| Peralejo Oriente Province, Battle of |
June 13, 1895 |
Spanish General Fidel de Santoclides killed in the battle of Peralejo Oriente Province |
| Battleship Maine commissioned |
September 17, 1895 |
Battleship Maine commissioned. |
| Antonio Maceo and Maximo Gomez end their "La Invasion." |
January 1896 |
Antonio Maceo and Maximo Gomez end their "La Invasion." |
| William McKinley inaugurated as president of the United States |
March 4, 1897 |
William McKinley inaugurated as president of the United States. |
| Stewart Woodford appointed U.S. Minister to Spain |
June 19, 1897 |
Stewart Woodford appointed U.S. Minister to Spain |
| Dewey takes command of the Pacific Fleet in Nagasaki, Japan |
January 3, 1898 |
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| Spanish in Cuba riot |
January 12, 1898 |
Spanish in Cuba "riot" or demonstrate against autonomy-supporting newspaper offices. Consul-General Lee takes this as threat against Americans. |
| Consul-General Lee asked for ship to sent to Havana |
January 17, 1898 |
Consul-General Lee asked for ship to sent to Havana |
| Battleship USS Maine sent to Havana |
January 24, 1898 |
Battleship Maine sent to Havana |
| Battleship USS Maine arrives in Havana |
January 25, 1898 |
Battleship USS Maine arrives in Havana. |
| DeLome letter is printed |
February 9, 1898 |
The DeLome letter is printed, critical of McKinley, causing the Spanish diplomat to be recalled. |
| Dewey leaves Japan for Hong Kong |
February 11, 1898 |
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| USS Maine blows up in Havana Bay |
February 15, 1898 |
Battleship USS Maine explodes, 266 crewmen killed. |
| DeLome leaves the US for Spain |
February 16, 1898 |
DeLome leaves the US for Spain. |
| Naval Board of Inquiry into the loss of the battleship Maine created |
February 17, 1898 |
Naval Board of Inquiry into the loss of the battleship Maine created ("the Sampson Board") |
| Spanish cruiser Vizcaya arrives in New York |
February 18, 1898 |
Spanish cruiser Vizcaya arrives in New York in reciprocal visit for the USS Maine, unaware that the Maine had been lost. |
| Naval Court of Inquiry into the loss of the Maine begins |
February 21, 1898 |
The Naval Court of Inquiry into the loss of the Maine begins. |
| Vizcaya leaves New York for Havana |
February 25, 1898 |
Vizcaya leaves New York for Havana. |
| Theodore Roosevelt cables Commodore Dewey to be ready if war were to break out |
February 25, 1898 |
Theodore Roosevelt, Assistant Secretary of the Navy, cabled Commodore Dewey to be ready if war were to break out, and gave him his objectives |
| Spain requests, unofficially, that Consul-General Lee be recalled |
March 6, 1898 |
Spain requests, unofficially, that Consul-General Lee be recalled. |
| Congress authorizes $50 million for a war fund |
March 8, 1898 |
Congress authorizes $50 million for a war fund. |
| Admiral Cervera's squadron steams for the Cape Verde Islands |
March 14, 1898 |
Admiral Cervera's squadron steams for the Cape Verde Islands. |
| Senator Redfield Proctor reports on the Cuban situation |
March 17, 1898 |
Senator Redfield Proctor reports on the Cuban situation after his visit to Cuba |
| Battleship Oregon San Francisco for Florida via Tierra del Fuego |
March 19, 1898 |
Battleship Oregon, under Capt. Charles Clark leaves San Francisco for Florida, by way of Tierra del Fuego on its famous dash! |
| Board of Inquiry Report states that battleship Maine lost to a mine |
March 21, 1898 |
Board of Inquiry Report completed. States that battleship Maine lost to a mine. |
| McKinley receives Board of Inquiry Report |
March 25, 1898 |
McKinley receives Board of Inquiry Report. |
| McKinley sends note to Spain |
March 26, 1898 |
McKinley sends note to Spain demanding an end to war in Cuba, as well as a note indicating the findings of the Naval Board of Inquiry. |
| Naval Court of Inquiry report presented to Congress |
March 28, 1898 |
Naval Court of Inquiry report presented to Congress. On the same day, the report of the Spanish Board of Inquiry into the loss of the Maine is received in Washington. This reports states that the loss was the result of an internal accident. |
| U.S. minister to Spain, Woodford, conveys request that war in Cuba end |
March 30, 1898 |
U.S. minister to Spain, Woodford, conveys request that war in Cuba end and that Cuba be given independence. |
| Spain turns down demands of Cuban independence |
March 31, 1898 |
Spain turns down demands of Cuban independence. |
| U.S. House of Representatives authorizes $22.6 million for naval vessels |
April 1, 1898 |
U.S. House of Representatives authorizes $22.6 million for naval vessels. |
| Pope asked McKinley to not declare war |
April 6, 1898 |
