title: 1893 in Spain
text: # 1893 in Spain
  
  Events in the year 1893 in Spain.
  
  ## Incumbents
  
  * Monarch: Alfonso XIII
  * Prime Minister: Práxedes Mateo Sagasta
  
  ## Events
  
  * January 31– Historical American Exposition closes in Madrid
  * March 5 - Spanish general election, 1893
  
  ## Births
  
  * May 6 - José Calvo Sotelo
  
  ## Deaths
  
  * Concepción Arenal, feminist writer and activist (born 1820)
  