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General Valeriano Weyler is sent to Cuba
Also known as "The Butcher," General Valeriano was sent to Cuba by the Spanish to prevent the insurrectos from leading the population against Spanish rule. He built concentration camps in which he imprisoned a large portion of the population. -
De Lome letter is published
Cuban revolutionaries intercepted the letter from the mail and released it to the Hearst press, who published it. -
Explosion of the U.S.S. Maine
An explosion of a U.S. ship near Cuba. This killed around 260 of the less than 400 people aboard. -
The Teller Amendment
An amendment to a joint resolution of the United States Congress. -
President McKinley addresses Congress on Cuba
The U.S. President asks Congress to declare War on Spain. -
U.S. declares war on Spain
The United States declared war on Spain following the sinking of the Battleship Maine in Havana harbor. -
Battle of Manila Bay
The U.S. Asiatic Squadron destroys the Spanish Pacific fleet in the first battle of the Spanish-American War. -
Battle of Guantanamo Bay
A battle fought during the Spanish-American War when American and Cuban forces seized the strategically and commercially important harbor of Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. -
Battle of San Juan Hill
This was the most significant U.S. land victory, and one of the final battles, of the Spanish-American War. -
1898 Treaty of Paris
A treaty signed by Spain and the United States that ended the Spanish–American War.
