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The following lists events that happened during 1998 in Spain.


Incumbents

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Monarch A monarch () is a head of stateWebster's II New College Dictionary. "Monarch". Houghton Mifflin. Boston. 2001. p. 707. Life tenure, for life or until abdication, and therefore the head of state of a monarchy. A monarch may exercise the highest ...
Juan Carlos I *
Prime Minister of Spain The prime minister of Spain, officially president of the Government (), is the head of government of Spain. The prime minister nominates the Spanish government departments, ministers and chairs the Council of Ministers (Spain), Council of Mini ...
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 Valencia ( , ), formally València (), is the capital of the Province of Valencia, province and Autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community of Valencian Community, the same name in Spain. It is located on the banks of the Turia (r ...
's
City of Arts and Sciences The City of Arts and Sciences (, ) is a cultural and architectural complex in the city of Valencia, Spain, Valencia, Spain. It is the most important modern tourist destination in the city of Valencia and one of the 12 Treasures of Spain. The Cit ...
. *25 April — A holding dam bursts in the
Province of Seville The Province of Seville () is a province of southern Spain, in the western part of the autonomous community of Andalusia. It borders the provinces of Málaga and Cádiz in the south, Huelva in the west, Badajoz in the north and Córdoba in the ...
, 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 Radioactive contamination, also called radiological pollution, is the deposition of, or presence of Radioactive decay, radioactive substances on surfaces or within solids, liquids, or gases (including the human body), where their presence is uni ...
in the Acerinox accident. *25 September — PauknAir Flight 4101 crashes on a flight from
Málaga Málaga (; ) is a Municipalities in Spain, municipality of Spain, capital of the Province of Málaga, in the Autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community of Andalusia. With a population of 591,637 in 2024, it is the second-most populo ...
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 (born
1943 Events Below, the events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix. January * January 1 – WWII: The Soviet Union announces that 22 German divisions have been encircled at Stalingrad, with 175,000 killed and 137,650 captured. * January 4 � ...
) *4 February – Cristóbal Martínez-Bordiú, 10th Marquis of Villaverde, aristocrat (born 1922) *16 February — Fernando Abril Martorell, politician (born
1936 Events January–February * January 20 – The Prince of Wales succeeds to the throne of the United Kingdom as King Edward VIII, following the death of his father, George V, at Sandringham House. * January 28 – Death and state funer ...
) *22 February – José María de Areilza, Count of Motrico, politician (born 1909) *13 March — Pere Alberch, biologist (born
1954 Events January * January 3 – The Italian broadcaster RAI officially begins transmitting. * January 7 – Georgetown–IBM experiment: The first public demonstration of a machine translation system is held in New York, at the head ...
) *7 April – Luis Díez del Corral, jurist and political scientist (born
1911 Events January * January 1 – A decade after federation, the Northern Territory and the Australian Capital Territory are added to the Commonwealth of Australia. * January 3 ** 1911 Kebin earthquake: An earthquake of 7.7 m ...
) *6 May — Juan Antonio García Díez, politician and Deputy Prime Minister of Spain (born 1940) *24 May – Lucio Muñoz, painter (born 1929) *29 June — Carmen Llorca, historian and politician (born 1921) *5 July – Maria Mercè Marçal, writer and professor (born 1952) *8 July — Lilí Álvarez, athlete, feminist, and writer (born 1905 in Italy) *22 July – Antonio Saura, artist (born 1930) *12 August — Jesús Loroño, cyclist (born 1926) *24 August – Manuel Azcárate, journalist and politician (born 1916) *25 October – Juan Tusquets Terrats, priest and author (born 1901) *31 October — María de la Purísima Salvat Romero,
religious sister A religious sister (abbreviated: Sr.) in the Catholic Church is a woman who has taken public vows in a religious institute dedicated to apostolic works, as distinguished from a nun who lives a cloistered monastic life dedicated to prayer and ...
and canonised
saint In Christianity, Christian belief, a saint is a person who is recognized as having an exceptional degree of sanctification in Christianity, holiness, imitation of God, likeness, or closeness to God in Christianity, God. However, the use of the ...
(born 1926) *15 November – Federico Krutwig, writer and politician (born 1921) *27 November — Gloria Fuertes, poet (born 1917) *29 November – Fermín Sanz-Orrio, politician (born 1901) *30 December — Joan Brossa, writer and artist (born 1919)


References

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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 ...
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 ...