History timeline
Cuba
14 periods and events, 1492 – 2018.
Periods and events
| When | Period or event | Kind | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1492 | Columbus lands in Cuba哥伦布登陆古巴 | Colonial | Source |
| 1511 – 1898 | Spanish rule西班牙统治 From Diego Velázquez's conquest; the Taíno population collapses. | Colonial | Source |
| 1762 – 1763 | British capture of Havana英国占领哈瓦那 Seven Years' War; Havana is returned to Spain in exchange for Florida. | War | Source |
| 1791 – 1886 | Sugar boom and slavery蔗糖繁荣与奴隶制 After the Haitian Revolution, Cuba becomes the world's top sugar producer; slavery is abolished in 1886. | Economy | Source |
| 1853 – 1895 | José Martí何塞·马蒂 Poet and independence leader, killed in battle in 1895. | Literature | Source |
| 1868 – 1878 | Ten Years' War十年战争 | War | Source |
| 1895 – 1898 | War of Independence and Spanish–American War独立战争与美西战争 | War | Source |
| 1898 – 1902 | US occupation and Platt Amendment美国占领与普拉特修正案 Republic founded in 1902 under a US right of intervention and the Guantánamo lease. | Colonial | Source |
| 1952 – 1959 | Batista dictatorship巴蒂斯塔独裁 | Politics | Source |
| 1953 – 1959 | Cuban Revolution古巴革命 From the Moncada attack to Fidel Castro's victory. | War | Source |
| 1959 – 2018 | Communist rule under the Castros卡斯特罗兄弟的共产党统治 Fidel, then Raúl Castro (from 2008), until Raúl hands over to Miguel Díaz-Canel. | Politics | Source |
| 1961 – 1961 | Bay of Pigs invasion猪湾事件 | War | Source |
| 1962 – 1962 | Cuban Missile Crisis古巴导弹危机 | Politics | Source |
| 1991 – 2000 | Special Period特殊时期 Severe economic crisis after the Soviet collapse ends subsidies. | Economy | Source |