Timeline of Guantánamo
The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Guantánamo, Cuba.
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- 1741 - An English naval force landed here to attack Santiago.[1]
- 1822 - Town established.[1]
- 1856 - Ferrocarril de Guantánamo (railway) begins operating (approximate date).[2]
- 1899
20th century
- 1903 - U.S. military Guantanamo Bay Naval Base established near city.[5]
- 1907 - Population: 14,559 city; 43,300 municipality; 455,086 province.[6]
- 1919
- 1955 - Local MR-26-7 political group active.[9]
- 1957 - Teatro Luisa opens.[7]
- 1964 - Population: 122,400.[10]
- 1998 - Roman Catholic Diocese of Guantánamo-Baracoa established.[11]
- 1999 - Population: 208,030 city; 512,300 province.[12]
21st century
- 2002 - U.S. military Guantanamo Bay detention camp established near city.[13]
- 2014 - Population: 217,978.[14]
See also
- Guantánamo history (in Spanish)
- Timeline of Guantánamo Bay — Spanish, Cuban, & American events.
- Timelines of other cities in Cuba: Camagüey, Cienfuegos, Havana, Holguín, Matanzas, Santiago de Cuba
References
- ^ a b Britannica 1910.
- ISBN 978-0-8078-4692-6.
- ^ "Cuba: Guantanamo", American Newspaper Annual, Philadelphia: N.W. Ayer & Son, 1902
- ^ War Department (1900). Census of Cuba, 1899. Washington DC: Government Printing Office.
- ^ Staten 2005.
- United States Bureau of the Census.
- ^ a b "Movie Theaters in Guantanamo, Cuba". CinemaTreasures.org. Los Angeles, USA: Cinema Treasures LLC. Retrieved September 28, 2016.
- .
- ISBN 978-1-58367-583-0.
- Statistical Office of the United Nations. 1966.
- ^ "Chronology of Catholic Dioceses: Cuba". Norway: Roman Catholic Diocese of Oslo. Retrieved September 28, 2016.
- ISBN 978-1-85743-121-6.
- ^ "Cuba Profile: Timeline", BBC News, 12 September 2012, retrieved September 28, 2016
- ^ "Population of Capital Cities and Cities of 100,000 or More Inhabitants". Demographic Yearbook 2014. United Nations Statistics Division.
Bibliography
- in English
- . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 12 (11th ed.). 1910.
- Clifford L. Staten (2005). "Timeline of Historical Events". History of Cuba. Palgrave Macmillan. ISBN 978-1-4039-6259-1.
- in Spanish
- Jacobo de la Pezuela (1863). "Guantánamo (pueblo)". Diccionario geografico, estadístico, historico, de la isla de Cuba (in Spanish). Vol. 2. Madrid: Mellado. – via HathiTrust.
- "Guantánamo". – via HathiTrust.
- "Oriente: Guantanamo". 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 [Yearbook of Commerce, Industry, Judiciary and Administration of Spain, its Colonies Cuba, Puerto Rico and the Philippines, Spanish American States and Portugal] (in Spanish). Madrid: Bailly-Bailliere e Hijos. 1908.
- Olga Portuondo Zuniga (2003). "Guantánamo". In Louis A. Pérez; ISBN 0822941953. (fulltext)
- David Rubio Méndez (2016), "La comunidad emergente. Una aproximación a la realidad de los inmigrantes espontáneos no controlados en la Ciudad de Guantánamo" [The Emerging Community. An Approach to the Reality of Spontaneous Uncontrolled Immigrants in Guantanamo City], Estudios del Desarrollo Social: Cuba y América Latina (in Spanish), vol. 4, ISSN 2308-0132
External links
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- Items related to Guantánamo, various dates (via Europeana)
- Items related to Guantánamo, various dates (via Digital Public Library of America)