| Day | Year | Historical dates of Cuba in the month of January |
| 1 | 1899 | First US occupation in our country |
| 1957 | The bodies of revolutionary fighters William Soler Ledea, 15 years, and Froilan Guerra Ramirez, 17, were found in Santiago de Cuba |
| 1959 | Triumph of the Revolution, led by Commander in Chief, Fidel Castro. |
| 2 | 1959 | Arrival to Havana of the “Antonio Maceo” column, led by the unforgettable Commander Camilo Cienfuegos. |
| 3 | 1896 | The invasion of the Independence Army, led by Generals Antonio Maceo and Maximo Gomez, reached Havana. |
| 5 | 1959 | The Revolutionary Government dissolved the Congress of the Republic and declared extinct the posts of mayors, governors and councilmen |
| 1961 | Murder of literacy teacher Conrado Benítez. |
| 7 | 1896 | Victory of the troops under Maximo Gomez’s command in the battle of Ceiba del Agua. Maceo reached the outskirts of Pinar del Rio City. |
| 8 | 1940 | Sergio Saiz y Montes de Oca was born in San Juan y Martinez. He and his brother were murdered by Fulgencio Batista’s assassins in August 13 1957. |
| 1959 | Victorious arrival to Havana of the Rebel Army, led by Commander in Chief, Fidel Castro. |
| 10 | 1929 | Assassination in Mexico of revolutionary leader Julio Antonio Mella |
| 12 | 1869 | Cuban patriots burn to the ground their first capital, Bayamo; before the arrival of the Spanish Army. |
| 14 | 1934 | Antonio Guiteras decreed the nationalization of Cuban Electricity Company, so far a branch of a US Company. |
| 15 | 1953 | Ruben Batista was deadly wounded in a students’ demonstration. |
| 16 | 1934 | Death of Ruben Martinez Villena, restless fighter of Cuban Proletariat. |
| 17 | 1896 | Antonio Maceo successfully commanded the battle of Las Taironas, in Pinar del Rio. |
| 19 | 1869 | Jose Marti’s first article was published by “El Diablo Cojuelo” newspaper. |
| 22 | 1869 | Bloody events of Villanueva theater. |
| 1948 | Sugar union leader, Jesus Menendez, was murdered in Manzanillo. |
| 23 | 1869 | Jose Marti’s dramatic poem “Abdalla” was published in “La Patria Libre” newspaper. |
| 1896 | Antonio Maceo successfully completed the invasion campaign in Mantua, Pinar del Rio. |
| 1998 | Pope John Paul XXIII began the first visit to Cuba of a Supreme Pontiff and was welcomed by Commander in Chief, Fidel Castro. |
| 26 | 1855 | The conspiracy of Catalonian Ramon Pinto was exposed. |
| 27 | 1924 | First homage to Vladimir Ilyich Lenin in Cuba. An olive tree was planted in Regla, in the former Fortress Hill, known ever since as Lenin’s Hill. |
| 1959 | Rebel commander Francisco “Paco” Cabrera accidentally died in Caracas, Venezuela. |
| 28 | 1953 | Birth of Jose Julian Marti y Perez, our Independence Apostle. |
| 1960 | The revolutionary government handed over the Moncada Garrison to the Ministry of Education, which turned it into the School City “July 26.” |
| 29 | 1895 | Jose Marti signed the order for the uprising that triggered the resumption of the Independence War. The order would be executed on February 24. |
| 1961 | Beginning of the first people’s sugar harvest. |
| | (Translated by: Pedro A. Fanego) |
