{"slug": "havana", "label": "Havana", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Havana", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1563", "qid": "Q1563", "description": "capital and largest city of Cuba", "entries": 29, "years": 25, "span": [1515, 2025], "span_label": ["1515 CE", "2025 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 12}, {"title": "Disasters & Accidents", "count": 6}, {"title": "Exploration & Expansion", "count": 2}, {"title": "Crime & Justice", "count": 2}, {"title": "Climate & Environment", "count": 2}, {"title": "Culture & Society", "count": 1}, {"title": "Deaths", "count": 1}, {"title": "Health & Medicine", "count": 1}, {"title": "Economy & Finance", "count": 1}, {"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 1}], "also_known_as": ["Havana, Cuba"], "related": [{"slug": "cuba", "label": "Cuba", "shared": 14}, {"slug": "spain", "label": "Spain", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "fidel-castro", "label": "Fidel Castro", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "war-of-jenkins-ear", "label": "War of Jenkins' Ear", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "seven-years-war", "label": "Seven Years' War", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "che-guevara", "label": "Che Guevara", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "kingdom-of-great-britain", "label": "Kingdom of Great Britain", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "caribbean", "label": "Caribbean", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "new-york-city", "label": "New York City", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "florida", "label": "Florida", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "spanish-treasure-fleet", "label": "Spanish treasure fleet", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "john-f-kennedy-international-airport", "label": "John F. Kennedy International Airport", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 1515, "year_label": "1515 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": "August 25", "text": "August 25 – Conquistador Diego Velázquez de Cuéllar founds Havana, Cuba.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1362498078#July–September", "title": "1515", "revid": 1362498078, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1519, "year_label": "1519 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": null, "text": "Havana moves from the southern to the northern part of Cuba.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365433723#Date_unknown", "title": "1519", "revid": 1365433723, "section": "Events › Date unknown"}}, {"year": 1555, "year_label": "1555 CE", "section": "Crime & Justice", "date": "July 10", "text": "10 July - 5 August - Jacques de Sores, in the head of a French fleet, burns and pillages Havana and the Castillo de la Real Fuerza that the Governor Hernando de Soto had built to counter acts of piracy.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1353736563#Events", "title": "1555 in France", "revid": 1353736563, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1715, "year_label": "1715 CE", "section": "Disasters & Accidents", "date": "July 24", "text": "July 24 – 1715 Treasure Fleet: A Spanish treasure fleet of 12 ships, under General Don Juan Ubilla, leaves Havana, Cuba for Spain. Seven days later, 11 of them sink in a storm off the coast of Florida (some centuries later, treasure salvage is found from these wrecks).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1355668843#July–September", "title": "1715", "revid": 1355668843, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1728, "year_label": "1728 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "January 5", "text": "January 5 – The Real y Pontificia Universidad de San Gerónimo de la Habana, the oldest university in Cuba, is founded in Havana.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1363462071#January–March", "title": "1728", "revid": 1363462071, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1731, "year_label": "1731 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "April 9", "text": "April 9 – British trader Robert Jenkins has his ear cut off after his ship, Rebecca is boarded by Spanish coast guards at Havana in Cuba. The incident becomes the casus belli for the War of Jenkins' Ear in 1739.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369560841#April–June", "title": "1731", "revid": 1369560841, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1748, "year_label": "1748 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "October 12", "text": "October 12 – War of Jenkins' Ear – Battle of Havana: a British Caribbean squadron engages a Spanish squadron based near Havana.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1361284371#October–December", "title": "1748", "revid": 1361284371, "section": "Events › October–December"}}, {"year": 1762, "year_label": "1762 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "August 13", "text": "August 13 – Seven Years' War: The Battle of Havana concludes after more than two months, with the surrender of Havana by Spain to Great Britain.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340806393#July–September", "title": "1762", "revid": 1340806393, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1762, "year_label": "1762 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "August 13", "text": "13 August – Seven Years' War: The Battle of Havana concludes after more than two months with the surrender of Havana to Britain by Spain.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1276244439#Events", "title": "1762 in Great Britain", "revid": 1276244439, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1764, "year_label": "1764 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "July 6", "text": "July 6 – The last British troops depart Havana, Cuba, two years after having captured it from Spain during the Seven Years' War. The removal of troops follows the treaty between the two Kingdoms, with Spain ceding West Florida to Great Britain in return for the Havana withdrawal.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1363539304#July–September", "title": "1764", "revid": 1363539304, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1851, "year_label": "1851 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "September 1", "text": "September 1 – Narciso López is executed in Havana following the failure of his expedition in Cuba.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1358777790#July–September", "title": "1851", "revid": 1358777790, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1854, "year_label": "1854 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "February 28", "text": "February 28 – The Black Warrior Affair: A ship destined for New York City is detained in Havana, Cuba (under Spanish control at the time). The incident strains U.S.