{"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": 19, "years": 18, "span": [1515, 1994], "span_label": ["1515 CE", "1994 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 10}, {"title": "Exploration & Expansion", "count": 3}, {"title": "Disasters & Accidents", "count": 3}, {"title": "Culture & Society", "count": 1}, {"title": "Crime & Justice", "count": 1}, {"title": "Economy & Finance", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "cuba", "label": "Cuba", "shared": 12}, {"slug": "spain", "label": "Spain", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "fidel-castro", "label": "Fidel Castro", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "seven-years-war", "label": "Seven Years' War", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "kingdom-of-great-britain", "label": "Kingdom of Great Britain", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "caribbean", "label": "Caribbean", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "florida", "label": "Florida", "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": 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": 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": "Exploration & Expansion", "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": 1898, "year_label": "1898 CE", "section": "Disasters & Accidents", "date": "February 15", "text": "February 15 – Spanish–American War: The 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": 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": "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"}}]}