1917 in Spain

Incumbents

• Monarch: Alfonso XIII
• President of the Council of Ministers:
• *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

Events

• 18 January – "Manifiesto de la Liga Antigermanófila" published in La España.
• 25 June – the made their manifesto public.
• 13 August – Beginning of the 1917 general strike.
• 11 November 1917 – Municipal elections.

Undated

• Spanish crisis of 1917

Births

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

Deaths

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