1939 in Spain
# 1939 in Spain

Events from the year 1939 in Spain.

## Incumbents

* President: Manuel Azaña until March 3, Francisco Franco as leader
* Prime Minister: Juan Negrín until April 1, Francisco Franco

## Events

* January 3 – The news agency EFE, based in Madrid, is officially founded as a limited company.
* January 5-February 4: Battle of Valsequillo
* January 26 - Catalonia Offensive: Nationalist forces capture Barcelona.
* February 7–9 - Battle of Menorca (1939)
* February 10 - Nationalists close Spanish border with France.
* February 16 - the high command of the Republican army tells Negrín that further military resistance was impossible.
* February 27 - United Kingdom and France recognized Francisco Franco's Nationalist government.
* March 4–7 - Cartagena Uprising.
* March 7 - Nationalist transport ship SS Castillo de Olite sunk by Republican shore batteries while entering the port of Cartagena.
* March 5: coup of Segismundo Casado.
* March 5: National Defence Council formed
* March 26-April 1: Final offensive of the Spanish Civil War

## Deaths

* March 15 - Luis Barceló (b. 1896)
* November 15 - Etelvino Vega (b. 1906)
