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Eugenio Montero Ríos (1832–1914) Spanish Prime Minister and President of the Senate of Spain. Juan Carlos I (born 1938), King of Spain (1975–2014) Federica Montseny (1905–1994), Minister of Health (1936–1937) and anarchist - first woman to be a minister in Spanish History; José Antonio Primo de Rivera (1903–1936)
Eduardo Torroja (1899–1961), civil engineer, structural architect, world-famous specialist in concrete structures. [64] [65] Juanelo Turriano (1500-1585) Italo-Spanish clockmaker, engineer and mathematician, he built the Artificio de Juanelo, an engine that, driven by the river itself, lifted water from the Tagus to a height of almost 100 ...
First viceroy of New Spain and third viceroy of Peru: Granada: 1495: 1552 Ramón Maria Narvaez: General and Prime Minister of Spain: Loja: 1800: 1868 Aguas Santas Ocaña Navarro: First Lady of Honduras: Brenes: 1963 - Miguel Primo de Rivera: General and dictator of Spain: Jerez de la Frontera: 1870: 1930 Nicolás Salmerón
Spaniards, [a] or Spanish people, are a people native to Spain.Within Spain, there are a number of national and regional ethnic identities that reflect the country's complex history, including a number of different languages, both indigenous and local linguistic descendants of the Roman-imposed Latin language, of which Spanish is the largest and the only one that is official throughout the ...
However, it is only during the Second Spanish Republic (1931–1939) that the official title of President of Spain (or President of the Republic) existed. Today, Spain is a constitutional monarchy, and there is thus no person holding the title of President of Spain. However, the prime minister holds the official title of President of the ...
Práxedes Mateo Sagasta (1825–1903): Prime Minister of Spain during the Spanish–American War of 1898 (during which time Spain lost its remaining colonies), and founder of the Liberal Party Antonio Cánovas del Castillo (1828–1897): Spanish politician and historian, known principally for serving six terms as Spanish Prime Minister
Spain's history during the nineteenth century was tumultuous, and featured alternating periods of republican-liberal and monarchical rule. The Spanish–American War led to losses of Spanish colonial possessions and a series of military dictatorships, during which King Alfonso XIII was deposed and a new Republican government was formed.
Also: Spain: People: By occupation: Academics / Non-fiction writers: Historians Subcategories This category has the following 19 subcategories, out of 19 total.