–Spanish relations.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369640866#January–June", "title": "1854 in the United States", "revid": 1369640866, "section": "Events › January–June"}}, {"year": 1898, "year_label": "1898 CE", "section": "Disasters & Accidents", "date": "February 15", "text": "February 15 – Spanish–American War: The USS Maine explodes and sinks in Havana Harbor, Cuba, for reasons never fully established, killing 266 men. The event precipitates the United States' declaration of war on Spain, two months later.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1367547011#February", "title": "1898", "revid": 1367547011, "section": "Events › February"}}, {"year": 1898, "year_label": "1898 CE", "section": "Disasters & Accidents", "date": "February 15", "text": "February 15 – USS Maine explodes and sinks in Havana harbor, Cuba, killing 266 men. Popular opinion blames Spain and helps precipitate the Spanish–American War.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365817309#January–March", "title": "1898 in the United States", "revid": 1365817309, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1899, "year_label": "1899 CE", "section": "Health & Medicine", "date": "December 21", "text": "December 21 – Leonard Wood arrives in Havana to become the new Governor-General of Cuba.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1372679491#December", "title": "1899 in the United States", "revid": 1372679491, "section": "Events › December"}}, {"year": 1923, "year_label": "1923 CE", "section": "Disasters & Accidents", "date": "January 13", "text": "January 13 – Passenger seaplane Columbus ditches in the Straits of Florida between Key West and Havana, resulting in four fatalities, becoming the first fatal passenger flight incident in U.S. history.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1367778119#January–March", "title": "1923 in the United States", "revid": 1367778119, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1946, "year_label": "1946 CE", "section": "Crime & Justice", "date": "December 22", "text": "December 22 – The Havana Conference begins between U.S. organized crime bosses in Havana, Cuba.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1372058859#December", "title": "1946", "revid": 1372058859, "section": "Events › December"}}, {"year": 1947, "year_label": "1947 CE", "section": "Economy & Finance", "date": "November 21", "text": "November 21 – The United Nations Conference on Trade and Employment begins in Havana, Cuba. This conference ends in 1948, when its members complete the Havana Charter.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371901060#November", "title": "1947", "revid": 1371901060, "section": "Events › November"}}, {"year": 1958, "year_label": "1958 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "April 3", "text": "April 3 – In Cuba, Castro's revolutionary army begins its attacks on Havana.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371827125#April", "title": "1958", "revid": 1371827125, "section": "Events › April"}}, {"year": 1959, "year_label": "1959 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "January 1", "text": "January 1 – Cuba: Fulgencio Batista flees Havana when the forces of Fidel Castro advance.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1370221732#January", "title": "1959", "revid": 1370221732, "section": "Events › January"}}, {"year": 1959, "year_label": "1959 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "January 2", "text": "January 2 - As Castro's rebel forces rolled into Havana, the 32-year-old leader named Dr. Manuel Urrutia Lleo as President of Cuba.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365376952#January", "title": "1959 in Cuba", "revid": 1365376952, "section": "Events › January"}}, {"year": 1959, "year_label": "1959 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "January 4", "text": "January 4 – In Cuba, rebel troops led by Che Guevara and Camilo Cienfuegos enter the city of Havana.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1370221732#January", "title": "1959", "revid": 1370221732, "section": "Events › January"}}, {"year": 1960, "year_label": "1960 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "March 5", "text": "March 5 – Alberto Korda takes his iconic photograph of Che Guevara, Guerrillero Heroico, in Havana.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371870774#March", "title": "1960", "revid": 1371870774, "section": "Events › March"}}, {"year": 1962, "year_label": "1962 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "August 24", "text": "August 24 – A group of armed Cuban exile terrorists fire at a hotel in Havana from a speedboat.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373095518#August", "title": "1962", "revid": 1373095518, "section": "Events › August"}}, {"year": 1968, "year_label": "1968 CE", "section": "Disasters & Accidents", "date": "November 24", "text": "November 24 – 4 men hijack Pan Am Flight 281 from JFK International Airport, New York to Havana, Cuba.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371310387#November–December", "title": "1968", "revid": 1371310387, "section": "Events › November–December"}}, {"year": 1994, "year_label": "1994 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "August 5", "text": "August 5 – Maleconazo: Groups of protesters spread from Havana, Cuba's Castillo de la Punta (\"Point Castle\"), creating the first protests against Fidel Castro's government since 1959.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369917016#August", "title": "1994", "revid": 1369917016, "section": "Events › August"}}, {"year": 2014, "year_label": "2014 CE", "section": "Climate & Environment", "date": "January 9", "text": "January 9 - A 5.1 magnitude earthquake occurs in the Straits of Florida about 112 miles east of Havana swaying medium rise buildings in city.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1245376712#January", "title": "2014 in Cuba", "revid": 1245376712, "section": "Events › January"}}, {"year": 2018, "year_label": "2018 CE", "section": "Disasters & Accidents", "date": "May 18", "text": "May 18 – Cubana de Aviación Flight 972 crashed shortly after take-off near José Martí International Airport in Havana, Cuba, killing 112 people and leaving only one survivor.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373090883#May", "title": "2018", "revid": 1373090883, "section": "Events › May"}}, {"year": 2025, "year_label": "2025 CE", "section": "Climate & Environment", "date": "March 14", "text": "March 14 – A systems failure at the Diezmero electric substation outside Havana causes a nationwide blackout.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1338155699#March", "title": "2025 in Cuba", "revid": 1338155699, "section": "Events › March"}}]}