title: 1901 in Spain
text: # 1901 in Spain
  
  Events in the year 1901 in Spain.
  
  ## Incumbents
  
  * Monarch: Alfonso XIII
  * Prime Minister: Marcelo Azcárraga Palmero (until 6 March), Práxedes Mateo Sagasta (starting 6 March)
  
  ## Events
  
  * May 19: Spanish general election, 1901
  * Founding of the socialist newspaper La Bandera Roja in Castro Urdiales
  
  ## Births
  
  * February 3: Ramón J. Sender, novelist (died 1982)
  * April 1: Francisco Ascaso (died 1936)
  * May 27: Pedro Garfias (died 1967)
  * June 29: José Castillo (Spanish Civil War) (died 1936)
  * October 15: Enrique Jardiel Poncela (died 1952)
  
  ## Deaths
  
  * November 29: Francesc Pi i Margall (born 1824)
  