1940 in Spain

Incumbents

• Caudillo: Francisco Franco

  Events

• November 9 – Joaquín Rodrigo's Concierto de Aranjuez premieres in Barcelona, Spain.

  Births

• Robert Saladrigas, Spanish writer, journalist and literary critic
• February 25 – Jesús López Cobos, Spanish-born conductor
• April 20 – Pilar Miró, Spanish screenwriter and film director

  Deaths

• February 8 - Antonio Escobar Huertas
• May 19 – Diego Mazquiarán, Spanish matador
• September 26 — Walter Benjamin, German-Spanish philosopher and critic
• October 15 - Lluís Companys, execution by firing squad
• November 3 - Manuel Azaña