Timeline of Santiago de Cuba

The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Santiago, Cuba.

Prior to 20th century

1514 - August: Santiago de Cuba founded by Diego Velázquez de Cuéllar.^[1]^[2]
1518 - Roman Catholic diocese of Baracoa established.^[3]
1522
- Capital of Cuba relocated to Santiago from Baracoa.^[4]^[2]
- Coat of arms granted.^[5]^[2]
- Santiago de Cuba Cathedral named as a cathedral by Pope Adrian VI.^[2]
1526 - Fire.^[5]
1535 - Fire.^[5]
1553 - Santiago was occupied and plundered by French corsairs.^[2]
1603 - Sacked by English pirates.^[5]
1607 - Capital of Cuba relocated from Santiago to Havana.^[5]
1613 - Fire.^[5]
1638 - Castillo de San Pedro de la Roca (fort) construction begins.
1662 - British military force from Jamaica occupied and plundered the town.^[2]
1722 - San Basilio el Magno seminary established.^[5]
1741 - A British squadron from Jamaica and operated unsuccessfully against Santiago.^[2]
1755 - Population: 15,471.^[5]
1767 - 11 June: Earthquake.^[5]^[2]
1774 - Population: 18,374.^[5]
1787 - Sociedad Económica de los Amigos del País founded.^[6]
1799 - Government slaves working at Cobre mine, Cuba were freed.^[2]
1805 - El Amigo de los Cubanos newspaper begins publication.^[5]
1808 - Population: 33,881.^[5]
1823 - Teatro Coliseo (theatre) opens.^[1]
1827 - Population: about 27,000.^[2]
1852 - Earthquake.^[5]^[2]
1862 - Lafayette [es] tumba francesa group founded.^[7]^[8]
1868 - Santa Ifigenia Cemetery established.
1873 - The Virginius Affair.^[2]
1898
- 3 July: Battle of Santiago de Cuba fought near city.^[2]
- July: Siege of Santiago by US forces.
- El Cubano Libre newspaper in publication.[1]
- Emilio Bacardí Moreau becomes mayor.^[5]
1899 - Public library established.^[9]

20th century

1902 - Population: 45,478.^[10]
1905 - Convención Bautista de Cuba Oriental (church) founded.^[11]
1909 - Vista Alegre Theatre built.^[12]^[13]
1915 - Cine Aguilera (cinema) opens.^[12]^[13]
1917 - Orientales baseball team formed.^[14]
1919 - Population: 70,232.^[15]
1924 - Cine Rialto (cinema) opens.^[12]
1943 - Population: 118,266.^[5]
1947 - University of Santiago de Cuba established.
1953
- 26 July: Moncada Barracks attacked by forces of Castro, launching the Cuban Revolution.^[16]
- Population: 163,237.^[5]
1954 - Antonio Maceo Airport opens.^{[citation needed]}
1956 - 30 November: Levantamiento en Santiago de Cuba [es] (anti-Batista event) occurs.
1957 - Anti-Batista unrest; crackdown.^[17]
1964 - Estadio Guillermón Moncada (stadium) opens.
1970 - Population: 277,600.^[18]
1976 - Jardín de los Helechos de Santiago de Cuba [es] (garden) established.
1977 - Avispas baseball team formed.^[14]
1999 - Population: 441,524.^[11]

21st century

2012
- March: Catholic pope visits Santiago.
- October: Hurricane Sandy.^[19]
- Population: 431,471.^[20]
2014 - Population: 434,268.^[21]
2015 - September: Catholic pope visits Santiago.

