1936 in Spain

Incumbents

 * President: Manuel Azaña
 * Prime Minister: Santiago Casares Quiroga until July 19, Francisco Largo Caballero

Events

 * July 17–18 – July 1936 military uprising in Melilla
 * July 18–25 – July 1936 military uprising in Seville
 * July 18–20 – Siege of Cuartel de la Montaña
 * July 19 – July 1936 military uprising in Barcelona
 * July 19–27 – Siege of Cuartel de Loyola
 * July 19-August 16 – Siege of Gijón
 * July 19-October 16 – Siege of Oviedo
 * July 20-23 – July 1936 coup d'état in Granada
 * July 21-September 27 – Siege of the Alcázar
 * August 14 – Battle of Badajoz (1936)
 * August 19-September 5 – Battle of Irún
 * September 3 – Battle of Talavera de la Reina (1936)

Births

 * 7 March – Antonio Mercero, film director and screenwriter (d. 2018)
 * 15 March – Francisco Ibáñez Talavera, cartoonist and writer (d. 2023)
 * 4 May – El Cordobés, matador
 * 18 May – Francisco Laína, politician (b. 2022)
 * 3 July – Jerónimo Saavedra, president of the Canary Islands (d. 2023)
 * 30 July – Infanta Pilar, Duchess of Badajoz, royal (d. 2020)
 * 31 August – Fernando Abril Martorell, politician (d. 1998)

Deaths

 * July 12 – José Castillo (Spanish Civil War) (born 1901)
 * July 13 – José Calvo Sotelo (born 1893)
 * July 20 – José Sanjurjo (born 1872) and Francisco Ascaso (born 1901)
 * July 30 – Joaquín Abati (born 1865)
 * August 4 – Antonio Azarola y Gresillón (born 1874)
 * August 5
 * José Manuel Puelles de los Santos (born 1894)
 * Marcelino Valentín Gamazo (born 1879)
 * August 8 – Ceferino Giménez Malla (born 1861)
 * August 11 – Blas Infante (born 1885)
 * August 12 – Manuel Goded Llopis (born 1882)
 * August 17 – José María of Manila (born 1880) and Alexandre Bóveda (born 1903)
 * August 19 – Federico García Lorca (born 1898)
 * August 22 – Melquíades Álvarez (politician) (born 1864)
 * August 23 – Julio Ruiz de Alda Miqueleiz (born 1897) and José María Albiñana (born 1883)
 * August 31 – Joaquín Milans del Bosch (born 1854)
 * September 5 – Federico Borrell García (born 1912)
 * September 29 – Alfonso Beorlegui Canet (born 1888)
 * October 2 – Bartolomé Blanco (born 1914)
 * October 29 – Ramiro de Maeztu (born 1875) and Ramiro Ledesma Ramos (born 1905)
 * November 20 – Buenaventura Durruti (born 1896) and José Antonio Primo de Rivera (born 1903)
 * November 28 – Pedro Muñoz Seca (born 1879)