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Oct 18, 1492
Columbus claims Cuba from Spain
On August 3, 1492 Columbus set sail from Spain with 3 ships and on October 18th they hit land which was believed to be a Island in the Bahamas, Columbus claimed it for spain that day. -
Jun 7, 1494
Treaty of Tardesillas
The Treaty of Tordesillas was signed on June 7th, 1494 to divide trading and colonizing for any newly discovered land between Portugal and Spain. The lands to the east would belong to Portugal and the lands to the west to Spain. -
Jan 1, 1500
Colonized by Spanish
Spanish began to create settlements on the island of Hispaniola which east of Cuba, soon after Columbus' arrival in the Caribbean, but the coast of Cuba was not fully settled until 1509. New settlers were greeted with stiff resistance from the local indian tribe. -
Jan 1, 1513
First record of slavery in Cuba
Slavery in Cuba was due to the sugar cane plantations and was present in Cuba until the it was abolished on October 7, 1886. Over 1 million people were brought over to Cuba from Africa as part of the Atlantic slave trade. -
Jan 1, 1526
Importing slaves from Africa
Cuba was very dependent on their sugarcane and coffee crops. In order to fulfill those needs slaves were imported from Africa to keep up with the workload. Most of the slaves were brought to Cuba between the 1780s and the 1860s. During that time the slave population rose from 39,000 to 400,000. -
British captures Cuba form Spain
The capturing of Cuba from Spain was a military action that started in March and went to August in 1762 and what a part of the “Seven Years War.” The British captured the city of Havana which was a key Spanish naval base which would eventually end with the signing of the Treaty Of Paris. -
Treaty of Paris
The Treaty Of Paris of 1673, originally negotiated between the United States and Great Britain, ended the revolutionary war and recognized American independence. Representing the United States were Benjamin Franklin, John Jay, Henry Laurens, and John Adams and David Hartley and Richard Oswald represented Great Britain in the negotiations. -
Spanish-Cuban American war
A battle in Peru known as Ayacucho defeated the spanish forces throwing them out of central, northern and southern America. -
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Mariano Ricafort
Mariano Ricafort Was known as the captain general in Cuba, with the responsibility of confronting the Cholera epidemic along with the return of exiled liberals. -
Jose Miguel becomes president
Jose Miguel planned to run for president in 1905 due to his popularity after his governing in Santa Clara. -
Military occupation in Cuba ends
The major American Military operation known as the Cuban Pacification ended when American soldiers were withdrawed when Cuba was deemed stable enough. -
Gerarrdo Machado establishes a dictatorship
Gerardo was elected president of Cuba when he ran against Mario Menocal and won. It was considered a dictatorship due to the fact the Gerardo was so patriotic that anything against him was considered unpatriotic. -
Socialist party founded
The Socialist Party was founded by a group lead by Julio Antonio Mella. The group was later renamed as the Communist Revolutionary Union. -
Cuban Revolution
After the war ended, which was concidered a victory, the government was replaced with a revolutionary socialist state. -
Growing economic antagonisms
Foods, fuels, and other necessities became shortages in Cuba. In the 1960's a second agrarian reform ended attemots to diversify the economy. -
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Bay of Pigs invasion
The Bay of PIgs was a failed military invation of Cuba undertaken by the CIA-sponsored paramilitary group baragade 2506. -
Full embargo announced
During the Cuban missil crisis, the US launched an embargo against Cuba, and a 26-page top-secret timetable for implimentation of the overthrow of the Cuban government was presented by Lansdale. -
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Cuban Missil Crisis
The United States and The Soviet Union had a 13-day confrontation over Soviet ballistic missils deployed in Cuba. The war resulted in the missiles being withdrawaled from Cuba.
