Santiago de Cuba Timeline of Events

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Santiago de Cuba is the second largest city of Cuba and capital city of Santiago de Cuba Province in the south-eastern area of the island, some south-east of the Cuban capital of Havana....

Timeline of Events

1895

2.24.1895

Revolution breaks out in Baire, a town near Santiago de Cuba, beginning the second war for Cuban independence, that ends with the Spanish-American War in 1898.

1898

7.1.1898

Spanish-American War: the Battle of San Juan Hill is fought in Santiago de Cuba.

7.3.1898

Spanish-American War: The Spanish fleet, led by Pascual Cervera y Topete, is destroyed by the U.S. Navy in Santiago, Cuba.

7.20.1898

Spanish-American War: A boiler explodes on the USS Iowa off the coast of Santiago de Cuba.

1959

1.8.1959

Fidel Castro's Cuban Revolution is completed with the takeover of Santiago de Cuba.