Cuba

By karlywiegand
  • 1523

    Sugar

    Sugar
    Sugar was first grown. This would soon be Cuba's largest crop.

  • Havana

    Havana
    Havana becomes the capital of Cuba.

  • Yellow Fever

    Yellow Fever
    About one-third of Havana's population was killed by yellow fever.

  • No More Slavery

    No More Slavery
    Slavery was abolished in Cuba

  • Independence

    Independence
    Cuba becomes an independent republic.

  • Mario Garcí­a Menocal

    Mario Garcí­a Menocal
    Mario Garcí­a Menocal is reelected.

  • War

    War
    Cuba enters World War I on the side of the Allies.

  • Fidel Castro

    Fidel Castro
    Fidel Castro becomes president of Cuba.

  • Pope John Paul II

    Pope John Paul II
    Pope John Paul II is the first pope to visit Cuba.

  • Importing Food

    Importing Food
    For the first time in forty years, the United States sends food to Cuba.