1931 in Spain explained

Events in the year 1931 in Spain.

Incumbents

• Monarch: Alfonso XIII until 14 April
• President of the Council of Ministers of Spain (President)

Niceto Alcalá-Zamora (starting 14 April)

• President of the Council of Ministers of Spain (Prime Minister)

• • • • until 18 February: Dámaso Berenguer 18 February-14 April: Juan Bautista Aznar-Cabañas
      • 14 April-14 October: Niceto Alcalá-Zamora starting 14 October: Manuel Azaña

Events

Full date unknown

• Acción obrera newspaper from Ceuta is launched.^[1]

Births

• February 11 - Agustín García-Gasco Vicente, cardinal (d. 2011)^[2]
• February 18 - Laura Valenzuela, television presenter (d. 2023)^[3]
• March 18 - Canito (d. 1998)
• March 23 - Gloria Begué Cantón, professor, jurist, senator and magistrate (d. 2016)^[4]
• September 7 – Josep Lluís Núñez, businessman and football club president (d. 2018)

Deaths

• October 9 - Santiago Artigas, Spanish actor (b. 1881)

See also

• List of Spanish films of the 1930s

Notes and References

1. Book: Checa Godoy, Antonio . Prensa y partidos politicos durante la II republica . Salamanca . Universidad de Salamanca . 1989 . 87 . 9788474815214.
2. https://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/en/documentation/cardinali_biografie/cardinali_bio_garcia-gasco-vicente_a.html GARCÍA-GASCO VICENTE Card. Agustín
3. https://esctoday.com/190218/spain-laura-valenzuela-dies-aged-92/ Spain: Laura Valenzuela died in Madrid aged 92
4. Encyclopedia: Vargas. Valentín Fernández. Gloria Begué Cantón. Diccionario biográfico español. es. 25 October 2022. Real Academia de la Historia.