| 15 December 1959 |
Cuba
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Cuban revolution
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Huber Matos is sentenced to twenty years
|
| 26 November 1959 |
Cuba
|
Cuban revolution
|
Che Guevara becomes president of the National Bank
|
| 28 Oktober 1959 |
Cuba
|
Cuban revolution
|
Camilo Cienfuegos disappears
|
| 21 Oktober 1959 |
Cuba
|
Cuban revolution
|
Huber Matos is arrested
|
| 21 Oktober 1959 |
Cuba
|
Cuban revolution
|
Anti-Castro aircraft drops leaflets over Havana
|
| 19 Oktober 1959 |
Cuba
|
Cuban revolution
|
Huber Matos resigns his command
|
| 15 Oktober 1959 |
Cuba
|
Cuban revolution
|
Raúl Castro becomes minister of the Revolutionary Armed Forces
|
| 26 Juli 1959 |
Cuba
|
Cuban revolution
|
Peasants rally in Havana
|
| 17 Juli 1959 |
Cuba
|
Cuban revolution
|
Manuel Urrutia resigns as president
|
| 17 Juli 1959 |
Cuba
|
Cuban revolution
|
Osvaldo Dorticós becomes president
|
| 17 Mei 1959 |
Cuba
|
Cuban revolution
|
First Agrarian Reform Law is signed
|
| 17 Mei 1959 |
Cuba
|
Cuban revolution
|
INRA is created to implement land reform
|
| 17 Mei 1959 |
Cuba
|
Cuban revolution
|
Agrarian reform prohibits foreign ownership of farmland
|
| 17 Mei 1959 |
Cuba
|
Cuban revolution
|
Agrarian reform grants titles to peasant families
|
| 2 Mei 1959 |
Cuba
|
Cuban revolution
|
Castro proposes a Latin American development programme
|
| 20 April 1959 |
Cuba
|
Cuban revolution
|
Castro’s Washington visit ends
|
| 19 April 1959 |
Cuba
|
Cuban revolution
|
Castro meets Vice President Nixon
|
| 16 April 1959 |
Cuba
|
Cuban revolution
|
Castro addresses the American Society of Newspaper Editors
|
| 15 April 1959 |
Cuba
|
Cuban revolution
|
Castro begins a visit to the United States
|
| 10 Maart 1959 |
Cuba
|
Cuban revolution
|
Urban rents are reduced
|
| 3 Maart 1959 |
Cuba
|
Cuban revolution
|
Government reduces telephone rates
|
| 3 Maart 1959 |
Cuba
|
Cuban revolution
|
The state intervenes in the Cuban Telephone Company
|
| 16 Februari 1959 |
Cuba
|
Cuban revolution
|
Fidel Castro becomes prime minister
|
| 13 Februari 1959 |
Cuba
|
Cuban revolution
|
José Miró Cardona resigns as prime minister
|
| 7 Februari 1959 |
Cuba
|
Cuban revolution
|
Fundamental Law reorganizes the state
|
| 7 Februari 1959 |
Cuba
|
Cuban revolution
|
The revolutionary cabinet receives legislative authority
|
| 27 Januari 1959 |
Cuba
|
Cuban revolution
|
Che Guevara discusses the social ideas of the Rebel Army
|
| 23 Januari 1959 |
Cuba
|
Cuban revolution
|
Castro visits Venezuela
|
| 21 Januari 1959 |
Cuba
|
Cuban revolution
|
Operation Truth mass rally
|
| 21 Januari 1959 |
Cuba
|
Cuban revolution
|
Workers and peasants assemble for Operation Truth
|
| 8 Januari 1959 |
Cuba
|
Cuban revolution
|
Fidel Castro enters Havana
|
| 8 Januari 1959 |
Cuba
|
Cuban revolution
|
