Cuban Timeline

By Rob Fowlkes
  • Oct 28, 1492

    Discovery of Cuba in the Age of Exploration

    Discovered by Christopher Columbus

  • Havana is established as Capital of Cuba

  • Cuba's Independence from Spain

    Cuba's Independence Day

  • The Pact of Zanjón is signed to end slavery in Cuba

    This also concludes the Ten Years' War for Cuban independence.This war is not one that is won by Cuba.

  • USS Maine combusts, and sinks, in Havana's harbor

  • Fidel Castro is born

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    Cuba's Communist revolution

    A group including Che Guevara and Fidel Castro push to overthrow the capitalist government.

  • US implements a trade embargo on Cuba

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    Cuban Missile Crisis

    Cuba is urged by Russia to use nuclear weapons against the United States. John F. Kennedy, along with his fellow Americans, is under intense pressure and fear of a nuclear holocaust.

  • Fidel Castro's Death

    An important leader in the Cuban Communist revolution dies at the age of 90.