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Diego Velázquez de Cuéllar [note 1] (1465 – c. June 12, 1524) was a Spanish conquistador and the first governor of Cuba. In 1511 he led the successful conquest and colonization of Cuba. In 1511 he led the successful conquest and colonization of Cuba.
Diego José Navarro García de Valladares: 1st Term (Provisional governor) 18 November 1771 to 12 June 1777: Felipe de Fondesviela y Ondeano, Marquis of la Torre: 12 June 1777 to 12 February 1782: Diego José Navarro García de Valladares: 2nd Term (Provisional governor) 12 February 1782 to 29 December 1782: Juan Manuel de Cagigal y Monserrat
Diego Velázquez de Cuéllar, the first governor of Cuba. In 1511, Diego Velázquez de Cuéllar set out with three ships and an army of 300 men from Hispaniola to form the first Spanish settlement in Cuba, with orders from Spain to conquer the island. The settlement was at Baracoa, but the new settlers were to be greeted with stiff resistance ...
Governor of the West Indies; Diego Velázquez de Cuéllar, governor-general of Cuba (1518–1524) [14] Governors of New Spain; Hernán Cortés, governor and captain-general (1521, 1521–1524, 1526) [15] Cristóbal de Tapia, governor (1521) [16] Alonso de Estrada, Rodrigo de Albornoz, Alonso de Zuazo, Triumvirate (1524)
Siege of Havana (1762) Captaincy General of Cuba (1607–1898) Lopez Expedition (1850–1851) Ten Years' War (1868–1878) Little War (1879–1880) Cuban War of Independence (1895–1898) Treaty of Paris (1898) US Military Government (1898–1902) Platt Amendment (1901) Republic of Cuba (1902–1959) Cuban Pacification (1906–1909) Negro Rebellion (1912) Sugar Intervention (1917–1922) Cuban ...
Around 15 August 1511 (the official foundation day) Diego Velázquez de Cuéllar was appointed the first governor of Cuba and built a villa here and named the place 'Nuestra Señora de la Asunción de Baracoa', thus making Baracoa the first capital of Cuba. [5] In 1518 it received the title of city and the first Cuban bishop was appointed here ...
Most of Cuba’s 11 million people remained without electricity Wednesday, after the failure of one of the country’s main power plants Tuesday afternoon brought down the entire electrical grid.
Since the 16th century the island of Cuba had been under the control of the governor-captain general of Santo Domingo.The conquest of Cuba was organized in 1510 by the recently restored Viceroy of the Indies, Diego Colón, under the command of Diego Velázquez de Cuéllar, who became Cuba's first governor until his death in 1524.