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In 1511, Diego Velázquez de Cuéllar set out from Hispaniola to form the first Spanish settlement in Cuba, with orders from Spain to conquer the island. The settlement was at Baracoa, but the new settlers were greeted with stiff resistance from the local Taíno population.
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History [ edit] Spanish colonization [ edit] The first...
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The official language of Cuba is Spanish and the vast...
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The presence of Spanish in Equatorial Guinea dates from the late 18th century, and it was adopted as the official language when independence was granted in 1968. Spanish is widely spoken in Western Sahara, which was a protectorate/colony of Spain from the 1880s to the 1970s.
Spanish set out from Hispaniola. The conquest of Cuba begins. 1511: The first governor of Cuba, the Spanish conquistador Diego Velázquez de Cuéllar leads a group of settlers in Baracoa. 1512: Indigenous Cuban resistance leader Hatuey is burned at the stake. 1519: Havana founded as San Cristóbal de la Habana (north coast) 1523
YearDateEvent19015 MarchThe U.S. Platt Amendment stipulates the ...190112 JuneThe Constitutional Convention adopts the ...190220 MayThe Cuban Republic is established under ...190629 SeptemberUnder attack from defeated political ...The Cuban War of Independence ( Spanish: Guerra de Independencia cubana ), also known in Cuba as The Necessary War ( Spanish: La Guerra Necesaria ), [5] fought from 1895 to 1898, was the last of three liberation wars that Cuba fought against Spain, the other two being the Ten Years' War (1868–1878) [6] and the Little War (1879–1880).
May 1, 2018 · 1 May 2018. A chronology of key events. 1492 - The navigator Christopher Columbus claims Cuba for Spain. 1511 - Spanish conquest begins under the leadership of Diego de Velazquez, who...
