1917 in Spain

Events in the year 1917 in Spain.

Incumbents

 * Monarch: Alfonso XIII
 * President of the Council of Ministers:
 * until 19 April: Álvaro Figueroa Torres
 * 19 April – 11 June: Manuel García Prieto
 * 11 June – 3 November: Eduardo Dato Iradier
 * starting 3 November: Manuel García Prieto

Events

 * 18 January – "Manifiesto de la Liga Antigermanófila" ('Manifesto of the Anti-Germanophile League') published in La España.
 * 25 June – the Juntas de Defensa made their manifesto public.
 * 13 August – Beginning of the 1917 general strike.
 * 11 November 1917 – Municipal elections.

Undated

 * Spanish crisis of 1917

Births

 * 23 January – Encarna Hernández, basketball player and coach (died 2022).
 * 1 February – José Luis Sampedro, economist and human rights activist (died 2013).
 * 20 April – María Silva Cruz, "La Libertaria", anarchist known for the 1933 Casas Viejas uprising (died 1936).
 * 21 April – María Isbert, actress (died 2011).
 * 1 July – Álvaro Domecq y Díez, aristocrat (died 2005)
 * 4 July – Manolete, bullfighter (died 1947).
 * 6 July – Heribert Barrera, Catalan nationalist politician (died 2011).
 * 28 July – Gloria Fuertes, writer of children's literature (died 1998).
 * 20 September – Fernando Rey, film, tv and theatre actor (died 1994).
 * 25 December – Alejandro Rodríguez de Valcárcel, falangist politician, acting head of state in November 1975 (died 1976).

Deaths

 * 21 February – Joaquín Dicenta, journalist, novelist, playwright, poet and Republican politician (born 1862).
 * 1 August – Enric Prat de la Riba, Catalan nationalist, lawyer and writer (born 1870).
 * 18 August – Ricardo de Madrazo, painter best known for his Orientalist works (born 1852).
 * 15 December – Gumersindo de Azcárate, Krausist educator, philosopher and Republican politician (born 1840).
 * 22 December – Pío Gullón e Iglesias, lawyer, journalist and politician (born 1835).