Timeline of Santiago de Cuba
The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Santiago, Cuba.
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- 1514 - August: Santiago de Cuba founded.[1]
- 1518 - Roman Catholic diocese of Baracoa established.[2]
- 1522
- 1526 - Fire.[4]
- 1535 - Fire.[4]
- 1607 - Capital of Cuba relocated from Santiago to Havana.[4]
- 1613 - Fire.[4]
- 1638 - Castillo de San Pedro de la Roca (fort) construction begins.
- 1722 - San Basilio el Magno seminary established.[4]
- 1755 - Population: 15,471.[4]
- 1767 - 11 June: Earthquake.[4]
- 1774 - Population: 18,374.[4]
- 1805 - El Amigo de los Cubanos newspaper begins publication.[4]
- 1808 - Population: 33,881.[4]
- 1823 - Teatro Coliseo (theatre) opens.[1]
- 1852 - Earthquake.[4]
- 1898
- 3 July: Battle of Santiago de Cuba fought near city.[5]
- July: Siege of Santiago by US forces.
- El Cubano Libre newspaper in publication.
- Emilio Bacardí Moreau becomes mayor.[4]
20th century
- 1902 - Population: 45,478.[6]
- 1905 - Convención Bautista de Cuba Oriental (church) founded.[7]
- 1909 - Vista Alegre Theatre built.[8]
- 1915 - Cine Aguilera (cinema) opens.[8]
- 1917 - Orientales baseball team formed.[9]
- 1919 - Population: 70,232.[10]
- 1924 - Cine Rialto (cinema) opens.[8]
- 1943 - Population: 118,266.[4]
- 1947 - University of Santiago de Cuba established.
- 1953
- 26 July: Moncada Barracks attacked by forces of Castro, launching the Cuban Revolution.[11]
- Population: 163,237.[4]
- 1954 - Antonio Maceo Airport opens.
- 1956 - 30 November: Levantamiento en Santiago de Cuba (anti-Batista event) occurs.
- 1957 - Anti-Batista unrest; crackdown.[12]
- 1964 - Estadio Guillermón Moncada (stadium) opens.
- 1967 - Population: 259,000.[4]
- 1976 - Jardín de los Helechos de Santiago de Cuba (garden) established.
- 1977 - Avispas baseball team formed.[9]
- 1999 - Population: 441,524.[7]
21st century
- 2012
- March: Catholic pope visits Santiago.
- October: Hurricane Sandy.[13]
- Population: 431,471.[14]
- 2014 - Population: 434,268.[15]
- 2015 - September: Catholic pope visits Santiago.
See also
References
- ↑ "Chronology of Catholic Dioceses: Cuba". Norway: Roman Catholic Diocese of Oslo. Retrieved January 2016.
- ↑ Catholic Encyclopedia 1908.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Marley 2005.
- ↑ Britannica 1910.
- ↑ "Cuba". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1906.
- 1 2 "Cuba". Europa World Year Book. Europa Publications. 2004. ISBN 978-1-85743-254-1.
- 1 2 3 "Movie Theaters in Santiago de Cuba, Cuba". CinemaTreasures.org. Los Angeles: Cinema Treasures LLC. Retrieved January 2016.
- 1 2 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 – via HathiTrust.
- ↑ "Cuba". Political Chronology of the Americas. Europa Publications. 2001. ISBN 978-1-85743-118-6.
- ↑ Herbert Matthews (10 June 1957), "Populace in revolt in Santiago de Cuba" (PDF), New York Times
- ↑ "Cuba Profile: Timeline", BBC News, retrieved January 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.
This article incorporates information from the Spanish Wikipedia.
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.
- "Santiago de Cuba", The United States, with Excursions to Mexico, Cuba, Porto Rico, and Alaska (4th ed.), Leipzig: K. Baedeker, 1909
- "Santiago de Cuba", Encyclopaedia Britannica (11th ed.), New York, 1910, OCLC 14782424 – via Internet Archive
- 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: F. Peña Cruz.
- 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. (chronology)
- Leopoldo Fornés Bonavía (2003). Cuba, cronología: cinco siglos de historia, política y cultura (in Spanish). Madrid: Editorial Verbum. ISBN 978-84-7962-248-0. (chronology)
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