2nd hour-Anna Perry: Cuba

Cuba is discovered by Columbus

Oct 28, 1492

Christopher Columbus arrives in Cuba and claims the island for Spain.

The first governor of Cuba

1511

The first governor of Cuba, the Spanish conquistador Diego Velazquez de Cuellar.

Havana

Jul 25, 1607

Havana is named capital of Cuba.

Yellow fever

1649

An epidemic of yellow fever kills a third of the island's European population.

Seven year war

1762

Havana is captured by the British under Admiral George Pocock and Lord Albemarle during the Seven Years War.

Slavery

1886

Slavery is abolished in Cuba

USS Maine

Feb 15, 1898

The battleship USS Maine explodes and sinks while anchored in Havana harbor.

Premier of Cuba.

Feb 16, 1959

Fidel Castro becomes Premier of Cuba.

Offensive missles

Aug 17, 1962

Soviet Union and Cuba construct offensive missile bases.

Fidel Castro

Nov 25, 2016

Fidel Castro dies