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Timeline of Havana

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The following is a timeline of the history of Havana, Cuba.

Contents

Prior to 18th century

  • 1515 – Diego Velázquez de Cuéllar founds settlement.
  • 1537 – Town sacked.
  • 1555 – Town sacked by Jacques de Sores.
  • 1577 – Castillo de la Real Fuerza built.
  • 1578 – Church of Santo Domingo built.
  • 1589 – Governor's residence relocated to Havana from Santiago de Cuba.
  • 1591 – Basilica Menor de San Francisco de Asis built.
  • 1592 – City status granted.
  • 1607 – Havana becomes capital of Cuba.
  • 1608 – San Agustin church built.
  • 1630 – San Salvador de la Punta Fortress built.
  • 1640 – Morro Castle (fortress) built.
  • 1644 – Convent of Santa Clara founded.
  • 1648 – Epidemic.
  • 1668 – Church of San Francisco de Paula (Havana) construction begins.
  • 1688 – Recollect Dominicans of Santa Cataline de Siena founded.
  • 1693 – San Felipe church built.
  • 1700
  • Discalced Carmelites of Santa Teresa de Jesus founded.
  • Santa Catalina church built.

    • 18th century

  • 1702 – City walls built.
  • 1704 – Jesuit college built.
  • 1728 – Royal and Pontifical University of Saint Jerome established.
  • 1748 – Battle of Havana.
  • 1762 – Battle of Havana; British in power.
  • 1763 – 6 July: Spanish in power per treaty.
  • 1767 – Castillo de Atares built.
  • 1768
  • Hurricane.
  • New city districts established: Campeche (including barrios San Francisco, San Isidro, Santa Paula, Santa Teresa) and La Punte (including barrios El Angel, Dragones, La Estrella, Monserrate).
  • 1772 – Paseo del Prado laid out (approximate date).
  • 1774 – La Cabaña fortress built.
  • 1775 – El Coleseo (theatre) built on Alameda de Paula.
  • 1777 – Cathedral of Havana built.
  • 1780 – Castle del Príncipe built.
  • 1787 – Roman Catholic diocese of San Cristóbal de la Habana established.
  • 1789 – Bishopric established.
  • 1791 – Population: 51,307.
  • 1792
  • Sociedad Económica de los Amigos del País de la Habana established.
  • Palace built.
  • 1794
  • Consulado (merchant guild) established.
  • Charity and Maternity Asylum opens.

    • 19th century

  • 1810 – Hurricane.
  • 1811 – Population: 94,023.
  • 1813 – El Lucero de la Habana newspaper begins publication.
  • 1817
  • Botanical Gardens established.
  • La Piña de Plata eatery in business.
  • 1828 – El Templete chapel built in the Plaza de Armas.
  • 1832 – El Noticioso y Lucero de la Habana newspaper begins publication.
  • 1834 – President's Palace built.
  • 1835
  • Fernando VII aqueduct constructed.
  • Mercado de Cristina (market) built on Plaza Vieja.
  • 1837 – Railway (Havana-Bejucal), Mercado de Cristina, and city jail constructed.
  • 1838 – Teatro Tacón opens.
  • 1844
  • Liceo Artistico y Literario de la Habana (lyceum) founded.
  • Palacio de Aldama built.
  • 1846 – Great Havana Hurricane.
  • 1847 – Premiere of Bottesini's opera Cristoforo Colombo.
  • 1853
  • Susini cigarette factory in operation.
  • Revista de la Habana literary magazine begins publication.
  • 1854 – Colegio de Belén founded.
  • 1856 – Hotel Inglaterra built.
  • 1861 – Royal Academy of Medical, Physical, and Natural Sciences established.
  • 1863
  • Fuente de la India (fountain) installed in Parque Central.
  • City walls dismantled.
  • 1868
  • El Ansador Comercial begins publication.
  • Colon Cemetery inaugurated.
  • 1871 – 27 November: Students executed.(es)
  • 1876 – Hotel Pasaje built.
  • 1877
  • Villalba palace built.
  • Payret Theatre opens.
  • 1878
  • Acueducto de Albear inaugurated.
  • City becomes part of La Habana Province.
  • 1880 – Colegio de Abogados de La Habana (bar association) founded.
  • 1881 – Jane Theater-Circus built.
  • 1882 – School of arts and trades opens.
  • 1884 – La Lucha newspaper begins publication.
  • 1888 – La Discusion newspaper begins publication.
  • 1889 – Population: 200,000.
  • 1890 – Alhambra Theatre opens.
  • 1894 – Manzana de Gómez built.
  • 1898 – 15 February: United States Navy Ship Maine explosion.
  • 1899 – U.S. military occupation begins.

