timeline of cuba before 1952

By sg19443
  • Dec 3, 1511

    Colonised by the Spanish under the leadership of Diego de Velazquez in 1511

    Colonised by the Spanish under the leadership of Diego de Velazquez in 1511
  • Period: Dec 3, 1511 to

    Cuba's Timeline

  • start of Ten Years War of independence

    start of Ten Years War of independence
    -fought agianst the spain
    -Máximo Gómez:led the Cuban army in the War of Independence

  • end of 10 year independence war

    end of 10 year independence war

  • Slavery was abolished

    Slavery was abolished

  • Second war of independence lead by Jose Marti

    Second war of independence lead by Jose Marti
    this war ended in 1898

  • US defeat Spain all Spanish claims to Cuba are relinquished and cedes it to the US.

    US defeat Spain all Spanish claims to Cuba are relinquished and cedes it to the US.

  • Cuba becomes independent but the Platt Amendment keeps Cuba under US protection which retains the right to intervene in internal affairs of Cuba

    Cuba becomes independent but the Platt Amendment keeps Cuba under US protection which retains the right to intervene in internal affairs of Cuba

  • Fulgencio Batista takes power again

    Fulgencio Batista takes power again