References

^ ^a ^b Bonavía 2003.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m Britannica 1910.
^ "Chronology of Catholic Dioceses: Cuba". Norway: Roman Catholic Diocese of Oslo. Retrieved January 7, 2016.
^ Catholic Encyclopedia 1908.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p Marley 2005.
^ Alfonso W. Quiroz (2011). "Free Association and Civil Society in Cuba, 1787-1895". Journal of Latin American Studies. 43 (1): 33–64. doi:10.1017/S0022216X10001781. S2CID 143209253.
^ Rebecca M. Bodenheimer (2015). Geographies of Cubanidad: Place, Race, and Musical Performance in Contemporary Cuba. USA: University Press of Mississippi. ISBN 978-1-62674-684-8.
^ Sociedad de Tumba Francesa La Caridad de Oriente, Santiago de Cuba (Motion picture). Braunschweig, Germany: Blackhole Factory. 2003 – via Internet Archive.
^ Miguel Viciedo Valdés (2005), "Breve reseña sobre la biblioteca pública en Cuba antes de 1959", Acimed (in Spanish), vol. 14, no. 1, Havana: Centro Nacional de Informacion de Ciencias Medicas, ISSN 1024-9435
^ "Cuba". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1906. hdl:2027/nyp.33433081590576.
^ ^a ^b "Cuba". Europa World Year Book. Europa Publications. 2004. ISBN 978-1-85743-254-1.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Movie Theaters in Santiago de Cuba, Cuba". CinemaTreasures.org. Los Angeles: Cinema Treasures LLC. Retrieved January 7, 2016.
^ ^a ^b U.S. Merchant Marine 1920.
^ ^a ^b Richard Worth (2013). Baseball Team Names: a Worldwide Dictionary, 1869-2011. USA: McFarland & Company. ISBN 978-0-7864-9124-7.
^ "Cuba". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1921. hdl:2027/njp.32101072368440 – via HathiTrust.
^ "Cuba". Political Chronology of the Americas. Europa Publications. 2001. ISBN 978-1-85743-118-6.
^ Herbert Matthews (June 10, 1957), "Populace in revolt in Santiago de Cuba" (PDF), New York Times
^ United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Statistical Office (1976). "Population of capital city and cities of 100,000 and more inhabitants". Demographic Yearbook 1975. New York. pp. 253–279.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
^ "Cuba Profile: Timeline", BBC News, September 12, 2012, retrieved January 7, 2016
^ "Population of Capital Cities and Cities of 100,000 or More Inhabitants". Demographic Yearbook 2013. United Nations Statistics Division.
^ "Population of Capital Cities and Cities of 100,000 or More Inhabitants". Demographic Yearbook 2014. United Nations Statistics Division.

Bibliography

in English

"Spanish Colonies: Cuba: Santiago de Cuba". Commercial Directory of Latin America. Washington DC: Bureau of the American Republics. 1892.
Ventura Fuentes (1908). "Cuba". Catholic Encyclopedia. New York. pp. 558–562.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
"Santiago de Cuba", The United States, with Excursions to Mexico, Cuba, Porto Rico, and Alaska (4th ed.), Leipzig: K. Baedeker, 1909
"Santiago de Cuba" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 24 (11th ed.). 1910. pp. 192–193.
New York Public Library (1912). "Cuba: History and Description: Special Places: Santiago de Cuba". List of Works Relating to the West Indies.
"Cuba: Santiago de Cuba". Trade Directory of Central America and the West Indies. Washington DC: US Department of Commerce. 1915.
Irene Aloha Wright (1918). Santiago de Cuba and its District (1607-1640). Madrid: Felipe Peña Cruz. hdl:2027/nyp.33433067340434.
U.S. Merchant Marine, Social Service Bureau (1920). "Santiago de Cuba, Cuba". Seaman's Handbook for Shore Leave (2nd ed.). Boston: Custom House.
Sergio Díaz-Briquets (1994). "Cuba". In Gerald Michael Greenfield (ed.). Latin American Urbanization: Historical Profiles of Major Cities. Greenwood Press. pp. 173–187. ISBN 0313259372. (Includes profile of Santiago)
David F. Marley (2005), "Cuba: Santiago", Historic Cities of the Americas, USA: ABC-CLIO, p. 55+, ISBN 1576070271
Clifford L. Staten (2005). "Timeline of Historical Events". History of Cuba. Palgrave Macmillan. ISBN 978-1-4039-6259-1.

in Spanish

Emilio Bacardí Moreau (1908). Crónicas de Santiago de Cuba (in Spanish). Barcelona: Carbonell y Esteva. (3 volumes) (Includes chronology)
"Republica Cubana: Oriente: Santiago de Cuba". Anuario del comercio, de la industria, de la magistratura y de la administracion de España, sus colonias, Cuba, Puerto-Rico y Filipinas, estados hispano-americanos y Portugal (in Spanish). Vol. 4. Madrid: Bailly-Bailliere e Hijos. 1908. pp. 271+. hdl:2027/njp.32101065143677.
Leopoldo Fornés Bonavía (2003). Cuba, cronología: cinco siglos de historia, política y cultura (in Spanish). Madrid: Editorial Verbum [es]. ISBN 978-84-7962-248-0. (chronology)
Olga Portuondo Zuniga (2003). "Santiago de Cuba". In Louis A. Pérez; Rebecca Jarvis Scott (eds.). The Archives of Cuba: Los Archivos de Cuba (in Spanish). University of Pittsburgh Press. pp. 171–199. ISBN 0822941953. (fulltext)

