1998 in Spain

The following lists events that happened during 1998 in Spain.

Incumbents

 * Monarch – Juan Carlos I
 * Prime Minister of Spain – José María Aznar

Events

 * 31 January — The 12th Goya Awards are held in Madrid and Lucky Star is awarded as best film.
 * 16 April – L'Hemisfèric is inaugurated in Valencia's City of Arts and Sciences.
 * 25 April — A holding dam bursts in the Province of Seville, releasing 4–5 million cubic metres of mine tailings causing the Doñana disaster.
 * 30 May — Caesium-137 leaked from an Acerinox plant in Los Barrios, causing radioactive contamination in the Acerinox accident.
 * 25 September — PauknAir Flight 4101 crashes on a flight from Málaga to Melilla. All 38 passengers and crew perish.
 * 25 October — The Basque regional election is held, creating the 6th Basque Parliament.

January

 * 1 January
 * Marta García, runner
 * Asier Gomes
 * 2 January – Manu García, footballer
 * 5 January — Carles Aleñá, footballer
 * 6 January
 * Héctor Santos, athlete
 * Iñigo Vicente, footballer
 * 11 January – África Zamorano, swimmer
 * 13 January – Manu Quijera, javelin thrower
 * 18 January – Aitana Bonmatí, footballer
 * 21 January
 * Fran Álvarez Rodríguez, footballer
 * Salva Ferrer, footballer
 * 24 January – Garazi Murua, footballer
 * 25 January – Álex Martín, footballer
 * 26 January
 * Gonzalo "Pipa" Ávila, footballer
 * Manu Mosquera, footballer
 * 28 January – Alejandro Sotillos, footballer
 * 29 January
 * Nico Campuzano, footballer
 * Álex Rey, footballer
 * 31 January – Aritz Arambarri, footballer

February

 * 3 February – Fran Navarro, footballer
 * 4 February — Álvaro Bravo, footballer
 * 5 February – Dani Morer, footballer
 * 9 February – Relu, footballer
 * 10 February
 * Juanma Bravo, footballer
 * Aitor Buñuel, footballer
 * Julio Gracia, footballer
 * 13 February – Guillem Rodríguez, footballer
 * 16 February – Carles Pérez, footballer
 * 19 February – Damià Viader, footballer
 * 22 February – Pablo Martínez, footballer
 * 23 February – Felipe Chacartegui, footballer
 * 25 February – Oriol Rey, footballer
 * 26 February — Josemi Castañeda, footballer

March

 * 2 March — Kike Carrasco, footballer
 * 4 March – Ricard Pujol, footballer
 * 6 March – Iñigo Elosegui, cyclist
 * 7 March – Antonio Otegui, footballer
 * 10 March – Claudia Florentino, footballer
 * 11 March – Miguel Ángel, footballer
 * 16 March — Miguel Acosta Mateos, footballer
 * 18 March – Jaime Sierra, footballer
 * 20 March
 * Jorge Chanza, footballer
 * Joel Plata, gymnast
 * 21 March – Cristian Rivero, footballer
 * 23 March
 * Genaro Rodríguez, footballer
 * Gonzalo Villar, footballer
 * 24 March – Dani Escriche, footballer
 * 25 March – Maite Oroz, footballer
 * 29 March — Manu Nieto, footballer
 * 30 March – Nacho Méndez, footballer
 * 31 March – Toni Segura, footballer

April

 * 2 April — Berto González, footballer
 * 7 April – Paula Crespí, water polo player
 * 9 April — José María Amo, footballer
 * 10 April
 * Pep Chavarría, footballer
 * Rubén Enri, footballer
 * 13 April – Álvaro Fernández, footballer
 * 14 April – Carmen Menayo, footballer
 * 17 April
 * Eric Montes, footballer
 * Alejandro Ropero, cyclist
 * 18 April —Roger Adrià, cyclist
 * 21 April — Roberto Alarcón Sáez, footballer
 * 27 April – Ander Egiluz, footballer
 * 30 April
 * Georgina Amorós, actor
 * Carlos Isaac, footballer

May

 * 2 May
 * Victor Fernández, footballer
 * Javi Hernández, footballer
 * 4 May — Clara Azurmendi, badminton player
 * 7 May – Dani Olmo, footballer
 * 9 May – Andrea Vilaró, basketball player
 * 13 May
 * Jon Moncayola, footballer
 * Adrià Pedrosa, footballer
 * 15 May
 * Francisco Callejón, footballer
 * Pepe Mena, footballer
 * Eric Vila, basketball player
 * 17 May – Patricia Guijarro, footballer
 * 19 May
 * Mónica Alonso, rhythmic gymnast
 * Aarón Rey, footballer
 * 20 May — Raúl Asencio, footballer
 * 25 May – Javi Puado, footballer
 * 27 May
 * Joan Cardona, sailor
 * Mourad Daoudi, footballer
 * Josep Martínez, footballer
 * 28 May
 * Joel Arimany, footballer
 * Alejandro Martínez, cyclist
 * 20 May – Anne Fernández de Corres, rugby

