1998 in Spain

The following lists events that happened during 1998 in Spain.

Incumbents

Monarch – Juan Carlos I
Prime Minister of Spain – José María Aznar

Events

31 January — The 12th Goya Awards are held in Madrid and Lucky Star is awarded as best film.
16 April – L'Hemisfèric is inaugurated in Valencia's City of Arts and Sciences.
25 April — A holding dam bursts in the Province of Seville, releasing 4–5 million cubic metres of mine tailings causing the Doñana disaster.
30 May — Caesium-137 leaked from an Acerinox plant in Los Barrios, causing radioactive contamination in the Acerinox accident.
25 September — PauknAir Flight 4101 crashes on a flight from Málaga to Melilla. All 38 passengers and crew perish.
25 October — The Basque regional election is held, creating the 6th Basque Parliament.

Births

January

1 January
*Marta García, runner
*Asier Gomes
2 January – Manu García, footballer
5 January — Carles Aleñá, footballer
6 January
*Héctor Santos, athlete
*Iñigo Vicente, footballer
11 January – África Zamorano, swimmer
13 January – Manu Quijera, javelin thrower
18 January – Aitana Bonmatí, footballer
21 January
*Fran Álvarez Rodríguez, footballer
*Salva Ferrer, footballer
24 January – Garazi Murua, footballer
25 January – Álex Martín, footballer
26 January
*Gonzalo "Pipa" Ávila, footballer
*Manu Mosquera, footballer
28 January – Alejandro Sotillos, footballer
29 January
*Nico Campuzano, footballer
*Álex Rey, footballer
31 January – Aritz Arambarri, footballer

February

3 February – Fran Navarro, footballer
4 February — Álvaro Bravo, footballer
5 February – Dani Morer, footballer
9 February – Relu, footballer
10 February
*Juanma Bravo, footballer
*Aitor Buñuel, footballer
*Julio Gracia, footballer
13 February – Guillem Rodríguez, footballer
16 February – Carles Pérez, footballer
19 February – Damià Viader, footballer
22 February – Pablo Martínez, footballer
23 February – Felipe Chacartegui, footballer
25 February – Oriol Rey, footballer
26 February — Josemi Castañeda, footballer

March

2 March — Kike Carrasco, footballer
4 March – Ricard Pujol, footballer
6 March – Iñigo Elosegui, cyclist
7 March – Antonio Otegui, footballer
10 March – Claudia Florentino, footballer
11 March – Miguel Ángel, footballer
16 March — Miguel Acosta Mateos, footballer
18 March – Jaime Sierra, footballer
20 March
*Jorge Chanza, footballer
*Joel Plata, gymnast
21 March – Cristian Rivero, footballer
23 March
*Genaro Rodríguez, footballer
*Gonzalo Villar, footballer
24 March – Dani Escriche, footballer
25 March – Maite Oroz, footballer
29 March — Manu Nieto, footballer
30 March – Nacho Méndez, footballer
31 March – Toni Segura, footballer

April

2 April — Berto González, footballer
7 April – Paula Crespí, water polo player
9 April — José María Amo, footballer
10 April
*Pep Chavarría, footballer
*Rubén Enri, footballer
13 April – Álvaro Fernández, footballer
14 April – Carmen Menayo, footballer
17 April
*Eric Montes, footballer
*Alejandro Ropero, cyclist
18 April —Roger Adrià, cyclist
21 April — Roberto Alarcón Sáez, footballer
27 April – Ander Egiluz, footballer
30 April
*Georgina Amorós, actor
*Carlos Isaac, footballer

May

2 May
*Victor Fernández, footballer
*Javi Hernández, footballer
4 May — Clara Azurmendi, badminton player
7 May – Dani Olmo, footballer
9 May – Andrea Vilaró, basketball player
13 May
*Jon Moncayola, footballer
*Adrià Pedrosa, footballer
15 May
*Francisco Callejón, footballer
*Pepe Mena, footballer
*Eric Vila, basketball player
17 May – Patricia Guijarro, footballer
19 May
*Mónica Alonso, rhythmic gymnast
*Aarón Rey, footballer
20 May — Raúl Asencio, footballer
25 May – Javi Puado, footballer
27 May
*Joan Cardona, sailor
*Mourad Daoudi, footballer
*Josep Martínez, footballer
28 May
*Joel Arimany, footballer
*Alejandro Martínez, cyclist
20 May – Anne Fernández de Corres, rugby