Castro addresses the crowd at Camp Columbia
|
| 7 Januari 1959 |
Cuba
|
Cuban revolution
|
United States recognizes the new government
|
| 5 Januari 1959 |
Cuba
|
Cuban revolution
|
Manuel Urrutia assumes the presidency
|
| 3 Januari 1959 |
Cuba
|
Cuban revolution
|
Castro says the revolution is beginning rather than ending
|
| 2 Januari 1959 |
Cuba
|
Cuban revolution
|
Che Guevara enters Havana
|
| 2 Januari 1959 |
Cuba
|
Cuban revolution
|
Camilo Cienfuegos occupies Camp Columbia
|
| 2 Januari 1959 |
Cuba
|
Cuban revolution
|
The revolutionary general strike secures the victory
|
| 1 Januari 1959 |
Cuba
|
Cuban revolution
|
Batista flees Cuba
|
| 1 Januari 1959 |
Cuba
|
Cuban revolution
|
Fidel Castro rejects a military succession
|
| 1 Januari 1959 |
Cuba
|
Cuban revolution
|
Revolutionaries call a general strike
|
| 1 Januari 1959 |
Cuba
|
Cuban revolution
|
Santiago de Cuba passes to the Rebel Army
|
| 1 Januari 1959 |
Cuba
|
Cuban revolution
|
Castro declares that the revolution will not be frustrated
|
| 31 December 1958 |
Cuba
|
Cuban revolution
|
Rebel forces secure Santa Clara
|
| 30 December 1958 |
Cuba
|
Cuban revolution
|
Yaguajay garrison surrenders
|
| 29 December 1958 |
Cuba
|
Cuban revolution
|
Rebels derail the armoured train
|
| 29 December 1958 |
Cuba
|
Cuban revolution
|
Captured train weapons strengthen the rebels
|
| 28 December 1958 |
Cuba
|
Cuban revolution
|
Battle of Santa Clara begins
|
| 28 December 1958 |
Cuba
|
Cuban revolution
|
Workers assist the attack on Santa Clara
|
| 26 December 1958 |
Cuba
|
Cuban revolution
|
Rebels capture Caibarién
|
| 26 December 1958 |
Cuba
|
Cuban revolution
|
Rebels capture Remedios
|
| 23 December 1958 |
Cuba
|
Cuban revolution
|
Rebels take Placetas
|
| 23 December 1958 |
Cuba
|
Cuban revolution
|
Revolutionary forces enter Sancti Spíritus
|
| 20 December 1958 |
Cuba
|
Cuban revolution
|
Column 8 declares a liberated territory
|
| 19 December 1958 |
Cuba
|
Cuban revolution
|
Battle of Yaguajay begins
|
| 18 December 1958 |
Cuba
|
Cuban revolution
|
Rebels capture Fomento
|
| 15 December 1958 |
Cuba
|
Cuban revolution
|
Battle for Fomento begins
|
| 10 December 1958 |
Cuba
|
Cuban revolution
|
Las Villas offensive cuts roads and railways
|
| 1 December 1958 |
Cuba
|
Cuban revolution
|
Pact of El Pedrero coordinates Las Villas forces
|
| 30 November 1958 |
Cuba
|
Cuban revolution
|
Rebels win the Battle of Guisa
|
| 27 November 1958 |
Cuba
|
Cuban revolution
|
Radio Rebelde commemorates the executed medical students
|
| 24 November 1958 |
Cuba
|
Cuban revolution
|
Rebels appeal to the residents of Guisa
|
| 20 November 1958 |
Cuba
|
Cuban revolution
|
Battle of Guisa begins
|
| 14 November 1958 |
Cuba
|
Cuban revolution
|
Radio Rebelde broadcasts reports from the fronts
|
| 8 November 1958 |
Cuba
|
Cuban revolution
|
Rebel command regulates movement through liberated territory