June

 * 1 June — Alberto González, athlete
 * 5 June – Pedro Díaz, footballer
 * 6 June — Ale Llamas, footballer
 * 9 June – Héctor Garzó, motorcycle racer
 * 15 June — Desirée Vila Bargiela, Paralympic athlete
 * 16 June – Íñigo Sainz-Maza, footballer
 * 22 June – Ignacio Fontes, athlete
 * 24 June – Naima García, footballer
 * 27 June – Alberto Martínez, swimmer
 * 28 June – Óscar Rodríguez, footballer

July

 * 1 July – Ariadna Edo Beltrán, Paralympic swimmer
 * 3 July – Juan Iglesias, footballer
 * 7 July – Manuel Guijarro, runner
 * 8 July
 * Jordan Gutiérrez, footballer
 * Dani Martín, footballer
 * 9 July – Pelayo Suárez, footballer
 * 14 July – Lucía García, footballer
 * 15 July — Ane Azkona, footballer
 * 19 July – Manu Hernando, footballer
 * 22 July – Marc Cucurella, footballer
 * 29 July – Irina Uribe, footballer
 * 30 July – Dani Gómez, footballer

August

 * 1 August — Javi Alonso, footballer
 * 4 August
 * Adrián Ben, runner
 * Iker Unzueta, footballer
 * 11 August – Pepelu, footballer
 * 13 August – Manuel Ferriol, footballer
 * 14 August – Kellyan, footballer
 * 17 August – Iván Barbero, footballer
 * 19 August
 * Sandra Alonso, cyclist
 * Paolo Fernandes, footballer

September

 * 3 September – Joni Montiel, footballer
 * 5 September — Laura Corbacho, actor and drag queen
 * 10 September – Jairo Bueno, footballer
 * 13 September – Eukene Larrarte, cyclist
 * 15 September – Jon Morcillo, footballer
 * 20 September – Pablo Ibáñez, footballer
 * 21 September
 * Óscar Casas, actor
 * Kiko Pomares, footballer
 * 28 September – Carlos Heredia, footballer

October

 * 2 October – Christian Manrique, footballer
 * 4 October — Javier Belman, footballer
 * 8 October – Álvaro Granados, water polo player
 * 9 October – Unai Veiga, footballer
 * 19 October – María de Valdés, swimmer
 * 20 October – Rubén García, footballer
 * 22 October — Óscar Arribas, footballer
 * 25 October – Peru Nolaskoain, footballer
 * 28 October – Diego Conde, footballer
 * 29 October
 * Jorge Gonzalez, footballer
 * Rafa Mújica, footballer

November

 * 4 November – Achraf Hakimi, footballer
 * 13 November – Iñigo Llopis Sanz, Paralympic swimmer
 * 19 November – Sergi Puig, footballer
 * 20 November – Dani Plomer, footballer

December

 * 10 December
 * Pepe Castaño, footballer
 * Manuel Peñalver, cyclist
 * 11 December – Álex Bermejo, footballer
 * 14 December — Julio Alonso, footballer
 * 16 December — Álex Blanco, footballer

Deaths

 * 12 January – Ramón Sampedro, writer (born 1943)
 * 4 February – Cristóbal Martínez-Bordiú, 10th Marquis of Villaverde, aristocrat (born 1922)
 * 16 February — Fernando Abril Martorell, politician (born 1936)
 * 22 February – José María de Areilza, Count of Motrico, politician (born 1909)
 * 13 March — Pere Alberch, biologist (born 1954)
 * 7 April – Luis Díez del Corral, jurist and political scientist (born 1911)
 * 6 May — Juan Antonio García Díez, politician and Deputy Prime Minister of Spain (born 1940)
 * 24 May – Lucio Muñoz, painter (born 1929)
 * 29 June — Carmen Llorca, historian and politician (born 1921)
 * 5 July – Maria Mercè Marçal, writer and professor (born 1952)
 * 8 July — Lilí Álvarez, athlete, feminist, and writer (born 1905 in Italy)
 * 22 July – Antonio Saura, artist (born 1930)
 * 12 August — Jesús Loroño, cyclist (born 1926)
 * 24 August – Manuel Azcárate, journalist and politician (born 1916)
 * 25 October – Juan Tusquets Terrats, priest and author (born 1901)
 * 31 October — María de la Purísima Salvat Romero, religious sister and canonised saint (born 1926)
 * 15 November – Federico Krutwig, writer and politician (born 1921)
 * 27 November — Gloria Fuertes, poet (born 1917)
 * 29 November – Fermín Sanz-Orrio, politician (born 1901)
 * 30 December — Joan Brossa, writer and artist (born 1919)