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1868
10 October Carlos M. C?spedes issued the Grito de Yara and initiated the Ten Years' War in Cuba (1868-1878), the independence movement that served as the forerunner of the 1895 Insurrection and the Spanish American War. 1885 24 November Conservative president Antonio C?novas del Castillo and liberal opposition leader Pr?xedes Mateo Sagasta, concluded the "Pact of Madrid" by which they agreed that the liberals would assume power, but protect the political status quo. 25 November King Alfonso XII died. 27 November Sagasta became president. 30 December Do?a Mar?a Cristina, widow of Alfonso XII, swore allegiance to the Constitution and became regent. 1886 10-11 January Republican uprising in Cartagena. 17 May Alfonso XIII was born. 19 September Republican uprisings in Cartagena and Madrid. 1887 March Publication in Berlin, Germany, of Noli Me Tangere (Touch Me Not) by Jos? Rizal, the Philippines' most illustrious son, awakened Filipino national consciousness. 1890 1 May First May-Day demonstrations in Madrid and Barcelona. 13-18 May General strike in Vizcaya. 3 July Sagasta's liberal government fell. 5 July C?novas became president. 1891 February The government was reaffirmed in power after general elections. C?novas appointed as Romero de Robledo, a politician well known for his corrupt practices, to be Minister of the Colonies. Soon thereafter, the Captain-general of Cuba, Gen. Camilo Polavieja, resigned in protest. 1892 8 January Peasant uprising in J?rez de la Frontera. 25 March Congress of Catalonian autonomists met in Manresa. August-November Celebrations of the fourth centenary of the discovery of America. 11 December C?novas conservative government fell. Sagasta formed new liberal cabinet and named Admiral Pascual Cervera y Topete as Minister of the Navy and Antonio Maura, who favored a degree of autonomy for Cuba, as Minister of the Colonies. 1893 20 June A group of anarchists attacked the home of C?novas del Castillo. 23 September Anarchists attempted to assassinate Gen. Arsenio Mart?nez Campos in Barcelona, while presiding over a military parade. Great turmoil resulted in the city. 29-30 September The Melilla war started. Melilla is a Spanish military enclave on Morocco's Mediterranean coast. 5 October Paulino Pall?s, the attempted assassin of Mart?nez Campos, was executed by a firing squad in the castle of Montjuich, Barcelona. 7 November Anarchists exploded bombs at the Liceo theater in Barcelona, killing 18 and wounding many. In the following days, explosives were found in several points around the city. 1894 5 March Melilla war ended. 21 March The rest of those implicated in the attempted assassination of Mart?nez Campos, are executed by firing-squad in the castle of Montjuich. 21 September The person accused of throwing the bombs in the Liceo is executed in prison. 5 November Cabinet crisis, resolved by the appointment of Buenaventura de Ab?rzuza as Minister of Colonies. Formulated changes in the Cuban policy. 1895 13 February Cortes approved new measures for Cuba, which were well received in Havana, but did not stop agitation for independence. 24 February Cubans seeking independence rose with the "Grito de Baire". Sagasta considered the uprising to be of little importance. 10 March Spain sent an expeditionary force of 6,000 men to Cuba. 11 March The cruiser "Reina Regente", Spain's best fighting warship, sank off the Strait of Gibraltar due to bad weather. Almost 400 lives were lost. 23 March Sagasta's government fell. 18 April Gen. Mart?nez Campos arrived in Santiago de Cuba, sent by the new C?novas government. 12 July Mart?nez Campos' column of 300 men stumbled on Cuban insurgent forces of 7,000 men led by Antonio Maceo. Another column of 1,000 Spanish soldiers arrived just in time and routed the Cubans, amid heavy loses. 1896 10 February General Valeriano Weyler y Nicolau arrived in Cuba to assume command of the Spanish army there. 16 February Weyler ordered Spanish troops to isolate the rural population would be isolated from each other and from the insurgents and "concentrated" in their villages. This was the first time this strategy was used in modern warfare. 17 February Weyler defeated Maceo at Las Vegas. 21 February Weyler defeated Maceo at Ojo del Agua, Camag?ey. 4-5 December Spanish troops defeated Maceo at Punta Brava, Pinar del R?o. Maceo was killed and his assistant, a son of M?ximo G?mez, committed suicide near Maceo's body, rather than to be taken prisoner by the Spanish. 1897 5 February Amid total political chaos and disorientation, the C?novas government issued the decree of autonomy for Cuba. 26 June U.S. Department of State sent a note to Spanish ambassador Enrique Dupuy de L?me criticizing Spanish war methods in Cuba. 8 August C?novas was murdered in Guip?zcua by an Italian who claimed to be avenging the execution of Catalonian anarchists on May 4. General Marcelo Azc?rraga took over the government temporarily. 2 October Sagasta became president. 9 October Following vigorous attacks against General Weyler in the Spanish press, Sagasta removed him as commander of the army in Cuba. He was replaced by General Ram?n Blanco, Marquis of Pe?aplata. 6 November Spanish government declared a general amnesty for Cuban political prisoners. 22 November A royal decree granted universal suffrage for Cuba and Puerto Rico. 26 November Spain granted autonomy to Cuba. 1898 1 January The Cuban autonomous government assumed its duties. The war continued. 25 January The cruiser U.S.S. Maine sailed into Havana harbor. 15 February The U.S.S. Maine exploded in Havana harbor. 21 April Spain expelled the United States' ambassador and recalled its diplomats from Washington. 23 April U.S. declared war on Spain. Spanish naval high command met in Madrid and issued a report declaring that neither its ships nor materiel could match that of the U.S. The fleet's commander to Cuba, Admiral Pascual Cervera, predicted its destruction. 1 May The U.S. fleet under Admiral Dewey destroyed Spain's Pacific fleet at Cavite, in the Philippines. Losses for Spain were 75 dead and 281 wounded. The Americans suffered only 7 wounded. 19 May Spanish fleet entered the harbor at Santiago de Cuba despite the tight U.S. blockade and numerical superiority. 20 June U.S. expeditionary forces landed at Daiquir? and Siboney, in Oriente province. 24 June General Joaqu?n Vara de Rey heroically defended Caney for ten hours with only 419 men and no artillery, against an U.S. force 15 times larger and better armed. Vara de Rey died fighting; only 84 Spanish soldiers survived. 3 July Cervera's fleet left Santiago harbor to engage the U.S. fleet, waiting outside the bay. The Spanish fleet was destroyed, with 350 dead, 160 wounded and 1600 men and 70 officers taken prisoner by U.S. troops, who only suffered 1 dead and 6 wounded. 4 July Truce between Spain and the U.S. to allow foreigners to leave Santiago. 10 July U.S. forces began bombardment of Santiago. 16 July Santiago fell and Spain capitulated. 26 July Spain asked France to mediate. 11 August The Council of Ministers accepted the conditions for peace, outlined by the United States: Spain must renounce its sovereignty over Cuba, Puerto Rico and other islands of the West Indies, and cede Puerto Rico to the U.S., the U.S. would hold Manila until a peace treaty was signed and a government was formed, Spain was to evacuate Cuba and Puerto Rico immediately. 10 October Peace conference convened in Paris. 10 December Peace treaty was signed in Paris. 1899 1 January General Adolfo Jim?nez Castellanos, officially handed Cuba over to the United States. 3 March Sagasta's government fell. Francisco Silvela, the new conservative leader, became president. 18 October After Spanish forces evacuated Puerto Rico, the U.S. annexed the island. 1901 7 March Sagasta became president again. 1902 17 May King Alfonso XIII assumed the throne at age 16. |
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