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1492
 
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Columbus and his fellow explorers make landfall on the largest of the Caribbean islands, Cuba   See in Google maps   
1515
 
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The Spanish complete the conquest of Cuba and establish the town of Havana   See in Google maps   
1868
 
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An uprising against Spanish rule in Cuba sparks off a Ten Years' War   See in Google maps   
1878
 
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The Ten Years' War ends in Cuba, with Spain promising extensive reforms including the abolition of slavery    See in Google maps   
1897
 
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The Spanish governor in Cuba is recalled to Spain, for pioneering the concept of the concentration camp   See in Google maps   
1898
 
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The US battleship Maine is blown up in Havana harbour, sparking off the Spanish-American War       
1898
 
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Theodore Roosevelt fights against the Spanish in Cuba with a volunteer regiment of cavalry, the Rough Riders    See in Google maps   
1898
 
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In the Treaty of Paris, ending the Spanish-American War, Spain cedes Puerto Rico and Cuba to the USA    See in Google maps   
1902
 
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Cuba becomes independent after three years of US military rule, with certain restrictions imposed by the Platt Amendment of 1901   See in Google maps   
1903
 
   
Cuba is forced to accept a permanent US military presence in Guantanamo Bay   See in Google maps