    • 1900s–1940s

  • 1901
  • Biblioteca Nacional José Martí (library) established.
  • Malecón (esplanade) construction begins.
  • 1902
  • 20 May: U.S. occupation of Cuba ends.
  • El Mundo (Cuba) and Tierra newspapers begin publication.
  • 1905 – Petroleum refinery in operation.
  • 1907
  • Palace of the Association of Store Clerks built.
  • Population: 297,159.
  • Sociedad de Ingenieros y Arquitectos de Cuba (engineering society) headquartered in city.
  • 1908
  • Partido Independiente de Color (political party) founded in Havana.
  • Bohemia magazine begins publication.
  • Hotel Sevilla built.
  • 1909 – Lonja del Comercio building (stock exchange) and Hotel Plaza constructed.
  • 1910 – Pimp Alberto Yarini is killed in the San Isidro barrio of Old Havana.
  • 1913
  • National Museum of Fine Arts of Havana founded.
  • El Heraldo de Cuba newspaper begins publication.
  • 1917
  • Manzana de Gómez shopping arcade built.
  • Club Atenas organized.
  • 1919
  • Florida West Indies Airways begins flights to/from Key West, USA.
  • Population: 363,506 city; 697,583 province.
  • 1920
  • Palace of the Provincial Government built.
  • Biblioteca Municipal (library) and Ruston Academy established.
  • 1923 – Church of the Sacred Heart of Jesus built.
  • 1927 – Regina Theatre and Centro Asturiano open.
  • 1928
  • January–February: Pan-American Conference held in Havana.
  • Parque de la Fraternidad Americana (park) and Teatro Auditorium inaugurated.
  • 1929 – National Capitol Building constructed.
  • 1930
  • 1930
  • Rancho Boyeros Airport begins operating.
  • Bacardi Building constructed.
  • 1934 – Orquesta de Cámara de La Habana (musical group) formed.
  • 1938 – Office of the Historian of Havana created; Emilio Roig de Leuchsenring becomes city historian.
  • 1939
  • Tropicana Club in business.
  • Cuban Baseball Hall of Fame inaugurated.
  • Lyceum and Lawn Tennis Club formed.
  • 1945 – International Air Transport Association founded in Havana.
  • 1946
  • Havana Conference held.
  • Manuel Fernandez Supervielle becomes mayor.
  • 1948 – Cuban National Ballet founded.

    • 1950s–1990s

  • 1953 – Iglesia de Jesús de Miramar (church) and Embassy of the United States built.
  • 1956 – FOCSA Building constructed.
  • 1957
  • 13 March: Anticommunist Revolutionary Directorate attempts coup.
  • Supreme Court building constructed on Plaza Cívica.
  • 1958
  • November: Rafael Guas Inclán elected mayor.
  • José Martí Memorial erected in Plaza Cívica.
  • 1959
  • January: Revolutionary forces take city.
  • Instituto Nacional de Ahorro y Vivienda (housing agency) headquartered in Havana.
  • Plaza Cívica renamed "Plaza de la Revolución".
  • 1960 – International Ballet Festival of Havana begins.
  • 1961
  • Cuban Ministry of the Interior headquartered in Havana.
  • Instituto Tecnico Militar established.
  • 1962 – Cuban National Ballet School established.
  • 1963 – Cuban Journalists Union headquartered in Havana.
  • 1964 – Jaime Lucas Ortega y Alamino becomes Catholic archbishop of Havana.
  • 1965
  • Palacio de la Revolución in use as headquarters of the Communist Party.
  • International School of Havana established.
  • 1968 – Jardín botánico Nacional de Cuba (garden) established.
  • 1971 – Danza Contemporanea de Cuba active.
  • 1975 – December: 1st Congress of the Communist Party of Cuba held in Havana.
  • 1976 – Arroyo Naranjo, Boyeros, Centro Habana, Cerro, Cotorro, Diez de Octubre, Guanabacoa, La Habana del Este, La Habana Vieja, La Lisa, Marianao, Playa, Plaza de la Revolución, Regla, San Miguel del Padrón administrative municipalities created.
  • 1977 – Ministerio de Cultura de la República de Cuba's Editorial Letras Cubanas publishing house headquartered in Havana.
  • 1978 – City hosts World Festival of Youth and Students.
  • 1979
  • Havana Film Festival begins.
  • Palacio de las Convenciones built.
  • 1982
  • Old Havana designated an UNESCO World Heritage Site.
  • Havana International Book Fair begins.
  • 1983 – Centro de Investigaciones Psicológicas y Sociológicas headquartered in Havana.
  • 1984 – Havana Biennial Art Exhibition begins.
  • 1987
  • Grupo para el Desarrollo Integral de la Capital (urban planning group) formed.
  • Russian embassy built.
  • Instituto de Historia de Cuba headquartered in Havana.
  • 1994
  • August 1994 protest in Cuba.
  • Bán Rarra group active.
  • Meliá Cohiba Hotel in business.
  • 1998 – January: Catholic Pope visits Havana.
  • 1999 – Population: 2,189,716 city; 2,891,500 province.

    • 21st century

  • 2001 – Ballet Rakatan founded.
  • 2003
  • Damas de Blanco protest begins.
  • Juan Contino Aslán becomes mayor.
  • 2005 – December: World Trade Union Congress held in city.
  • 2011
  • April: 6th Congress of the Communist Party of Cuba held in Havana.
  • Marta Hernández Romero becomes mayor.
  • 2012 – Population: 2,105,291.
  • 2014
  • Fábrica de Arte Cubano cultural space established.
  • Population: 2,121,871.
  • 2015
  • January: United States–Cuban talks held in Havana.
  • September: Catholic pope visits city.
  • 2016
  • March: U.S. president Obama visits Havana.
  • April: 7th Congress of the Communist Party of Cuba held in Havana.

    • References

    Timeline of Havana Wikipedia
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