Timeline of Santiago de Cuba explained

The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Santiago, Cuba.

Prior to 20th century

• 1514 - August: Santiago de Cuba founded by Diego Velázquez de Cuéllar.
• 1518 - Roman Catholic diocese of Baracoa established.^[1]
• 1522
  • Capital of Cuba relocated to Santiago from Baracoa.
  • Coat of arms granted.
  • Santiago de Cuba Cathedral named as a cathedral by Pope Adrian VI.
• 1526 - Fire.
• 1535 - Fire.
• 1553 - Santiago was occupied and plundered by French corsairs.
• 1603 - Sacked by English pirates.
• 1607 - Capital of Cuba relocated from Santiago to Havana.
• 1613 - Fire.
• 1638 - Castillo de San Pedro de la Roca (fort) construction begins.
• 1662 - British military force from Jamaica occupied and plundered the town.
• 1722 - San Basilio el Magno seminary established.
• 1741 - A British squadron from Jamaica and operated unsuccessfully against Santiago.
• 1755 - Population: 15,471.
• 1767 - 11 June: Earthquake.
• 1774 - Population: 18,374.
• 1787 - Sociedad Económica de los Amigos del País founded.^[2]
• 1799 - Government slaves working at Cobre mine, Cuba were freed.
• 1805 - El Amigo de los Cubanos newspaper begins publication.
• 1808 - Population: 33,881.
• 1823 - Teatro Coliseo (theatre) opens.
• 1827 - Population: about 27,000.
• 1852 - Earthquake.
• 1862 - tumba francesa group founded.^{[3] [4]}
• 1868 - Santa Ifigenia Cemetery established.
• 1873 - The Virginius Affair.
• 1898
  • 3 July: Battle of Santiago de Cuba fought near city.
  • July: Siege of Santiago by US forces.
  • El Cubano Libre newspaper in publication.https://archive.org/details/gri_33125012636383/page/n163
  • Emilio Bacardí Moreau becomes mayor.
• 1899 - Public library established.

20th century

• 1902 - Population: 45,478.^[5]
• 1905 - Convención Bautista de Cuba Oriental (church) founded.^[6]
• 1909 - Vista Alegre Theatre built.^[7]
• 1915 - Cine Aguilera (cinema) opens.
• 1917 - Orientales baseball team formed.^[8]
• 1919 - Population: 70,232.^[9]
• 1924 - Cine Rialto (cinema) opens.
• 1943 - Population: 118,266.
• 1947 - University of Santiago de Cuba established.
• 1953
  • 26 July: Moncada Barracks attacked by forces of Castro, launching the Cuban Revolution.^[10]
  • Population: 163,237.
• 1954 - Antonio Maceo Airport opens.
• 1956 - 30 November: (anti-Batista event) occurs.
• 1957 - Anti-Batista unrest; crackdown.
• 1964 - Estadio Guillermón Moncada (stadium) opens.
• 1970 - Population: 277,600.^[11]
• 1976 - (garden) established.
• 1977 - Avispas baseball team formed.
• 1999 - Population: 441,524.

21st century

• 2012
  • March: Catholic pope visits Santiago.
  • October: Hurricane Sandy.
  • Population: 431,471.^[12]
• 2014 - Population: 434,268.^[13]
• 2015 - September: Catholic pope visits Santiago.

See also

• Santiago de Cuba history
• List of governors of Provincia de Santiago de Cuba
• Timelines of other cities in Cuba: Camagüey, Cienfuegos, Guantánamo, Havana, Holguín, Matanzas

Bibliography

in English

• Book: Commercial Directory of Latin America. 1892. Washington DC. Bureau of the American Republics. Spanish Colonies: Cuba: Santiago de Cuba. https://books.google.com/books?id=iaoXAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA392.
• Book: Catholic Encyclopedia. Ventura Fuentes. Catholic Encyclopedia. New York. 1908. https://books.google.com/books?id=2GcQAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA558. Cuba. 558–562. .
  • Santiago de Cuba . 24 . 192 - 193 . 1910 . . 1.
• Book: New York Public Library. List of Works Relating to the West Indies. 1912. Cuba: History and Description: Special Places: Santiago de Cuba. https://books.google.com/books?id=6sDfAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA177.
• Book: Trade Directory of Central America and the West Indies. 1915. US Department of Commerce. Washington DC. Cuba: Santiago de Cuba. https://books.google.com/books?id=SUbPAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA157.
• Book: Santiago de Cuba and its District (1607-1640). Irene Aloha Wright. Madrid . Felipe Peña Cruz. 1918. 2027/nyp.33433067340434.
• Book: U.S. Merchant Marine, Social Service Bureau. Seaman's Handbook for Shore Leave. 1920. 2nd . Custom House . Boston . Santiago de Cuba, Cuba. .
• Book: Latin American Urbanization: Historical Profiles of Major Cities . Gerald Michael Greenfield . Greenwood Press . 1994 . 0313259372 . Sergio Díaz-Briquets . Cuba . 173–187 . (Includes profile of Santiago)
  • Book: Clifford L. Staten. History of Cuba. 2005. Palgrave Macmillan. 978-1-4039-6259-1. Timeline of Historical Events. https://books.google.com/books?id=mPqVpp_61OcC&pg=PR9. .

