Events in the year 1941 in

Spain Spain, or the Kingdom of Spain, is a country in Southern Europe, Southern and Western Europe with territories in North Africa. Featuring the Punta de Tarifa, southernmost point of continental Europe, it is the largest country in Southern Eur ...

Incumbents

*Caudillo:

Francisco Franco Francisco Franco Bahamonde (born Francisco Paulino Hermenegildo Teódulo Franco Bahamonde; 4 December 1892 – 20 November 1975) was a Spanish general and dictator who led the Nationalist faction (Spanish Civil War), Nationalist forces i ...

Events

* February 15-16 - a fire in the city of Santander (Cantabria) in 1941, which destroyed most of the medieval town.

Establishments

* Institut Marques *

Instituto Nacional de Industria Instituto Nacional de Industria (INI, National Institute of Industry) was a Spanish state-owned financing and industrial holding company established in Francoist Spain for the development of industry and social control. It was succeeded by the S ...

Births

*January 13 –

Pasqual Maragall Pasqual Maragall Mira (; born 13 January 1941) is a Spanish retired politician and former President of Generalitat de Catalunya. He had previously been Mayor of Barcelona, from 1982 to 1997, and helped run the city's successful Olympic bid. ...

, politician. *January 30 - Francisco Arias Solís, politician. *February 8 - Elena Santiago, writer. (d.

2021 Like the year 2020, 2021 was also heavily defined by the COVID-19 pandemic, due to the emergence of multiple Variants of SARS-CoV-2, COVID-19 variants. The major global rollout of COVID-19 vaccines, which began at the end of 2020, continued ...

) *March 5 -

José Luis Arilla José Luis Arilla (born 5 March 1941) is a Spanish former tennis player. He was the partner of Manuel Santana in Davis Cup matches. He only played 16 matches in the Open Era, and his best result in those times were the quarters of the 1968 Torn ...

, tennis player. *March 28 - Nolasc Acarín Tusell, medical doctor *June 10 –

José Antonio Ardanza José Antonio Ardanza Garro (10 June 1941 – 8 April 2024) was a Spanish politician who became the second elected ''Lehendakari'' (President (government title), President of the Basque Country (autonomous community), Basque Autonomous Communit ...

, politician. (d.

2024 The year saw the list of ongoing armed conflicts, continuation of major armed conflicts, including the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Myanmar civil war (2021–present), Myanmar civil war, the Sudanese civil war (2023–present), Sudane ...

) *June 18 –

María Teresa Campos María Teresa Campos Luque (18 June 1941 – 5 September 2023) was a Spanish journalist, radio and television presenter with a long professional career spanning over five decades. She was considered a pioneer of Spanish journalism, and received ...

, journalist and television presenter. (d.

2023 Catastrophic natural disasters in 2023 included the Lists of 21st-century earthquakes, 5th-deadliest earthquake of the 21st century 2023 Turkey–Syria earthquakes, striking Turkey and Syria, leaving up to 62,000 people dead; Cyclone Freddy ...

) *November 18 –

Marta Pessarrodona Marta Pessarrodona y Artigues (born November 18, 1941) is a Catalan poet, storyteller and literary critic. She has also written essays and biographies. She is the author of books such as ''Primers dies de 1968'' (1968), ''Setembre 30'' (1969), '' ...

, poet, literary critic, essayist, biographer.

Deaths

*February 28 -

Alfonso XIII of Spain Alfonso XIII ( Spanish: ''Alfonso León Fernando María Jaime Isidro Pascual Antonio de Borbón y Habsburgo-Lorena''; French: ''Alphonse Léon Ferdinand Marie Jacques Isidore Pascal Antoine de Bourbon''; 17 May 1886 – 28 February 1941), also ...

, former

King of Spain The monarchy of Spain or Spanish monarchy () is the constitutional form of government of Spain. It consists of a Hereditary monarchy, hereditary monarch who reigns as the head of state, being the highest office of the country. The Spanish ...

(d.

1886 Events January * January 1 – Upper Burma is formally annexed to British rule in Burma, British Burma, following its conquest in the Third Anglo-Burmese War of November 1885. * January 5–January 9, 9 – Robert Louis Stevenson ...

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References

Years of the 20th century in Spain 1940s in Spain