2013 in Spain

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{{Year in Spain|2013}}

Events of 2013 in Spain

Incumbents

  • Monarch: Juan Carlos I{{cite web |title=Juan Carlos {{!}} Biography & Facts {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Juan-Carlos |website=www.britannica.com |access-date=29 August 2023 |language=en}}
  • Prime Minister: Mariano Rajoy

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Events

File:Accidente ferroviario de Angrois cerca de Santiago de Compostela - 24-07-2013.jpg]]12 May--Nico Rosberg - a German/Finish driver for Mercedes-Benz in Formula One won the forty-third running of the Spanish Gran Prix-held at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya. Spanish driver Fernando Alonso finished fifth.

  • 30 January – The Spanish newspaper El País publishes accounting information - which will be known as Bárcenas affair - revealing the alleged payment of bonuses to the Spanish People's Party leaders from undeclared contributions from businesses. {{Cite news|last=Mercado|first=Francisco|last2=Jiménez|first2=Miguel|last3=Cué|first3=Carlos E.|last4=Romero|first4=José Manuel|date=2013-01-31|title=Las cuentas secretas de Bárcenas|language=es|work=El País|url=https://elpais.com/politica/2013/01/30/actualidad/1359583204_085918.html|access-date=2020-12-01|issn=1134-6582}}
  • 8 July – Nine people have died and 21 were injured after a bus careered off the road near the central town of Avila.{{cite web |url=http://news.sky.com/story/1112830/spain-crash-bus-careens-off-road-killing-nine |title=Spain Crash: Bus Careens Off Road Killing Nine |work=Sky News |date=8 July 2013}}
  • 24 July – The Santiago de Compostela derailment kills seventy seven.{{cite web|title=77 muertos y más de 140 heridos al descarrilar un tren de pasajeros en Santiago |trans-title=77 dead and more than 140 injured in passenger train derailment in Santiago |author=David Reinero, Sonia Vizoso|url=http://www.elmundo.es/elmundo/2013/07/24/espana/1374693824.html|work=El Mundo|access-date=25 July 2013|date=25 July 2013|language=es}}{{cite web |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424127887324564704578626253124833408 |title=Train Derailment Kills Dozens in Northwestern Spain |work=The Wall Street Journal |date=24 July 2013 }}{{Dead link|date=September 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-23442018 |title=Dozens die as Spanish train derails in Galicia |work=BBC News |date=24 July 2013}}{{cite web |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/europe/passenger-train-derails-in-northwestern-spain-leaving-at-least-40-dead-many-injured/2013/07/24/39043a58-f4c5-11e2-81fa-8e83b3864c36_story.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130726003741/http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/europe/passenger-train-derails-in-northwestern-spain-leaving-at-least-40-dead-many-injured/2013/07/24/39043a58-f4c5-11e2-81fa-8e83b3864c36_story.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=26 July 2013 |title=At least 77 people dead after train derails in Spain, the worst train accident in decades |work=The Washington Post |date=25 July 2013}}
  • September – Miss Universe Spain 2013
  • 28 October – A gas leak at a coal mine has killed six people and left five injured.{{cite web |url=http://www.euronews.com/2013/10/28/six-killed-in-gas-leak-at-coal-mine-in-spain/ |title=Six killed in gas leak at coal mine in Spain |work=Euronews |date=28 October 2013}}

Births in 2013

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Deaths in 2013

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  • January 8Manuel Mota, 46, Spanish fashion designer, suicide.{{cite web|url=http://www.vogue.co.uk/news/2013/01/09/pronovias-creative-director-manuel-mota-dies |title=Pronovias Creative Director Manuel Mota Dies (Vogue.com UK) |publisher=Vogue.co.uk |access-date=2013-01-09}}
  • January 6
  • Jon Ander López, 36, Spanish footballer, heart attack.{{cite news|url=http://www.marca.com/2013/01/07/futbol/mas_futbol/1357516650.html|title=Fallece de un infarto el expresidente del Lucena Jon Ander|trans-title=Jon Ander, former president of Lucena, died of a heart attack|publisher=Marca|language=es|date=7 January 2013|access-date=7 January 2013}}
  • Enrique Meneses, 83, Spanish photographer.{{cite web |url=http://www.thenewage.co.za/77122-1020-53-Historic_Castro_photographer_Meneses_dies |title=Historic Castro photographer Meneses dies | The New Age Online |publisher=Thenewage.co.za |date=2012-03-28 |access-date=2013-01-07 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130421225948/http://www.thenewage.co.za/77122-1020-53-Historic_Castro_photographer_Meneses_dies |archive-date=2013-04-21 |url-status=dead }}
  • March 28Manuel García Ferré, 83, cartoonist, complications of heart surgery.{{Cite web |url=http://www.latintimes.com/articles/2345/20130328/garc%C3%ADa-ferr%C3%A9-dies-argentine-cartoonist-lived-83.htm |title=García Ferré Dies: Argentine Cartoonist Lived To Be 83 |access-date=2013-03-29 |archive-date=2022-11-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221115024128/https://www.latintimes.com/garcia-ferre-dies-argentine-cartoonist-lived-be-83-125765 |url-status=live }}
  • April 2Jesús Franco, 82, filmmaker.
  • October 11María de Villota, 33, racing driver.

See also

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