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Marti and Gomez had planned a well-organized uprising that would work to eventually remove Spain from the island nation, though progress would be slow and cost many lives. [16] Word of the beginning of the revolution reached Marti and Gomez by the end of February. [15] The war was the most prominent in Oriente, located in eastern Cuba.
The first African slaves arrive in Cuba. 1532: The first slave rebellion is crushed. 1537: A French fleet briefly occupies Havana. French corsairs blockade Santiago de Cuba. 1542: The Spanish crown abandons the encomienda colonial land settlement system. 1553: The Governor of Cuba relocates to Havana. 1555: French campaign against the Sudan ...
Taíno genocide Viceroyalty of New Spain (1535–1821) 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 ...
1879–1882: The Urabi Revolt: an uprising in Egypt on 11 June 1882 against the Khedive and European influence in the country. It was led by and named after Colonel Ahmed Urabi. 1880–1881: The Brsjak revolt. 1883: The Timok Rebellion was a popular uprising that began in eastern Serbia.
Cuba Venezuela: Defeat. Expedition fails; Sand War (1963–1964) [5] Algeria Cuba Morocco: Stalemate. No territorial changes were made; Congo Crisis (1964) Simbas PSA Cuba: Congo-Léopoldville Belgium: Defeat. Cuban withdrawal from the Congo; Guinea-Bissau War of Independence (1964–1974) PAIGC Cuba Portugal: Stalemate (political victory) [6]
The Cuban Missile Crisis (October Crisis in Cuba) was a confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union over nuclear missiles that were deployed in Cuba and Turkey. The Russian missiles were placed both to protect Cuba from further attacks by the United States after the failed Bay of Pigs Invasion, and in response to the U.S ...
The Aponte conspiracy (also known as the Aponte rebellion) was a large-scale slave rebellion in Cuba that occurred in 1812. [1] It is named after its alleged leader, José Antonio Aponte . Precedents
According to the Cuban revolutionary ideologists, 1868 is the true beginning of the Cuban Revolution. 1869 April Guáimaro Assembly. Proclamation of the first independent Constitution of Cuba. 1873 May 11 Death of Major General Ignacio Agramonte. 1874 February 27 Death of Carlos Manuel de Céspedes. 1878 February 10 Signature of El Zanjón Pact ...