2002 in Spain explained

Events in the year 2002 in Spain.

Incumbents

1 January — The Euro Currency officially became the legal tender for Spain, along with the other European Union (EU) Eurozone member area countries, replacing the Spanish peseta by being introduced physically with the official launch of the currency coins and banknotes.

30 April – Miguel Urdangarín y de Borbón, third son of Infanta Cristina of Spain and Iñaki Urdangarín
11 June – Naim García, Malaysian footballer
12 June – Nico Williams, footballer
13 October – David Franco, trampolinist

Camilo José Cela, 85, Spanish novelist, poet, and essayist, 1989 Nobel Prize in Literature.^[2]
Ramón Grosso, 58, Spanish footballer, cancer.
Carlos Casares Mouriño, 60, Spanish Galician language writer, cardiac arrest.
Xavier Montsalvatge, 90, Spanish composer and music critic.^[3]
Carlos Berlanga, 42, Spanish musician and painter.^[4]
Carmelo Bernaola, 72, Spanish composer and clarinetist.
Jaime Brocal Remohí, 66, Spanish comic book artist.^[5]
Pedro Alberto Cano Arenas, 33, Spanish footballer, cerebral hemorrhage.
Eduardo Chillida, 78, Spanish Basque sculptor.^[6]
Ricardo Calvo, 58, Spanish chess International Master, doctor, chess historian, author and reporter.^[7]
Infanta Beatriz of Spain, 93, Spanish noblewoman and daughter of King Alfonso XIII.

Web site: Juan Carlos Biography & Facts Britannica . www.britannica.com . 29 August 2023 . en.
News: Camilo José Cela. Eaude. Michael. The Guardian. 2002-01-18. 2019-03-21.
News: Allan Kozinn . Allan Kozinn . Xavier Montsalvatge, 90; Composer and Music Critic . subscription . 10 August 2021 . . 17 May 2002 . C 13.
News: Carlos Berlanga: Punk star of the Spanish 'Movida'. Nash. Elizabeth. The Independent, London. 2002-06-19. 2019-03-15.
News: Jaime Brocal Remohí. Lambiek. 2019-03-18.
News: Ken Johnson . Eduardo Chillida, Sculptor on a Grand Scale, Is Dead at 78 . subscription . 10 August 2021 . . 22 August 2002 . A 21.
News: Ricardo Calvo. Chessgames.com. 2019-03-19.