Timeline of Guantánamo

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

19th century

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
- La Voz del Pueblo newspaper begins publication.^[3]
- Population: 7,137 city; 28,063 district; 327,715 province.^[4]

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
- Teatro Fausto built.^[7]
- Population: 68,883.^[8]
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]

References

^ a b Britannica 1910.
^ Oscar Zanetti [in Spanish]; Alejandro García (1987). Sugar & Railroads: A Cuban History, 1837-1959. Translated by F. Knight; M. Todd. University of North Carolina Press. 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.
^ Victor H. Olmsted; Henry Gannett, eds. (1909). Cuba: Population, History and Resources 1907. Washington DC: 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.
^ "Cuba". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1921. hdl:2027/njp.32101072368440.
^ Stephen Cushion (2016). A Hidden History of the Cuban Revolution: How the Working Class Shaped the Guerillas' Victory. Monthly Review Press. pp. 107+. ISBN 978-1-58367-583-0.
^ "Population of capital cities and cities of 100,000 and more inhabitants". Demographic Yearbook 1965. New York: Statistical Office of the United Nations. 1966.
^ "Chronology of Catholic Dioceses: Cuba". Norway: Roman Catholic Diocese of Oslo. Retrieved September 28, 2016.
^ South America, Central America and the Caribbean 2002. Regional Surveys of the World. Europa Publications. 2001. 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

"Guantánamo" . 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. hdl:2027/uc1.32106019739041 – via HathiTrust.
"Guantánamo". Diccionario enciclopédico hispano-americano de literatura, ciencias y artes (in Spanish). Vol. 9. Barcelona: Montaner y Simon. 1892. hdl:2027/mdp.35112203983301 – 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; Rebecca Jarvis Scott (eds.). The Archives of Cuba: Los Archivos de Cuba (in Spanish). University of Pittsburgh Press. pp. 200–210. 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, Latin American Social Sciences Institute, ISSN 2308-0132

External links

Items related to Guantánamo, various dates (via Europeana)
Items related to Guantánamo, various dates (via Digital Public Library of America)

[FOOTNOTEBritannica1910-1] Britannica 1910.

[zanetti1987-2] Oscar Zanetti [in Spanish]; Alejandro García (1987). Sugar & Railroads: A Cuban History, 1837-1959. Translated by F. Knight; M. Todd. University of North Carolina Press. ISBN 978-0-8078-4692-6.

[Ayer1902-3] "Cuba: Guantanamo", American Newspaper Annual, Philadelphia: N.W. Ayer & Son, 1902

[4] War Department (1900). Census of Cuba, 1899. Washington DC: Government Printing Office.

[FOOTNOTEStaten2005-5] Staten 2005.

[6] Victor H. Olmsted; Henry Gannett, eds. (1909). Cuba: Population, History and Resources 1907. Washington DC: United States Bureau of the Census.

[cinema-7] "Movie Theaters in Guantanamo, Cuba". CinemaTreasures.org. Los Angeles, USA: Cinema Treasures LLC. Retrieved September 28, 2016.

[8] "Cuba". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1921. hdl:2027/njp.32101072368440.

[Cushion2016-9] Stephen Cushion (2016). A Hidden History of the Cuban Revolution: How the Working Class Shaped the Guerillas' Victory. Monthly Review Press. pp. 107+. ISBN 978-1-58367-583-0.

[10] "Population of capital cities and cities of 100,000 and more inhabitants". Demographic Yearbook 1965. New York: Statistical Office of the United Nations. 1966.

[katolsk-11] "Chronology of Catholic Dioceses: Cuba". Norway: Roman Catholic Diocese of Oslo. Retrieved September 28, 2016.

[Europa2002-12] South America, Central America and the Caribbean 2002. Regional Surveys of the World. Europa Publications. 2001. ISBN 978-1-85743-121-6.

[bbc-timeline-13] "Cuba Profile: Timeline", BBC News, 12 September 2012, retrieved September 28, 2016

[14] "Population of Capital Cities and Cities of 100,000 or More Inhabitants". Demographic Yearbook 2014. United Nations Statistics Division.

v t e Years in Cuba (1741–present)
18th century	1741‎ ... 1748‎ ... 1760‎ 1761‎ 1762‎ 1763‎ ... 1793‎
19th century	1815 ... 1822 ... 1835 ... 1840 ... 1846 ... 1853 1854 ... 1862 ... 1868 1869 1870 1871 1872 1873 1874 1875 1876 1877 1878 1879 1880 1881 1882 1883 1884 1885 1886 1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900
20th century	1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000
21st century	2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024

Timeline of Guantánamo

19th century

20th century

21st century

See also

References

Bibliography

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