|
| 3 November 1958 |
Cuba
|
Cuban revolution
|
Batista holds controlled elections
|
| 2 November 1958 |
Cuba
|
Cuban revolution
|
Radio Rebelde reports the expanding national war
|
| 20 Oktober 1958 |
Cuba
|
Cuban revolution
|
Radio Rebelde announces agrarian reform in liberated zones
|
| 16 Oktober 1958 |
Cuba
|
Cuban revolution
|
Che Guevara reaches the Escambray
|
| 10 Oktober 1958 |
Cuba
|
Cuban revolution
|
Rebel Army promulgates Agrarian Law No. 3
|
| 21 September 1958 |
Cuba
|
Cuban revolution
|
Congress of Peasants in Arms meets in rebel territory
|
| 31 Augustus 1958 |
Cuba
|
Cuban revolution
|
Rebel columns begin the westward campaign
|
| 21 Augustus 1958 |
Cuba
|
Cuban revolution
|
Che Guevara receives orders to invade Las Villas
|
| 21 Augustus 1958 |
Cuba
|
Cuban revolution
|
Column 8 receives a national strategic mission
|
| 18 Augustus 1958 |
Cuba
|
Cuban revolution
|
Camilo Cienfuegos receives an invasion mission
|
| 18 Augustus 1958 |
Cuba
|
Cuban revolution
|
Castro answers government propaganda on Radio Rebelde
|
| 6 Augustus 1958 |
Cuba
|
Cuban revolution
|
Operation Verano collapses
|
| 31 Juli 1958 |
Cuba
|
Cuban revolution
|
Battle of Las Mercedes begins
|
| 28 Juli 1958 |
Cuba
|
Cuban revolution
|
Second Santo Domingo battle ends
|
| 25 Juli 1958 |
Cuba
|
Cuban revolution
|
Second Battle of Santo Domingo begins
|
| 21 Juli 1958 |
Cuba
|
Cuban revolution
|
Army battalion surrenders at El Jigüe
|
| 21 Juli 1958 |
Cuba
|
Cuban revolution
|
Captured soldiers are released after El Jigüe
|
| 20 Juli 1958 |
Cuba
|
Cuban revolution
|
Pact of Caracas unites opposition organizations
|
| 11 Juli 1958 |
Cuba
|
Cuban revolution
|
Battle of El Jigüe begins
|
| 11 Juli 1958 |
Cuba
|
Cuban revolution
|
Rebels encircle Battalion 18 at El Jigüe
|
| 29 Juni 1958 |
Cuba
|
Cuban revolution
|
Rebels halt the advance at Santo Domingo
|
| 27 Juni 1958 |
Cuba
|
Cuban revolution
|
First Battle of Santo Domingo begins
|
| 27 Juni 1958 |
Cuba
|
Cuban revolution
|
Rebel intelligence slows the Santo Domingo offensive
|
| 24 Mei 1958 |
Cuba
|
Cuban revolution
|
Operation Verano begins
|
| 24 Mei 1958 |
Cuba
|
Cuban revolution
|
Peasant communities are displaced during Operation Verano
|
| 14 April 1958 |
Cuba
|
Cuban revolution
|
Castro broadcasts his first major Radio Rebelde speech
|
| 9 April 1958 |
Cuba
|
Cuban revolution
|
The April general strike begins
|
| 9 April 1958 |
Cuba
|
Cuban revolution
|
Batista’s forces suppress the general strike
|
| 9 April 1958 |
Cuba
|
Cuban revolution
|
Workers face repression during the April strike
|
| 17 Maart 1958 |
Cuba
|
Cuban revolution
|
Castro calls for total war against the dictatorship
|
| 13 Maart 1958 |
Cuba
|
Cuban revolution
|
United States suspends arms shipments to Batista
|
| 24 Februari 1958 |
Cuba
|
Cuban revolution
|
Radio Rebelde begins broadcasting
|
