← 1998 1997 1996 1999 in Spain → 2000 2001 2002
Decades:	1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s
See also:	Other events of 1999 List of years in Spain

Events in the year 1999 in Spain.

Incumbents

• Monarch – Juan Carlos I^[1]
• Prime Minister of Spain – José María Aznar^[2]

Regional presidents

Events

• 14 September - Britannia Airways Flight 226A, a charter flight from Cardiff, crashes at Girona Airport, resulting in one death and 43 injuries.^[3]
• 9 October - Beginning of the Wanninkhof case: Rocío Wanninkhof leaves home never to return; her body is found several weeks later.

Undated

• Virtway game development studio is founded in Oviedo.
• Web Medica Acreditada, an international website quality and certification programme^[4]

Popular culture

Music

• See Category:1999 in Spanish music

Film

• See Category:1999 in Spanish cinema

Television

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Literature

Sport

• See Category:1999 in Spanish sport

Notable births

• 19 February - Hugo Gonzalez, swimmer
• 3 August - Brahim Díaz, footballer
• 13 September - Pedro Porro, footballer

Notable deaths

• 27 January – Gonzalo Torrente Ballester, writer (b. 1910)
• 20 April – Señor Wences, ventriloquist and comedian (b. 1896)
• 6 July – Joaquín Rodrigo, pianist and composer (b. 1901)
• 10 September – Alfredo Kraus, operatic tenor (b. 1927)
• 28 October – Rafael Alberti, poet (b. 1902)
• 17 November – Enrique Urquijo, singer-songwriter (b. 1960; drug overdose)^[5]