June

1 June — Alberto González, athlete
5 June – Pedro Díaz, footballer
6 June — Ale Llamas, footballer
9 June – Héctor Garzó, motorcycle racer
15 June — Desirée Vila Bargiela, Paralympic athlete
16 June – Íñigo Sainz-Maza, footballer
22 June – Ignacio Fontes, athlete
24 June – Naima García, footballer
27 June – Alberto Martínez, swimmer
28 June – Óscar Rodríguez, footballer

July

1 July – Ariadna Edo Beltrán, Paralympic swimmer
3 July – Juan Iglesias, footballer
7 July – Manuel Guijarro, runner
8 July
*Jordan Gutiérrez, footballer
*Dani Martín, footballer
9 July – Pelayo Suárez, footballer
14 July – Lucía García, footballer
15 July — Ane Azkona, footballer
19 July – Manu Hernando, footballer
22 July – Marc Cucurella, footballer
29 July – Irina Uribe, footballer
30 July – Dani Gómez, footballer

August

1 August — Javi Alonso, footballer
4 August
*Adrián Ben, runner
*Iker Unzueta, footballer
11 August – Pepelu, footballer
13 August – Manuel Ferriol, footballer
14 August – Kellyan, footballer
17 August – Iván Barbero, footballer
19 August
*Sandra Alonso, cyclist
*Paolo Fernandes, footballer

September

3 September – Joni Montiel, footballer
5 September — Laura Corbacho, actor and drag queen
10 September – Jairo Bueno, footballer
13 September – Eukene Larrarte, cyclist
15 September – Jon Morcillo, footballer
20 September – Pablo Ibáñez, footballer
21 September
*Óscar Casas, actor
*Kiko Pomares, footballer
28 September – Carlos Heredia, footballer

October

2 October – Christian Manrique, footballer
4 October — Javier Belman, footballer
8 October – Álvaro Granados, water polo player
9 October – Unai Veiga, footballer
19 October – María de Valdés, swimmer
20 October – Rubén García, footballer
22 October — Óscar Arribas, footballer
25 October – Peru Nolaskoain, footballer
28 October – Diego Conde, footballer
29 October
*Jorge Gonzalez, footballer
*Rafa Mújica, footballer

November

4 November – Achraf Hakimi, footballer
13 November – Iñigo Llopis Sanz, Paralympic swimmer
19 November – Sergi Puig, footballer
20 November – Dani Plomer, footballer
23 November – Jorge Martín, gymnast

December

10 December
*Pepe Castaño, footballer
*Manuel Peñalver, cyclist
11 December – Álex Bermejo, footballer
14 December — Julio Alonso, footballer
16 December — Álex Blanco, footballer

Deaths

12 January – Ramón Sampedro, writer
4 February – Cristóbal Martínez-Bordiú, 10th Marquis of Villaverde, aristocrat
16 February — Fernando Abril Martorell, politician
22 February – José María de Areilza, Count of Motrico, politician
13 March — Pere Alberch, biologist
7 April – Luis Díez del Corral, jurist and political scientist
6 May — Juan Antonio García Díez, politician and Deputy Prime Minister of Spain
24 May – Lucio Muñoz, painter
29 June — Carmen Llorca, historian and politician
5 July – Maria Mercè Marçal, writer and professor
8 July — Lilí Álvarez, athlete, feminist, and writer
22 July – Antonio Saura, artist
12 August — Jesús Loroño, cyclist
24 August – Manuel Azcárate, journalist and politician
25 October – Juan Tusquets Terrats, priest and author
31 October — María de la Purísima Salvat Romero, religious sister and canonised saint
15 November – Federico Krutwig, writer and politician
27 November — Gloria Fuertes, poet
29 November – Fermín Sanz-Orrio, politician
30 December — Joan Brossa, writer and artist