in Spanish

• Book: Emilio Bacardí Moreau. Crónicas de Santiago de Cuba. 1908. Carbonell y Esteva. Barcelona. es. . (3 volumes) (Includes chronology)
• Book: Anuario del comercio, de la industria, de la magistratura y de la administracion de España, sus colonias, Cuba, Puerto-Rico y Filipinas, estados hispano-americanos y Portugal . 4 . 1908. Bailly-Bailliere e Hijos . Madrid . es . Republica Cubana: Oriente: Santiago de Cuba . http://hdl.handle.net/2027/njp.32101065143677?urlappend=%3Bseq=269 . 271+ . 2027/njp.32101065143677?urlappend=%3Bseq=269 .
• Book: Leopoldo Fornés Bonavía. Cuba, cronología: cinco siglos de historia, política y cultura. 2003. . Madrid. 978-84-7962-248-0. es. . (chronology)
• Book: Louis A. Pérez . Rebecca Jarvis Scott. The Archives of Cuba: Los Archivos de Cuba. es. University of Pittsburgh Press. 2003. Santiago de Cuba. 171–199. Olga Portuondo Zuniga. 0822941953. (fulltext)

External links

• Items related to Santiago de Cuba, various dates (via Digital Public Library of America)
• Items related to Santiago de Cuba, various dates (via Europeana)
• Digitized materials related to Santiago de Cuba in the Archivo Histórico Nacional of Spain, records of the Ministerio de Ultramar; via Portal de Archivos Españoles

Notes and References

1. Web site: Chronology of Catholic Dioceses: Cuba . . Norway . January 7, 2016 .
2. Free Association and Civil Society in Cuba, 1787-1895 . Alfonso W. Quiroz . . 43 . 1 . 2011 . 33–64 . 10.1017/S0022216X10001781 . 143209253 .
3. Book: Rebecca M. Bodenheimer . Geographies of Cubanidad: Place, Race, and Musical Performance in Contemporary Cuba. 2015. . USA . 978-1-62674-684-8.
4. Sociedad de Tumba Francesa La Caridad de Oriente, Santiago de Cuba . Internet Archive . 2003 . Motion picture . Blackhole Factory . Braunschweig, Germany .
5. Book: Statesman's Year-Book . 1906 . London . Macmillan and Co.. Cuba . 2027/nyp.33433081590576?urlappend=%3Bseq=892 . http://hdl.handle.net/2027/nyp.33433081590576?urlappend=%3Bseq=892 .
6. Book: Europa World Year Book . 2004. . 978-1-85743-254-1 . Cuba . https://books.google.com/books?id=wGA4o-UhAfgC&pg=PA1363 .
7. Web site: Movie Theaters in Santiago de Cuba, Cuba . CinemaTreasures.org . Cinema Treasures LLC . Los Angeles . January 7, 2016 .
8. Book: Richard Worth. Baseball Team Names: a Worldwide Dictionary, 1869-2011. 2013. . USA . 978-0-7864-9124-7.
9. Book: Statesman's Year-Book . Statesman's Year-Book . 1921 . London . Macmillan and Co.. Cuba . 2027/njp.32101072368440?urlappend=%3Bseq=837 . http://hdl.handle.net/2027/njp.32101072368440?urlappend=%3Bseq=837 . HathiTrust .
10. Book: Political Chronology of the Americas . 2001. . 978-1-85743-118-6 . Cuba . https://books.google.com/books?id=C7WayaUhkUEC&pg=PA79 .
11. Book: Demographic Yearbook 1975 . 1976 . United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Statistical Office . New York . Population of capital city and cities of 100,000 and more inhabitants . 253–279 .
12. Web site: Population of Capital Cities and Cities of 100,000 or More Inhabitants . Demographic Yearbook 2013 . .
13. Web site: Population of Capital Cities and Cities of 100,000 or More Inhabitants . Demographic Yearbook 2014 . United Nations Statistics Division .