1939 in Spain

Events from the year 1939 in Spain.

Incumbents

 * President: Manuel Azaña until March 3, Francisco Franco as leader
 * Prime Minister: Juan Negrín until April 1, Francisco Franco

Events

 * January 3 – The news agency EFE, based in Madrid, is officially founded as a limited company.
 * January 5-February 4: Battle of Valsequillo
 * January 26 - Catalonia Offensive: Nationalist forces capture Barcelona.
 * February 7–9 - Battle of Menorca (1939)
 * February 10 - Nationalists close Spanish border with France.
 * February 16 - the high command of the Republican army tells Negrín that further military resistance was impossible.
 * February 27 - United Kingdom and France recognized Francisco Franco's Nationalist government.
 * March 4–7 - Cartagena Uprising.
 * March 7 - Nationalist transport ship SS Castillo de Olite sunk by Republican shore batteries while entering the port of Cartagena.
 * March 5: coup of Segismundo Casado.
 * March 5: National Defence Council formed
 * March 26-April 1: Final offensive of the Spanish Civil War

Deaths

 * March 15 - Luis Barceló (b. 1896)
 * November 15 - Etelvino Vega (b. 1906)