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In 1514, a south coast settlement was founded in what was to become Havana. The current city was founded in 1519. ... After 1971, Cuba entered its "grey years:, ...
Humans first settled Cuba around 6,000 years ago, ... In 1511, the first Spanish settlement was founded by Diego Velázquez de Cuéllar at Baracoa.
The first governor of Cuba, the Spanish conquistador Diego Velázquez de Cuéllar leads a group of settlers in Baracoa. 1512: Indigenous Cuban resistance leader Hatuey is burned at the stake. 1519: Havana founded as San Cristóbal de la Habana (north coast) 1523: Emperor Charles V authorizes 4,000 gold pesos for the construction of cotton mills ...
Cuba: 1 January 1959: Cuban Revolution: 10 October 1898: Several wars were declared against Spain from 1868 to 1898, ending with the military support of USA to the Cuban Revolution. 10 December 1898: Spain loses the war against the United States and the military occupation of Cuba by the U.S. begins. 20 May 1902: United States military ...
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 ...
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 ...
All attempts to found a city on Cuba's south coast failed, however, an early map of Cuba drawn in 1514 places the town at the mouth of this river. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] (in Spanish) . Between 1514 and 1519, the city had two different establishments on the north coast, one of them in La Chorrera , today in the neighborhood of Puentes Grandes , next to the ...
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 ...