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15 December 1959 Cuba Cuban revolution Huber Matos is sentenced to twenty years
26 November 1959 Cuba Cuban revolution Che Guevara becomes president of the National Bank
28 October 1959 Cuba Cuban revolution Camilo Cienfuegos disappears
21 October 1959 Cuba Cuban revolution Huber Matos is arrested
21 October 1959 Cuba Cuban revolution Anti-Castro aircraft drops leaflets over Havana
19 October 1959 Cuba Cuban revolution Huber Matos resigns his command
15 October 1959 Cuba Cuban revolution Raúl Castro becomes minister of the Revolutionary Armed Forces
26 July 1959 Cuba Cuban revolution Peasants rally in Havana
17 July 1959 Cuba Cuban revolution Manuel Urrutia resigns as president
17 July 1959 Cuba Cuban revolution Osvaldo Dorticós becomes president
17 May 1959 Cuba Cuban revolution First Agrarian Reform Law is signed
17 May 1959 Cuba Cuban revolution INRA is created to implement land reform
17 May 1959 Cuba Cuban revolution Agrarian reform prohibits foreign ownership of farmland
17 May 1959 Cuba Cuban revolution Agrarian reform grants titles to peasant families
2 May 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 March 1959 Cuba Cuban revolution Urban rents are reduced
3 March 1959 Cuba Cuban revolution Government reduces telephone rates
3 March 1959 Cuba Cuban revolution The state intervenes in the Cuban Telephone Company
16 February 1959 Cuba Cuban revolution Fidel Castro becomes prime minister
13 February 1959 Cuba Cuban revolution José Miró Cardona resigns as prime minister
7 February 1959 Cuba Cuban revolution Fundamental Law reorganizes the state
7 February 1959 Cuba Cuban revolution The revolutionary cabinet receives legislative authority
27 January 1959 Cuba Cuban revolution Che Guevara discusses the social ideas of the Rebel Army
23 January 1959 Cuba Cuban revolution Castro visits Venezuela
21 January 1959 Cuba Cuban revolution Operation Truth mass rally
21 January 1959 Cuba Cuban revolution Workers and peasants assemble for Operation Truth
8 January 1959 Cuba Cuban revolution Fidel Castro enters Havana
8 January 1959 Cuba Cuban revolution Castro addresses the crowd at Camp Columbia
7 January 1959 Cuba Cuban revolution United States recognizes the new government
5 January 1959 Cuba Cuban revolution Manuel Urrutia assumes the presidency
3 January 1959 Cuba Cuban revolution Castro says the revolution is beginning rather than ending
2 January 1959 Cuba Cuban revolution Che Guevara enters Havana
2 January 1959 Cuba Cuban revolution Camilo Cienfuegos occupies Camp Columbia
2 January 1959 Cuba Cuban revolution The revolutionary general strike secures the victory
1 January 1959 Cuba Cuban revolution Batista flees Cuba
1 January 1959 Cuba Cuban revolution Fidel Castro rejects a military succession
1 January 1959 Cuba Cuban revolution Revolutionaries call a general strike
1 January 1959 Cuba Cuban revolution Santiago de Cuba passes to the Rebel Army
1 January 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 October 1958 Cuba Cuban revolution Radio Rebelde announces agrarian reform in liberated zones
16 October 1958 Cuba Cuban revolution Che Guevara reaches the Escambray
10 October 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 August 1958 Cuba Cuban revolution Rebel columns begin the westward campaign
21 August 1958 Cuba Cuban revolution Che Guevara receives orders to invade Las Villas
21 August 1958 Cuba Cuban revolution Column 8 receives a national strategic mission
18 August 1958 Cuba Cuban revolution Camilo Cienfuegos receives an invasion mission
18 August 1958 Cuba Cuban revolution Castro answers government propaganda on Radio Rebelde
6 August 1958 Cuba Cuban revolution Operation Verano collapses
31 July 1958 Cuba Cuban revolution Battle of Las Mercedes begins
28 July 1958 Cuba Cuban revolution Second Santo Domingo battle ends
25 July 1958 Cuba Cuban revolution Second Battle of Santo Domingo begins
21 July 1958 Cuba Cuban revolution Army battalion surrenders at El Jigüe
21 July 1958 Cuba Cuban revolution Captured soldiers are released after El Jigüe
20 July 1958 Cuba Cuban revolution Pact of Caracas unites opposition organizations
11 July 1958 Cuba Cuban revolution Battle of El Jigüe begins
11 July 1958 Cuba Cuban revolution Rebels encircle Battalion 18 at El Jigüe
29 June 1958 Cuba Cuban revolution Rebels halt the advance at Santo Domingo
