1975 in Spain

Events in the year 1975 in Spain.

Incumbents

 * Caudillo: Francisco Franco (until 20 November)
 * Monarch – Juan Carlos I (from 22 November)
 * Prime minister – Carlos Arias Navarro

Events

 * 27 September – Last use of capital punishment in Spain when five people from militant groups were executed by firing squads.
 * 30 October – Juan Carlos I becomes acting head of state due to the ill health of Francisco Franco.
 * 14 November – Madrid Accords: Spain agrees to hand over power of the Spanish Sahara to Morocco and Mauritania by the end of February 1976.
 * 22 November – Juan Carlos I becomes king of Spain two days after the death of the dictator Francisco Franco who had been in power since 1939.

Deaths

 * 20 November – Francisco Franco, dictator (born 1892)