The occupation of Havana ends as the city is returned under the Treaty of Paris.Ĭuban authorities brutally suppress what they believe is plot by free blacks in Cuba to abolish slavery and end colonial rule. Cuba begins to export sugar to the British colonies. Havana is captured by the British under Admiral George Pocock and Lord Albemarle during the Seven Years War. Those who violate the decree could be executed.Ībout one-third of Havana's population dies of yellow fever. Spain's King declares that tobacco, Cuba's main crop, cannot be sold to foreigners. Sugar, which will eventually become Cuba's largest crop, is first grown. Havana is founded as San Cristóbal de la Habana by Velázquez. Havana's superb harbor makes it a common transit point to and from Spain.

Spain establishes settlements, colonizing Cuba.

Spaniards under Diego Velázquez conquer Cuba and its aboriginal groups. 1492Ĭhristopher Columbus arrives in Cuba and claims the territory for Spain. These are key dates in Cuban history, from Columbus's arrival in 1492 to the present.

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