Events
- March 1 – The Basque Nationalist Party wins a plurality of seats in Spain's Basque Country's parliamentary elections.
- May 18 – Italian Camorra leader Raffaele Amato is arrested in Marbella, Spain.
- June 19 – A bomb explodes near Bilbao in the Basque region of Spain, killing one policeman.
- July 10 – One person is killed by a bull, the first such fatality in 14 years, during the Running of the Bulls in Pamplona, Spain.
- July 21 – Foreign Minister Miguel Ángel Moratinos becomes the first Spanish government official to visit Gibraltar in 300 years.
- July 24 – The Gran Telescopio Canarias, the world's largest reflecting telescope, is inaugurated by King Juan Carlos I of Spain.
- July 29 – 2009 Burgos bombing: A car bomb explodes outside a police barracks in the northern Spanish city of Burgos, injuring dozens of people.
- July 30 – 2009 Palmanova bombing: At least two people are killed in a car bomb explosion at a Guardia Civil barracks in Palma Nova on the Spanish island of Mallorca.
- August 9 – Three bombs explode on the island of Majorca, Spain.
- November 17 – The Spanish ship Alakrana and its crew of 36 are released after a US$3.5 million ransom is paid.
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