1923 in Spain

← 1922 1921 1920 1923 in Spain → 1924 1925 1926
Decades:	1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s
See also:	Other events of 1923 List of years in Spain

Events in the year 1923 in Spain.

Incumbents

• Monarch: Alfonso XIII

Events

• 29 April - In the general election to elect members to all 409 seats in the Congress of Deputies,^[1][2][3] the Liberals take power from the Conservatives in accordance with the tumo system.
• 13 September - Miguel Primo de Rivera overthrows Spain's parliamentary government, and establishes himself as dictator.

Births

• 21 January - Lola Flores, singer, dancer and actress (died 1995)
• 13 December - Antoni Tàpies, painter, sculptor and art theorist (died 2012)

Deaths

• 10 August - Joaquín Sorolla, painter (born 1863)

References

1. CARRERAS, Albert y TAFUNELL, Xavier (Coords.): Estadísticas históricas de España. Siglos XIX-XX, p. 1096, Fundación BBVA, Bilbao, 2005.
2. "Elecciones en la Restauración" (in Spanish). Historiaelectoral.com. Retrieved 2012-01-20.
3. "Gráfico resumen Diputados 1869-1923" (in Spanish). Historiaelectoral.com. Retrieved 2012-01-20.