Category: Cubana Linda

1819: Coastal steam powered steamship service begins in Cuba.

Consuelo, a student at Havana University, joins the communist party, and fights against Gerardo Machado, a tropical Mussolini, as described by Juan Antonio Mella, the Communist student leader. Machado leads Cuba from 1925-1933, and is replaced by Fulgencio Batista in 1933.

1670: The English retreat after Spain recognizes England’s ownership of Jamaica.

1728: The University of Havana is founded.

1748: Construction of Havana Cathedral is completed.

1748: Skirmishes continue between British and Spanish fleets in Havana Harbor.

1527: First African slaves arrive in Cuba.

1532: First Slave rebellion is crushed.

1537: French fleet briefly occupy Havana.

1553: Governor of Cuba relocates to Havana from Santiago de Cuba.