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Invasion of Cuba

Cuba · Politics / Cuban Revolutionary Party. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

13Records
1894–1895Date range
5Named people
4Places

Chronological records

1894

Jose Juian Marti Perez1894

Politics / Cuban Revolutionary Party

Prepares and arranges the armed expedition that would begin the Cuban revolution

1895

Jose Juian Marti Perez12 January 1895

Fernandina · Politics / Cuban Revolutionary Party

The North American authorities stop the steamship Lagonda and two other suspicious ships, Amadis, and Baracoa at the Fernandina port in Florida, confiscating weapons and ruining Plan de Fernandina (Fernandina Plan)

Maximo GomezMarch 1895

Politics / Cuban Revolutionary Party

Marti and Gomez declare the Manifesto de Montecristi, an "exposition of the purposes and principles of the Cuban revolution"

Jose Juian Marti PerezMarch 1895

Politics / Cuban Revolutionary Party

Marti and Gomez declare the Manifesto de Montecristi, an "exposition of the purposes and principles of the Cuban revolution"

Maximo Gomez1 April 1895

Montecristi · Politics / Cuban Revolutionary Party

The expedition, composed of Marti, Gomez, Angel Guerra, Francisco Borreo, Cesar Salas and Marcos del Rosario, leaves Montecristi for Cuba

Angel Guerra1 April 1895

Montecristi · Politics / Cuban Revolutionary Party

The expedition, composed of Marti, Gomez, Angel Guerra, Francisco Borreo, Cesar Salas and Marcos del Rosario, leaves Montecristi for Cuba

Jose Juian Marti Perez1 April 1895

Montecristi · Politics / Cuban Revolutionary Party

The expedition, composed of Marti, Gomez, Angel Guerra, Francisco Borreo, Cesar Salas and Marcos del Rosario, leaves Montecristi for Cuba

Marcos del Rosario1 April 1895

Montecristi · Politics / Cuban Revolutionary Party

The expedition, composed of Marti, Gomez, Angel Guerra, Francisco Borreo, Cesar Salas and Marcos del Rosario, leaves Montecristi for Cuba

Cesar Salas1 April 1895

Montecristi · Politics / Cuban Revolutionary Party

The expedition, composed of Marti, Gomez, Angel Guerra, Francisco Borreo, Cesar Salas and Marcos del Rosario, leaves Montecristi for Cuba

Jose Juian Marti Perez11 April 1895

Playitas · Politics / Cuban Revolutionary Party

Makes contact with the Cuban rebels, who are headed by the Maceo brothers, and started fighting against Spanish troops. Lands at Playitas, near Maisi Cape, Cuba

Jose Juian Marti Perez13 May 1895

Dos Rios · Politics / Cuban Revolutionary Party

The expedition reaches Dos Rios

Jose Juian Marti Perez19 May 1895

Dos Rios · Politics / Cuban Revolutionary Party

Killed in battle against Spanish troops at the Battle of Dos Rios, near the confluence of the rivers Contramaestre and Cauto

Jose Juian Marti Perez24 May 1895

Politics / Cuban Revolutionary Party

The expedition finally takes place

Names involved

Angel GuerraCesar SalasJose Juian Marti PerezMarcos del RosarioMaximo Gomez

Provenance

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