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Decades:

See also:

Other events of 1940
List of years in Spain

Incumbents

Caudillo: Francisco Franco

Events

November 9 – Joaquín Rodrigo's Concierto de Aranjuez premieres in Barcelona, Spain.

Births

Robert Saladrigas, Spanish writer, journalist and literary critic (d. 2018)
February 25 – Jesús López Cobos, Spanish-born conductor (d. 2018)
April 20 – Pilar Miró, Spanish screenwriter and film director (d. 1997)

Deaths

February 8 - Antonio Escobar Huertas (born 1879)
May 19 – Diego Mazquiarán, Spanish matador (born 1895)
September 26 — Walter Benjamin, German-Spanish philosopher and critic (born 1892)
October 15 - Lluís Companys, execution by firing squad (born 1882)
November 3 - Manuel Azaña (born 1880)

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