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Rebel-controlled territories during the Cuban Revolution.
Establishment
October 1868: Cuban rebels captured the city of Bayamo after three days of intense fighting.
November 1868: The territory of Camagüey joined the rebellion, further escalating the Cuban revolt in Oriente province.
Chronology
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Was revolt against the Spanish domain in Cuba.
January 1869: The city of Bayamo was retaken by the Spanish forces led by General Manuel Salcedo after being burned to the ground.
February 1869: In early February 1869, Las Villas, a province in Cuba, joined the Cuban Rebels in their fight for independence from Spanish colonial rule.
January 1876: Gómez began an invasion of Western Cuba in 1875, but the vast majority of slaves and wealthy sugar producers in the region did not join the revolt.
February 1878: General Arsenio Martínez Campos was a Spanish military officer who arrived in Cuba in 1878 to implement a new policy. The Pact of Zanjón was signed on February 10, 1878, by a negotiating committee, effectively ending the Ten Years' War between Cuban rebels and Spain.
May 1878: Except for the resistance of a small group in Oriente led by General Garcia and Antonio Maceo Grajales, who protested in Los Mangos de Baraguá on March 15. The provisional government convinced Maceo to give up, and with his surrender, the war ended on May 28, 1878.
Was revolt against the Spanish domain in Cuba.
August 1879: Cuban revolutionaries initiated a rebellion in La Rioja, near Holguín, declaring independence from Spanish colonial rule.
October 1880: The Cuban rebels were defeated by Spanish forces in Roja, in proximity of Holguín.
Was the last liberation war fought on Cuba against Spain. Due to the outbreak of the Spanish-American War, Cuba was occupied by the United States.
February 1895: An insurrection began in Cuba with uprisings all across the island (particularly Santiago, Guantánamo, Jiguaní, San Luis, El Cobre, El Caney, Alto Songo, Bayate, and Baire).
April 1895: In 1895, Cuban Rebels led by Major General Antonio Maceo landed on the coast near Baracoa in two expeditions on April 1 and 11. Maceo was a prominent leader in the Cuban War of Independence against Spanish colonial rule.
April 1895: On April 11, 1895, the rebel leader José Martí and 4 other members of the revolt landed in Playitas.
July 1895: By the end of June 1895, all of Camagüey was under the control of Cuban Rebels.
February 1896: As of january 1896 spain controlled basically only the western side of the island and had built a broiad belt "from Jucaro in the south to Morón in the north".
Was a war between Spain and the United States of America. The immediate cause of the war was the American support to Cuban independence.
4.1.Caribbean theatre of the Spanish-American War
Was the Caribbean theatre of the Spanish-American War. The United States of America eventually occupied Cuba.
June 1898: Battle of Guantánamo Bay during the Spanish-American War: American and Cuban forces seized the strategically and commercially important harbor of Guantánamo Bay.
June 1898: From June 22 to 24, the Fifth Army Corps under General William R. Shafter landed at Daiquirí and Siboney, east of Santiago, and established an American base of operations.
July 1898: Battle of El Caney. American victory. Santiago (Cuba) is now on the verge of being captured.
July 1898: The Battle of Santiago de Cuba was a naval battle that occurred on July 3, 1898, in which the United States Navy decisively defeated Spanish forces.
July 1898: Battle of San Juan Hill.
4.2.Treaty of Paris (1898)
Was the treaty that ended the Spanish-American War. Spain ceded most of its colonies (the Philippines, Puerto Rico, Cuba, Guam) to the United States.
April 1899: Cuba became a U.S. protectorate at the end of the Spanish-American War.
Was a revolution in Cuba that overthrew president Fulgencio Batista and established a Communist regime led by Fidel Castro.
5.1.Landing of the Granma
Was the landing of the Granma, a small boat carrying around 89 Cuban Revolutionaires (including the Castro brothers, Ernesto "Che" Guevara and Camilo Cienfuegos) in Playa las Coloradas, in the Cuban municipality of Niquero. It was the beginning of the Cuban Revolution.
December 1956: The yacht Granma departed from Tuxpan, Veracruz, Mexico, carrying the Castro brothers and 80 others including Ernesto "Che" Guevara and Camilo Cienfuegos. On December 2nd, it landed in Playa Las Coloradas, in the municipality of Niquero.
December 1956: Fulgencio Batista's army attacked and killed most of the Granma participants.