External links

Items related to Santiago de Cuba, various dates (via Digital Public Library of America)
Items related to Santiago de Cuba, various dates (via Europeana)
Digitized materials related to Santiago de Cuba in the Archivo Histórico Nacional of Spain, records of the Ministerio de Ultramar; via Portal de Archivos Españoles

[FOOTNOTEBonavía2003-1] Bonavía 2003.

[FOOTNOTEBritannica1910-2] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m Britannica 1910.

[katolsk-3] "Chronology of Catholic Dioceses: Cuba". Norway: Roman Catholic Diocese of Oslo. Retrieved January 7, 2016.

[FOOTNOTECatholic_Encyclopedia1908-4] Catholic Encyclopedia 1908.

[FOOTNOTEMarley2005-5] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p Marley 2005.

[6] Alfonso W. Quiroz (2011). "Free Association and Civil Society in Cuba, 1787-1895". Journal of Latin American Studies. 43 (1): 33–64. doi:10.1017/S0022216X10001781. S2CID 143209253.

[Bodenheimer2015-7] Rebecca M. Bodenheimer (2015). Geographies of Cubanidad: Place, Race, and Musical Performance in Contemporary Cuba. USA: University Press of Mississippi. ISBN 978-1-62674-684-8.

[8] Sociedad de Tumba Francesa La Caridad de Oriente, Santiago de Cuba (Motion picture). Braunschweig, Germany: Blackhole Factory. 2003 – via Internet Archive.

[Valdes2005-9] Miguel Viciedo Valdés (2005), "Breve reseña sobre la biblioteca pública en Cuba antes de 1959", Acimed (in Spanish), vol. 14, no. 1, Havana: Centro Nacional de Informacion de Ciencias Medicas, ISSN 1024-9435

[10] "Cuba". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1906. hdl:2027/nyp.33433081590576.

[europa2004-11] "Cuba". Europa World Year Book. Europa Publications. 2004. ISBN 978-1-85743-254-1.

[cinema-12] "Movie Theaters in Santiago de Cuba, Cuba". CinemaTreasures.org. Los Angeles: Cinema Treasures LLC. Retrieved January 7, 2016.

[FOOTNOTEU.S._Merchant_Marine1920-13] U.S. Merchant Marine 1920.

[Worth2013-14] Richard Worth (2013). Baseball Team Names: a Worldwide Dictionary, 1869-2011. USA: McFarland & Company. ISBN 978-0-7864-9124-7.

[15] "Cuba". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1921. hdl:2027/njp.32101072368440 – via HathiTrust.

[europa2001chronology-16] "Cuba". Political Chronology of the Americas. Europa Publications. 2001. ISBN 978-1-85743-118-6.

[17] Herbert Matthews (June 10, 1957), "Populace in revolt in Santiago de Cuba" (PDF), New York Times

[18] United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Statistical Office (1976). "Population of capital city and cities of 100,000 and more inhabitants". Demographic Yearbook 1975. New York. pp. 253–279.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)

[bbc-timeline-19] "Cuba Profile: Timeline", BBC News, September 12, 2012, retrieved January 7, 2016

[20] "Population of Capital Cities and Cities of 100,000 or More Inhabitants". Demographic Yearbook 2013. United Nations Statistics Division.

[21] "Population of Capital Cities and Cities of 100,000 or More Inhabitants". Demographic Yearbook 2014. United Nations Statistics Division.

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v t e Years in Cuba (1741–present)
18th century	1741‎ ... 1748‎ ... 1760‎ 1761‎ 1762‎ 1763‎ ... 1793‎
19th century	1815 ... 1822 ... 1835 ... 1840 ... 1846 ... 1853 1854 ... 1862 ... 1868 1869 1870 1871 1872 1873 1874 1875 1876 1877 1878 1879 1880 1881 1882 1883 1884 1885 1886 1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900
20th century	1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000
21st century	2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025

Prior to 20th century

20th century

21st century

See also

References

Bibliography

in English

in Spanish

External links