1940 in Spain

← 1939 1938 1937 1940 in Spain → 1941 1942 1943
Decades:	1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s
See also:	Other events of 1940 List of years in Spain

Incumbents

• Caudillo: Francisco Franco

Events

• November 9 – Joaquín Rodrigo's Concierto de Aranjuez premieres in Barcelona, Spain.

Births

• Robert Saladrigas, Spanish writer, journalist and literary critic (d. 2018)
• February 25 – Jesús López Cobos, Spanish-born conductor (d. 2018)
• April 20 – Pilar Miró, Spanish screenwriter and film director (d. 1997)

Deaths

• February 8 - Antonio Escobar Huertas (born 1879)
• May 19 – Diego Mazquiarán, Spanish matador (born 1895)
• September 26 — Walter Benjamin, German-Spanish philosopher and critic (born 1892)
• October 15 - Lluís Companys, execution by firing squad (born 1882)
• November 3 - Manuel Azaña (born 1880)

See also

• List of Spanish films of the 1940s