Day |
Year |
Historical dates of Cuba in the month of February |
1 |
1751 |
Foundation of Holguin (originally called San Isidoro de Holguin). |
|
1873 |
Death of poetess Gertrudis Gomez de Avellaneda. |
2 |
1514 |
Foundation of the village of Santa Maria del Puerto de Principe, currently named Camagüey. |
|
1849 |
Birth of Jose Maceo y Grajales, in Majaguabo, Oriente. |
3 |
1934 |
Revolutionary Gabriel Barcelo died of tuberculosis. |
4 |
1891 |
Jose Marti participated in the American Monetary Commission. |
|
1919 |
Birth of revolutionary Fernando Chenard Piña, killed in the assault on Moncada Garrison. |
|
1959 |
US Government threatened to cut down Cuban sugar export quota, because of the revolutionary measures that
were implemented those days. |
|
1962 |
Second Havana Declaration. |
6 |
1879 |
Jose Marti received permission to teach in High School Education in Havana. |
|
1932 |
Birth of Commander Camilo Cienfuegos Gorriaran. |
|
1962 |
Foundation of the National Department of Daycare Centers. |
7 |
1901 |
Death in Madrid of Ana Betancourt, pioneer of Cuban movement for female emancipation. |
|
1958 |
Detention and murder of revolutionary fighter Gerardo Abreu (Fontan). |
|
1959 |
The Heroic Guerilla Fighter, Commander Ernesto Che Guevara, was declared Cuban citizen. |
9 |
1873 |
Major General Ignacio Agramonte led the battle of San Miguel, Puerto Principe. |
11 |
1959 |
Beginning of a literacy course for members of the Rebel Army in Ciudad Libertad (Freedom City). |
12 |
1867 |
Failure of the Information Board. |
13 |
1953 |
Ruben Batista died as a consequence of the wounds inflicted during the students’ demonstration of January 15. |
|
1953 |
Assassination of communist leader Paquito Rosales, in Manzanillo. |
15 |
1898 |
Battleship Maine was blown by the United States in Havana Bay to justify their eventual interference in the
Spanish-Cuban War. |
16 |
1903 |
President Estrada Palma signed the “agreement” to lease the territory of Caimanera to the United States. |
19 |
1963 |
Death of legendary singer Benny More. |
20 |
1962 |
The revolutionary government created the National Committee of the Cuban Academy of Sciences. |
21 |
1723 |
Rebellion and killing of tobacco farmers in Jesus del Monte. |
|
1901 |
Signing of the 1901 Constitution in Havana. It remained unchanged until 1928. |
22 |
1877 |
Death of patriot Francisco Vicente Aguilera. |
23 |
1896 |
Antonio Maceo arrived in Matanzas. |
24 |
1832 |
Birth in Bayamo of poet Juan Clemente Zenea. |
|
1895 |
Resumption of the independence war, with uprisings in Matanzas, Las Villas and Oriente. |
25 |
1802 |
Birth in Havana of the famous bishop Espada. |
|
1853 |
Death of philosopher Felix Varela. |
|
1931 |
Birth of revolutionary Rafael Freyre Torres, killed in the attack on Moncada Garrison. |
26 |
1869 |
The Patriotic Assembly declared in Camagüey the abolition of slavery. |
|
1962 |
Beginning of the first anti-polio vaccination campaign. |
27 |
1874 |
Carlos Manuel de Cespedes, Father of our Homeland and leader of the 1868 war, died fighting against Spanish troops. |
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(Translated by: Pedro A. Fanego) |