| 24 Februari 1958 |
Cuba
|
Cuban revolution
|
Women help sustain Radio Rebelde
|
| 17 Februari 1958 |
Cuba
|
Cuban revolution
|
Rebels win the Second Battle of Pino del Agua
|
| 16 Februari 1958 |
Cuba
|
Cuban revolution
|
Second Battle of Pino del Agua begins
|
| 29 November 1957 |
Cuba
|
Cuban revolution
|
Battle of Mar Verde
|
| 10 September 1957 |
Cuba
|
Cuban revolution
|
First Battle of Pino del Agua
|
| 5 September 1957 |
Cuba
|
Cuban revolution
|
Cienfuegos naval uprising
|
| 5 September 1957 |
Cuba
|
Cuban revolution
|
Government forces retake Cienfuegos
|
| 20 Augustus 1957 |
Cuba
|
Cuban revolution
|
Battle of Palma Mocha
|
| 5 Augustus 1957 |
Cuba
|
Cuban revolution
|
General strike protests the killing of Frank País
|
| 30 Juli 1957 |
Cuba
|
Cuban revolution
|
Police kill Frank País
|
| 30 Juli 1957 |
Cuba
|
Cuban revolution
|
Santiago residents mourn Frank País
|
| 12 Juli 1957 |
Cuba
|
Cuban revolution
|
Sierra Maestra Manifesto is signed
|
| 12 Juli 1957 |
Cuba
|
Cuban revolution
|
Sierra Manifesto promises free elections
|
| 28 Mei 1957 |
Cuba
|
Cuban revolution
|
Battle of El Uvero
|
| 28 Mei 1957 |
Cuba
|
Cuban revolution
|
Rebel doctors treat wounded from both sides at El Uvero
|
| 20 April 1957 |
Cuba
|
Cuban revolution
|
Humboldt 7 massacre
|
| 20 April 1957 |
Cuba
|
Cuban revolution
|
Police informant exposes the Humboldt 7 safe house
|
| 13 Maart 1957 |
Cuba
|
Cuban revolution
|
Revolutionary Directorate attacks the Presidential Palace
|
| 13 Maart 1957 |
Cuba
|
Cuban revolution
|
Radio Reloj broadcasts a revolutionary appeal
|
| 13 Maart 1957 |
Cuba
|
Cuban revolution
|
José Antonio Echeverría is killed
|
| 13 Maart 1957 |
Cuba
|
Cuban revolution
|
Women support the Presidential Palace operation
|
| 13 Maart 1957 |
Cuba
|
Cuban revolution
|
Student militants seize Radio Reloj
|
| 13 Maart 1957 |
Cuba
|
Cuban revolution
|
Palace attackers confront Batista’s guards
|
| 24 Februari 1957 |
Cuba
|
Cuban revolution
|
New York Times publishes the Castro interview
|
| 17 Februari 1957 |
Cuba
|
Cuban revolution
|
Herbert Matthews interviews Fidel Castro
|
| 22 Januari 1957 |
Cuba
|
Cuban revolution
|
Battle of Arroyo del Infierno
|
| 17 Januari 1957 |
Cuba
|
Cuban revolution
|
Rebels attack La Plata outpost
|
| 18 December 1956 |
Cuba
|
Cuban revolution
|
Survivors reunite at Cinco Palmas
|
| 5 December 1956 |
Cuba
|
Cuban revolution
|
Ambush at Alegría de Pío
|
| 2 December 1956 |
Cuba
|
Cuban revolution
|
Granma lands in Oriente
|
| 2 December 1956 |
Cuba
|
Cuban revolution
|
Peasant networks assist Granma survivors
|
| 30 November 1956 |
Cuba
|
Cuban revolution
|
Santiago uprising supports the expected landing
|
| 30 November 1956 |
Cuba
|
Cuban revolution
|
Rebels display July 26 uniforms in Santiago
|
| 30 November 1956 |
Cuba
|
Cuban revolution
|
Vilma Espín participates in the Santiago uprising
|
