2013 in Spain

Events of '''2013 in Spain'''

Incumbents

12 May--Nico Rosberg - a German/Finish driver for Mercedes-Benz in Formula One won the forty-third running of the Spanish Gran Prix-held at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya. Spanish driver Fernando Alonso finished fifth.

30 January – The Spanish newspaper El País publishes accounting information - which will be known as Bárcenas affair - revealing the alleged payment of bonuses to the Spanish People's Party leaders from undeclared contributions from businesses.
8 July – Nine people have died and 21 were injured after a bus careered off the road near the central town of Avila.
24 July – The Santiago de Compostela derailment kills seventy seven.
September – Miss Universe Spain 2013
28 October – A gas leak at a coal mine has killed six people and left five injured.
Births in 2013
January 22 – Milan Piqué, son of Shakira & Gerard Piqué
Deaths in 2013
January 8 – Manuel Mota, 46, Spanish fashion designer, suicide.
January 6
* Jon Ander López, 36, Spanish footballer, heart attack.
* Enrique Meneses, 83, Spanish photographer.
March 28 – Manuel García Ferré, 83, cartoonist, complications of heart surgery.
April 2 – Jesús Franco, 82, filmmaker.
October 11 – María de Villota, 33, racing driver.