27 June 1958 Cuba Cuban revolution First Battle of Santo Domingo begins
27 June 1958 Cuba Cuban revolution Rebel intelligence slows the Santo Domingo offensive
24 May 1958 Cuba Cuban revolution Operation Verano begins
24 May 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 March 1958 Cuba Cuban revolution Castro calls for total war against the dictatorship
13 March 1958 Cuba Cuban revolution United States suspends arms shipments to Batista
24 February 1958 Cuba Cuban revolution Radio Rebelde begins broadcasting
24 February 1958 Cuba Cuban revolution Women help sustain Radio Rebelde
17 February 1958 Cuba Cuban revolution Rebels win the Second Battle of Pino del Agua
16 February 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 August 1957 Cuba Cuban revolution Battle of Palma Mocha
5 August 1957 Cuba Cuban revolution General strike protests the killing of Frank País
30 July 1957 Cuba Cuban revolution Police kill Frank País
30 July 1957 Cuba Cuban revolution Santiago residents mourn Frank País
12 July 1957 Cuba Cuban revolution Sierra Maestra Manifesto is signed
12 July 1957 Cuba Cuban revolution Sierra Manifesto promises free elections
28 May 1957 Cuba Cuban revolution Battle of El Uvero
28 May 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 March 1957 Cuba Cuban revolution Revolutionary Directorate attacks the Presidential Palace
13 March 1957 Cuba Cuban revolution Radio Reloj broadcasts a revolutionary appeal
13 March 1957 Cuba Cuban revolution José Antonio Echeverría is killed
13 March 1957 Cuba Cuban revolution Women support the Presidential Palace operation
13 March 1957 Cuba Cuban revolution Student militants seize Radio Reloj
13 March 1957 Cuba Cuban revolution Palace attackers confront Batista’s guards
24 February 1957 Cuba Cuban revolution New York Times publishes the Castro interview
17 February 1957 Cuba Cuban revolution Herbert Matthews interviews Fidel Castro
22 January 1957 Cuba Cuban revolution Battle of Arroyo del Infierno
17 January 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 August 1956 Cuba Cuban revolution Mexico Pact links student and July 26 movements
20 June 1956 Cuba Cuban revolution Mexican police arrest Cuban revolutionaries
30 October 1955 Cuba Cuban revolution Castro raises support among Cuban emigrants in New York
9 July 1955 Cuba Cuban revolution Fidel Castro meets Che Guevara in Mexico
8 July 1955 Cuba Cuban revolution Fidel Castro begins exile in Mexico
7 July 1955 Cuba Cuban revolution Fidel Castro leaves Cuba for Mexico
12 June 1955 Cuba Cuban revolution The July 26 Movement is organized
15 May 1955 Cuba Cuban revolution Moncada prisoners receive amnesty
15 May 1955 Cuba Cuban revolution Released rebels return to political organizing
15 May 1955 Cuba Cuban revolution Haydée Santamaría and Melba Hernández resume organizing
15 May 1955 Cuba Cuban revolution Released prisoners are welcomed at Havana station
1 November 1954 Cuba Cuban revolution Batista holds an uncontested presidential election
16 October 1953 Cuba Cuban revolution History Will Absolve Me defence
16 October 1953 Cuba Cuban revolution Fidel Castro receives a fifteen-year sentence
16 October 1953 Cuba Cuban revolution Castro presents a five-point reform programme
16 October 1953 Cuba Cuban revolution Moncada defence links Martí to social revolution
21 September 1953 Cuba Cuban revolution The Moncada trial opens
1 August 1953 Cuba Cuban revolution Fidel Castro is captured
26 July 1953 Cuba Cuban revolution Rebels assemble for the Moncada operation
26 July 1953 Cuba Cuban revolution Attack on the Moncada Barracks begins
26 July 1953 Cuba Cuban revolution Rebels occupy the civilian hospital
26 July 1953 Cuba Cuban revolution Raúl Castro’s group occupies the Palace of Justice
26 July 1953 Cuba Cuban revolution Simultaneous attack at Bayamo
26 July 1953 Cuba Cuban revolution The Moncada assault is defeated
26 July 1953 Cuba Cuban revolution Abel Santamaría is captured
26 July 1953 Cuba Cuban revolution Women revolutionaries preserve testimony of the attack
26 July 1953 Cuba Cuban revolution Fidel Castro addresses the Moncada participants
26 July 1953 Cuba Cuban revolution Women support the Moncada operation
26 July 1953 Cuba Cuban revolution Artemisa revolutionaries suffer heavy losses
10 March 1952 Cuba Cuban revolution Batista seizes power in a military coup
10 March 1952 Cuba Cuban revolution The planned 1952 election is cancelled