-
Oct 28, 1492
Discovery of Cuba
Christopher Columbus' landing on the island during his first voyage of discovery on 28 October 1492. Arrived at Baracoa eastern point of Cuba. -
Feb 17, 1509
Spanish Settlements (Hispanolia)
The Spanish began to create permanent settlements on the island of Hispaniola, east of Cuba, soon after Columbus' arrival in the Caribbean. Hispanolia is Dominican Republic and Haiti. -
Jul 4, 1509
Sebastian de Ocampo Mapped Cuba
The coast of Cuba was not fully mapped until 1509, when Sebastián de Ocampo completed this task. -
Mar 30, 1511
Diego Velazquez de Cuéllar
In 1511, Diego Velázquez de Cuéllar set out from Hispaniola to form the first Spanish settlement in Cuba, the settlement was at Baracoa, -
Period: Sep 15, 1513 to Mar 28, 1550
Killings of Indians
98% of all natives in Cuba were killed, until the new laws in 1552. -
Dec 10, 1513
Ferdinand II of Aragón Encomienda
In 1513, Ferdinand II of Aragon issued a decree establishing the encomienda, encomienda was a rule that stated that native Cuban Americans had to become slaves. This was created because of a native chieftain, that was against of the Spanish, he was killed with many other indians he was the first rebel in the Americas. Some of the natives thought like the chieftain, and were killed, others ran to the mountains. But only few became slaves. At the end of 1550 the encomienda was stopped, 98% killed. -
Sep 5, 1514
Havana Created
In 1514, a settlement in Cuba was founded in what was to become Havana. -
Apr 14, 1552
Spanish New Laws
In 1552 indians were freed from the encomieda, and seven indian towns were created -
First Anti-Slavery Treaty
The first anti-slavery treaty for black, this removed the slave tradein Cuba, which was that slaves were sold and bought. But it did not remove it -
Second Spanish Anti-Slavery Treaty
Removed it England but not in Cuba, slavery was removed until the end of the 19th century. -
Ladder Conspiracy
Black slaves were put in a ladder and hit with a wip until death if they were accused of something. Unless they told the truth they stopped hitting them. -
Jose Miguel Gomez
Cuban General in Cuban fight for Independence, who went on to become president -
Carlos Manuel Cepedes
Cuban planter who freed his slaves and made the declaration of Cuban independence in 1868 which started the Ten Years' War -
Ten Years' War
-
Cry of Yara
-
Fidel Castro President
-
Pact of Zanjón
-
José Martí
Was a Cuban national hero and an important figure in Latin American literature. In his short life he was a poet, an essayist, a journalist, a revolutionary philosopher, a translator, a professor, a publisher, and a political theorist. -
Little War
-
Defeat
-
All Slavery Abollished
-
Proclamation of Montecristi
-
War of Independence
-
USS Maine Incident
-
Spanish-American War
-
Sovereignity from Spain to US
-
Day of the Republic
-
José Ignacio Rivero
He was an exile and journalist. Received honors for his dedication and journalistic works -
Fulgencio Batista President
-
American Mafia
-
Fidel Castro
-
Battle of Santa Clara
-
1952 Coup
-
Batista Surrenders
-
Cuban Revolution
-
Assassination Attempts Castro
-
Fidel Castro Prime Minister
-
Batista fled to Dominican Republic
-
Bay of Pigs Invasion
-
Manuel Artime
-
Cuban Missile Crisis
-
Pedro Luis Boitel
Was a Cuban poet and dissident who opposed the governments of both Fulgencio Batista and Fidel Castro. In 1961, the regime sentenced him to 10 years in prison.
Boitel died during a hunger strike in prison in 1972 while serving a sentence handed down by the communist regime. -
Enrique Cirules
-
Che Guevara
In 1956 Guevara, Castro and eighty other men and women arrived in Cuba in an attempt to overthrow the government of General Fulgencio Batista. This group became known as the July 26 Movement. (HELPED CASTRO OVERTHROW BATISTA) -
Raul Castro
Was a rebel commander. In 2006 he did a exchange of powers due to Fidel Castro's illnes and in 2008 he became official president. -
Raúl Castro Presidency
