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May 14, 2010 · Updated: May 2, 2022 | Original: May 14, 2010. copy page link. Print Page. Getty Images. The Spanish-American War was an 1898 conflict between the United States and Spain that ended Spanish...
The timeline of events of the Spanish–American War covers major events leading up to, during, and concluding the Spanish–American War, a ten-week conflict in 1898 between Spain and the United States of America. The conflict had its roots in the worsening socio-economic and military position of Spain after the Peninsular War, the growing ...
July 17, 1898: City of Santiago surrenders to General William Shafter. August 12, 1898: Spain signs armistice. August 13, 1898: US troops capture Manila. December 10, 1898: Treaty of Paris signed US annexes Puerto Rico, Guam, Philippines. January 23, 1899: Philippines declares itself an independent republic Led by Emilio Aguinaldo, the self ...
Apr 14, 2024 · Spanish-American War, (1898), conflict between the United States and Spain that ended Spanish colonial rule in the Americas and resulted in U.S. acquisition of territories in the western Pacific and Latin America. Origins of the war. The war originated in the Cuban struggle for independence from Spain, which began in February 1895.
April 24, 1898. Spain declares war on the United States. April 25, 1898. The United States declares war on Spain, making the declaration retroactive to April 21. The U.S. Navy prepares to fight with Spain in Cuba and in the Philippines. May 1, 1898. George Dewey Brown Brothers.
2 destroyers sunk [9] The Spanish–American War [b] (April 21 – December 10, 1898) began in the aftermath of the internal explosion of USS Maine in Havana Harbor in Cuba, leading to United States intervention in the Cuban War of Independence. The war led to the United States emerging predominant in the Caribbean region, [15] and resulted in ...
Aug 12, 2012 · Printable Version. Spanish American War Timeline, Digital History ID 2937. 1895 . February 24: Second Cuban Insurrection begins. April: General Gomez, General Antonio Maceo, Jose Maceo, Cebreco, Crombet, Guerra, Jose Marti and Borrero land in Cuba . May 19, 1895: Cuban Jose Marti killed in encounter at Dos Rios Oriente Province.
