1923 in Spain

Incumbents

• Monarch: Alfonso XIII
• President of the Council of Ministers: Manuel García Prieto, Miguel Primo de Rivera

  Events

• 29 April – In the general election to elect members to all 409 seats in the Congress of Deputies, the Liberals take power from the Conservatives in accordance with the tumo system.
• 23 August - Real Club Celta de Vigo is founded by the joining of Real Fortuna and Sporting de Vigo.
• 13 September – Miguel Primo de Rivera overthrows Spain's parliamentary government, and establishes himself as dictator.

  Births

• 21 January – Lola Flores, singer, dancer and actress
• 13 December – Antoni Tàpies, painter, sculptor and art theorist

  Deaths

• 10 August – Joaquín Sorolla, painter