2020-04-18 . 2010-03-28 . sports-reference.com.