5.2.Guerrilla in the Sierra Maestra
Were a series of guerrilla actions by the Cuban revolutionaries that had their base of operations in the Sierra Maestra mountains.
December 1956: The rebels led by Fidel castro escaped into the Sierra Maestra mountains.
December 1956: While Batista increased troop deployments to the Sierra Maestra region to crush the 26 July guerrillas, the Second National Front of the Escambray kept battalions of the Constitutional Army tied up in the Escambray Mountains region.
5.3.Rebel offensive (Cuban Revolution)
Was the offensive by the Cuban revolution that resulted in the end of the Batista government and the establishment of a Communist regime led by Fidel Castro.
January 1958: On January 16 the rebels of Fidel Castro reached Veguitas.
February 1958: Raúl Castro opened a Second Front and settle in the Sierra Cristal, north of Santiago.
May 1958: Batista's troops launch a general offensive in the Sierra Maestra to destroy the Castro guerrillas. Important battles such as El Jigue and Santo Domingo take place. The rebels must limit themselves to the massifs of Pico Turquino, Hombrito, Bayamesa and Malverde.
August 1958: Cuban president Fulgencio Batista orders the mass withdrawal of the Sierra Maestra.
October 1958: The columns of Che Guevara and Camilo Cienfuegos depart on foot towards the Cuban West. It takes six weeks of hiking through swampy areas of the southern coast of Camagüey and Sancti Spíritus until they reach the mountainous area of Escambray.
November 1958: The rebel forces of Castro surrounded the main cities of eastern Cuba.
January 1959: Jiguaní , Contramaestre , Palma Soriano and El Cobre conquered by Cuban Rebels.
January 1959: Battle of Santa Clara.
January 1959: On the Second Eastern Front, led by Raúl Castro, important towns such as Alto Songo were taken, La Maya, El Cristo, Dos Caminos and San Luis were taken.
January 1959: At dawn of the 1 of January of 1959 , the troops of the Second National Front of the Escambray led by Eloy Gutierrez Menoyo entered Havana. The following day, the troops of the July 26 Movement arrive , commanded by Camilo Cienfuegos and Che Guevar, taking without resistance the Campo Columbia regiment and the San Carlos de la Cabaña Fortress, respectively. Upon entering Campo Columbia, Cienfuegos excluded Colonel Barquín from command and arrested General Cantillo. Shortly afterwards, the troops of the Revolutionary Directory, under the command of Movimiento 26 Faure Chomón, occupied the Presidential Palace, which caused a crisis among the revolutionary forces. Castro learned of Batista's flight in the morning and immediately started negotiations to take over Santiago de Cuba. On 2 January, the military commander in the city, Colonel Rubido, ordered his soldiers not to fight, and Castro's forces took over the city.
Disestablishment
January 1959: Battle of Santa Clara.
January 1959: Jiguaní , Contramaestre , Palma Soriano and El Cobre conquered by Cuban Rebels.
January 1959: On the Second Eastern Front, led by Raúl Castro, important towns such as Alto Songo were taken, La Maya, El Cristo, Dos Caminos and San Luis were taken.
January 1959: At dawn of the 1 of January of 1959 , the troops of the Second National Front of the Escambray led by Eloy Gutierrez Menoyo entered Havana. The following day, the troops of the July 26 Movement arrive , commanded by Camilo Cienfuegos and Che Guevar, taking without resistance the Campo Columbia regiment and the San Carlos de la Cabaña Fortress, respectively. Upon entering Campo Columbia, Cienfuegos excluded Colonel Barquín from command and arrested General Cantillo. Shortly afterwards, the troops of the Revolutionary Directory, under the command of Movimiento 26 Faure Chomón, occupied the Presidential Palace, which caused a crisis among the revolutionary forces. Castro learned of Batista's flight in the morning and immediately started negotiations to take over Santiago de Cuba. On 2 January, the military commander in the city, Colonel Rubido, ordered his soldiers not to fight, and Castro's forces took over the city.
Selected Sources
Fredriksen, J.C. (2010): Chronology of American Military History - Volume 1, Facts On File, p.1496
Fredriksen, J.C. (2010): Chronology of American Military History - Volume 1, Facts On File, p.1497
Fredriksen, J.C. (2010): Chronology of American Military History - Volume 1, Facts On File, p.1499
Cuban Rebels