| 25 November 1956 |
Cuba
|
Cuban revolution
|
Granma departs from Mexico
|
| 25 November 1956 |
Cuba
|
Cuban revolution
|
Celia Sánchez prepares support for the Granma landing
|
| 30 Augustus 1956 |
Cuba
|
Cuban revolution
|
Mexico Pact links student and July 26 movements
|
| 20 Juni 1956 |
Cuba
|
Cuban revolution
|
Mexican police arrest Cuban revolutionaries
|
| 30 Oktober 1955 |
Cuba
|
Cuban revolution
|
Castro raises support among Cuban emigrants in New York
|
| 9 Juli 1955 |
Cuba
|
Cuban revolution
|
Fidel Castro meets Che Guevara in Mexico
|
| 8 Juli 1955 |
Cuba
|
Cuban revolution
|
Fidel Castro begins exile in Mexico
|
| 7 Juli 1955 |
Cuba
|
Cuban revolution
|
Fidel Castro leaves Cuba for Mexico
|
| 12 Juni 1955 |
Cuba
|
Cuban revolution
|
The July 26 Movement is organized
|
| 15 Mei 1955 |
Cuba
|
Cuban revolution
|
Moncada prisoners receive amnesty
|
| 15 Mei 1955 |
Cuba
|
Cuban revolution
|
Released rebels return to political organizing
|
| 15 Mei 1955 |
Cuba
|
Cuban revolution
|
Haydée Santamaría and Melba Hernández resume organizing
|
| 15 Mei 1955 |
Cuba
|
Cuban revolution
|
Released prisoners are welcomed at Havana station
|
| 1 November 1954 |
Cuba
|
Cuban revolution
|
Batista holds an uncontested presidential election
|
| 16 Oktober 1953 |
Cuba
|
Cuban revolution
|
History Will Absolve Me defence
|
| 16 Oktober 1953 |
Cuba
|
Cuban revolution
|
Fidel Castro receives a fifteen-year sentence
|
| 16 Oktober 1953 |
Cuba
|
Cuban revolution
|
Castro presents a five-point reform programme
|
| 16 Oktober 1953 |
Cuba
|
Cuban revolution
|
Moncada defence links Martí to social revolution
|
| 21 September 1953 |
Cuba
|
Cuban revolution
|
The Moncada trial opens
|
| 1 Augustus 1953 |
Cuba
|
Cuban revolution
|
Fidel Castro is captured
|
| 26 Juli 1953 |
Cuba
|
Cuban revolution
|
Rebels assemble for the Moncada operation
|
| 26 Juli 1953 |
Cuba
|
Cuban revolution
|
Attack on the Moncada Barracks begins
|
| 26 Juli 1953 |
Cuba
|
Cuban revolution
|
Rebels occupy the civilian hospital
|
| 26 Juli 1953 |
Cuba
|
Cuban revolution
|
Raúl Castro’s group occupies the Palace of Justice
|
| 26 Juli 1953 |
Cuba
|
Cuban revolution
|
Simultaneous attack at Bayamo
|
| 26 Juli 1953 |
Cuba
|
Cuban revolution
|
The Moncada assault is defeated
|
| 26 Juli 1953 |
Cuba
|
Cuban revolution
|
Abel Santamaría is captured
|
| 26 Juli 1953 |
Cuba
|
Cuban revolution
|
Women revolutionaries preserve testimony of the attack
|
| 26 Juli 1953 |
Cuba
|
Cuban revolution
|
Fidel Castro addresses the Moncada participants
|
| 26 Juli 1953 |
Cuba
|
Cuban revolution
|
Women support the Moncada operation
|
| 26 Juli 1953 |
Cuba
|
Cuban revolution
|
Artemisa revolutionaries suffer heavy losses
|
| 10 Maart 1952 |
Cuba
|
Cuban revolution
|
Batista seizes power in a military coup
|
| 10 Maart 1952 |
Cuba
|
Cuban revolution
|
The planned 1952 election is cancelled
|
