The History of Cuba in 50 Events (History by Country Timeline Book 3)

Early Cuban History 5 1) 3100 BCE - First Cuban Settlement 5 2) 1492 - Columbus Discovers Cuba 6 3) 1511 - First Spanish Settlement 7 4) 1514 - Havana Founded 8 5) 1526 - First Slaves Imported 9 6) 1762 - Britain Captures Havana 10 7) 1763 - Treaty of Paris Signed 11 8) 1765 - Sugar Boom Begins 12 9) 1810 - First Constitution Drafted 13 10) 1868 - Ten Years War Begins 14 11) 1886 - Slavery Abolished 15 12) 1895 - Spanish-American War Begins 16 13) 1898 - The United States Gains Control of Cuba 17 Modern Cuban History 18 14) 1902 - Cuba Gains Independence 18 15) 1906 - United States Re-occupies Cuba 19 16) 1908 - Cuban Elections Held 20 17) 1912 - U.S. Gives Aid in Putting Down Protests 21 18) 1917 - Cuba Enters World War I 22 19) 1925 - Machado Dictatorship 23 20) 1925 - Creation of the Cuban Socialist Party 24 21) 1934 - Batista Overthrows Machado 25 22) 1940 - Constitution Adopted 26 23) 1944 - Batista Retires 27 24) 1952 - Batista Seizes Power Again 28 25) 1953 - Castro Attempts a Coup 29 26) 1956 - Castro and Che Begin Invasion of Cuba 30 27) 1958 - U.S. Withdraws Support for Batista 31 28) 1959 - Castro Seizes Power 32 29) 1960 - Cuba Nationalizes American Businesses 33 30) 1961 - Bay of Pigs Incident 34 31) 1962 - The Cuban Missile Crisis 35 32) 1965 - Cuban Communist Party is Formed 36 33) 1972 - Cuba Joins CMEA 37 34) 1976 - New Socialist Constitution Adopted 38 35) 1976 - Cuba Sends Military Aid to Angola 39 36) 1980 - 250,000 Refugees Flee to the U.S . 40 37) 1988 - Cuba Withdraws Troops from Angola 41 38) 1991 - Soviet Advisors Leave Cuba 42 39) 1993 - U.S. Strengthens Embargo Against Cuba 43 40) 1994 - U.S./Cuban Refugee Agreement 44 41) 1996 - Embargo Made Permanent 45 42) 1998 - Pope John Paul II Visits Cuba 46 43) 1999 - Elian Gonzalez Legal Battle 47 44) 2000 - United States Approves Food and Medical Sales in Cuba 48 45) 2002 - Guantanamo Bay Naval Base Used for Interrogation of Suspected Terrorists 49 46) 2002 - Former President Jimmy Carter Visits Cuba 50 47) 2008 - Fidel Castro Resigns 51 48) 2012 - First Public Religious Holiday since 1959 52 49) 2014 - Deep-Water Port Project Started by Brazil 53 50) 2015 - Diplomatic Relations with United States Re stored 54 Your Free eBooks! 57