Incumbents
- President: Manuel Azaña
- Prime Minister: Santiago Casares Quiroga until July 19, Francisco Largo Caballero
Events
- July 17–18 – July 1936 military uprising in Melilla
- July 18–25 – July 1936 military uprising in Seville
- July 18–20 – Siege of Cuartel de la Montaña
- July 19 – July 1936 military uprising in Barcelona[1]
- July 19–27 – Siege of Cuartel de Loyola
- July 19-August 16 – Siege of Gijón
- July 19-October 16 – Siege of Oviedo
- July 20-23 – July 1936 coup d'état in Granada
- July 21-September 27 – Siege of the Alcázar
- August 14 – Battle of Badajoz (1936)
- August 19-September 5 – Battle of Irún
- September 3 – Battle of Talavera de la Reina (1936)
Births
- 7 March – Antonio Mercero, film director and screenwriter (d. 2018)[2]
- 15 March – Francisco Ibáñez Talavera, cartoonist and writer (d. 2023)[3]
- 4 May – El Cordobés, matador[4]
- 18 May – Francisco Laína, politician (b. 2022)[5]
- 3 July – Jerónimo Saavedra, president of the Canary Islands (d. 2023)[6]
- 30 July – Infanta Pilar, Duchess of Badajoz, royal (d. 2020)[7]
- 31 August – Fernando Abril Martorell, politician (d. 1998)
Deaths
- July 12 – José Castillo (Spanish Civil War) (born 1901)
- July 13 – José Calvo Sotelo (born 1893)
- July 20 – José Sanjurjo (born 1872) and Francisco Ascaso (born 1901)
- July 30 – Joaquín Abati (born 1865)
- August 4 – Antonio Azarola y Gresillón (born 1874)
- August 5
- José Manuel Puelles de los Santos (born 1894)
- Marcelino Valentín Gamazo (born 1879)
- August 8 – Ceferino Giménez Malla (born 1861)
- August 11 – Blas Infante (born 1885)
- August 12 – Manuel Goded Llopis (born 1882)
- August 17 – José María of Manila (born 1880) and Alexandre Bóveda (born 1903)
- August 19 – Federico García Lorca (born 1898)
- August 22 – Melquíades Álvarez (politician) (born 1864)
- August 23 – Julio Ruiz de Alda Miqueleiz (born 1897) and José María Albiñana (born 1883)
- August 31 – Joaquín Milans del Bosch (born 1854)
- September 5 – Federico Borrell García (born 1912)
- September 29 – Alfonso Beorlegui Canet (born 1888)
- October 2 – Bartolomé Blanco (born 1914)
- October 29 – Ramiro de Maeztu (born 1875) and Ramiro Ledesma Ramos (born 1905)
- November 20 – Buenaventura Durruti (born 1896) and José Antonio Primo de Rivera (born 1903)
- November 28 – Pedro Muñoz Seca (born 1879)
See also
References
- ^ Thomas, Hugh. (2001). The Spanish Civil War. Penguin Books. London. p.237
- ^ Biography
- ^ Tributes pour in after Spanish cartoonist Francisco Ibáñez Talavera dies aged 87
- ^ "El Cordobés returns". Ottawa Citizen. 4 March 1978. p. 37. Retrieved 17 September 2012.
- ^ Muere Francisco Laína, presidente del Gobierno provisional de secretarios y subsecretarios durante el 23-F (in Spanish)
- ^ UGT lamenta el fallecimiento de Jerónimo Saavedra (in Spanish)
- ^ IN MEMORIAM – HRH Infanta Doña Pilar de Borbón, President of Europa Nostra (2007-2009)
Bibliography
- Thomas, Hugh. The Spanish Civil War. Penguin Books. 2001. London. ISBN 978-0-14-101161-5
