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Jan 1, 1510
Spanish set out from Hispaniola
Diego Velazquez De Cuellar set out from Hispaniola to form the first Spanish settlement in Cuba. -
Population loss in Cuba
Epidemic kills a third of Cuba's population -
Battle of Havana
The battle of Havana was a engagement between the British caribbean squadron and a Spanish squadron based near Havana. -
English expedition
English expedition secretly leaves Portsmouth to capture Havana. -
British troops occupy Havana
British troops occupied Havana during the seven year war. -
A Cubana aircraft en route from Miami to Havana hijacked
A Cubana aircraft en route from Miami to Havana is hijacked by Militants but crashes. The hijackers were trying to land at Sierra Cristal in eastern Cuba to deliver weapons to Raul Castro's rebels. It is the first of what was to become many Cuba-U.S. hijackings. -
Camilo Cienfuegos leads revolutionary victory Guerrillas to victory
Fidel Castro orfered his Revolutionary army to go on to the offensive against the army of Fulgencio Batista. -
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Rebels seize Santa Clara
Casto's rebels seize Santa Clara in Cuba. This is importantant because it lead Castro one step closer to becoming premier of Cuba,final defeat of Balista government. Balista flees Cuba -
Rebels seize Santa Clara
Related to the take over of Santa Clara. -
Fidel Castro becomes premier of Cuba
Fidel Castro is sworn in as prime minister of Cuba after leading a Guerrilla campaign that forced right-wing dictator Fulgencio Batista into exile. -
The Cuban government enacts the Agrarian reform law
The Agrarian reform laws sought to break up largw landholdings and redistribute land to those peasants who worked it.
