1999 in Spain

Events in the year 1999 in Spain.

← 1998 1997 1996 1999 in Spain → 2000 2001 2002
Decades:	1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s
See also:	Other events of 1999 List of years in Spain

Incumbents

• Monarch – Juan Carlos I^[1]
• Prime Minister of Spain – José María Aznar^[2]

Regional presidents

• Andalusia: Manuel Chaves
• Aragón: Santiago Lanzuela (until 2 August), Marcelino Iglesias (starting 2 August)
• Asturias: Sergio Marqués Fernández (until 20 July), Vicente Álvarez Areces (starting 20 July)
• Balearic Islands: Jaume Matas (until 29 June), Francesc Antich (starting 29 June)
• Basque Country: José Antonio Ardanza (until 2 January), Juan José Ibarretxe (starting 2 January)
• Canary Islands: Manuel Hermoso (until 17 July), Román Rodríguez Rodríguez (starting 17 July)
• Cantabria: José Joaquín Martínez Sieso
• Castilla–La Mancha: José Bono
• Castile and León: Juan José Lucas
• Catalonia: Jordi Pujol
• Extremadura: Juan Carlos Rodríguez Ibarra
• Galicia: Manuel Fraga
• La Rioja: Pedro Sanz
• Community of Madrid: Alberto Ruiz-Gallardón
• Region of Murcia: Ramón Luis Valcárcel
• Navarre: Miguel Sanz
• Valencian Community: Eduardo Zaplana
• Ceuta: Jesús Cayetano Fortes Ramos (until 26 August), Antonio Sampietro (starting 26 August)
• Melilla: Enrique Palacios Hernández (until 5 July), Mustafa Aberchán (starting 5 July)

Events

• 1 January - The Euro Currency officially entered circulation in the European Union (EU) Eurozone member area countries, then formally made its debut on European and the worldwide financial markets.
• 14 September - Britannia Airways Flight 226A, a charter flight from Cardiff, crashes at Girona Airport, resulting in one death and 43 injuries.^[3]
• 9 October - Beginning of the Wanninkhof case: Rocío Wanninkhof leaves home never to return; her body is found several weeks later.

Undated

• Virtway game development studio is founded in Oviedo.
• Web Medica Acreditada, an international website quality and certification programme^[4]

Popular culture

Music

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Film

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Television

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Literature

Main article: 1999 in literature

Sport

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Notable births

• 19 February - Hugo Gonzalez, swimmer
• 3 August - Brahim Díaz, footballer
• 13 September - Pedro Porro, footballer

Notable deaths

• 27 January – Gonzalo Torrente Ballester, writer (b. 1910)
• 20 April – Señor Wences, ventriloquist and comedian (b. 1896)
• 6 July – Joaquín Rodrigo, pianist and composer (b. 1901)
• 10 September – Alfredo Kraus, operatic tenor (b. 1927)
• 28 October – Rafael Alberti, poet (b. 1902)
• 17 November – Enrique Urquijo, singer-songwriter (b. 1960; drug overdose)^[5]

See also

• 1999 in Spanish television
• List of Spanish films of 1999