Pope asked McKinley to not declare war pending the Pope's negotiations with Spain. |
| Ambassadors of England, Germany, France, Italy, Austria and Russia appeal to McKinley for peace |
April 7, 1898 |
Ambassadors of England, Germany, France, Italy, Austria and Russia appeal to McKinley for peace. |
| Spain orders General Blanco to declare armistice in Cuba |
April 9, 1898 |
Spain orders General Blanco to declare armistice in Cuba. Consul-General Lee and other U.S. citizens leave Cuba. |
| McKinley asks Congress for declaration of war |
April 11, 1898 |
McKinley asks Congress for declaration of war. |
| Teller Amendment passes in U.S. Congress, stating that the U.S. would not annex Cuba |
April 16, 1898 |
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| U.S. Army begins mobilization |
April 16, 1898 |
Army begins mobilization. |
| U.S. Congress declares Cuba independent |
April 19, 1898 |
U.S. Congress declares Cuba independent. |
| United States Declares War on Spain retroactively |
April 21, 1898 |
The declaration was made on April 25 but it was post-dated |
| Spanish-American War |
April 21, 1898 |
As a result of this war, the US gained control over the Phillipine Islands in the Pacific, and Puerto Rico and other former colonies of Spain in the Caribbean. |
| Cuba, Naval Blockade of |
April 22, 1898 |
Blockade of Cuba commenced by US Navy. First Spanish ship taken. |
| Spain Declares War on United States |
April 23, 1898 |
McKinley issues call for 125,000 volunteers. Spain declares war. |
| U.S. Declares War on Spain as of April 22 |
April 25, 1898 |
U.S. declares war, but makes the declaration retroactive to April 22 |
| Matanzas, Bombardment of |
April 25, 1898 |
Matanzas, Cuba bombarded by the US Navy. |
| Commodore Dewey's squadron leaves Mirs Bay, China |
April 27, 1898 |
Commodore Dewey's squadron leaves Mirs Bay, China for the Philippines. |
| Bayamo, Capture of |
April 29, 1898 |
Calixto Garcia takes Bayamo, abandoned by the Spanish, as headquarters. |
| Admiral Cervera's Spanish squadron leaves the Cape Verde Islands |
April 30, 1898 |
Admiral Cervera's Spanish squadron leaves the Cape Verde Islands for the Caribbean. |
| US Lieutenant Andrew Summers Rowan arrives in Bayamo |
May 1, 1898 |
US Lieutenant Andrew Summers Rowan arrives in Bayamo to coordinate Cuban and US forces. |
| Manila Bay, Naval Battle of |
May 1, 1898 |
A Spanish squadron under Admiral Montijo was destroyed in Manila Bay by a US squadron under Commodore George Dewey. |
| USS Hudson v Spanish gunboat and coastal batteries |
May 11, 1898 |
***** |
| Dewey promoted to rear admiral |
May 11, 1898 |
Dewey promoted to rear admiral. |
| US Navy ships cut undersea cable at Cienfuegos, Cuba |
May 11, 1898 |
The cable is cut at Cienfuegos, Cuba by the crews of the Marblehead and Nashville. |
| Martinique, Unnamed Naval Battle off |
May 11, 1898 |
The Winslow attacks Cardenas, resulting in the death of Ensign Bagley and five crewmen. Bagley was the only U.S. naval officer to die in the war. Cervera's squadron appears off Martinique. |
| San Juan, Admiral Sampson's Attack on |
May 12, 1898 |
***** |
| San Juan, Bombardment of |
May 12, 1898 |
Admiral Sampson bombards San Juan, Puerto Rico, without warning. |
| Commodore Schley's "Flying Squadron" leaves Hampton Roads |
May 13, 1898 |
Commodore Schley's "Flying Squadron" leaves Hampton Roads for the vicinity of Cuba. |
| Theodore Roosevelt begins training with Rough Riders |
May 15, 1898 |
Theodore Roosevelt begins training with Rough Riders. |
| Emilio Aguinaldo and seventeen followers are taken aboard USS McCulloch at Hong Kong |
May 16, 1898 |
***** |
| Cervera's squadron arrives in Santiago, Cuba |
May 17, 1898 |
Cervera's squadron arrives in Santiago, Cuba. |
| Emilio Aguinaldo meets with Commodore Dewey aboard USS Olympia |
May 19, 1898 |
***** |
| Army expedition leaves San Francisco for Manila |
May 25, 1898 |
McKinley issues a call for 75,000 more volunteers. The first army expedition leaves San Francisco for Manila, P.I. |
| Battleship Oregon arrives off Florida |
May 28, 1898 |
Battleship Oregon arrives off Florida after the 14,700 nautical mile dash from the U.S.'s west coast |
| Santiago Harbor, Naval Blockade of |
May 29, 1898 |
US Navy blockades Spanish fleet in Santiago harbor. |
| Santiago, Naval Battle of |
May 31, 1898 |
Schley and the blockading squadron skirmish with Cristobal Colon and the forts at Santiago |
| San Juan Heights, Battles of the |
June 1 - July 1, 1898 |
The Battles of El Caney and San Juan Hill, the two biggest land battles of the Spanish-American War, were known as the Battles of the San Juan Heights |
| San Juan Hill, Battle of |
June 1, 1898 |
Battles of the San Juan Heights - El Caney - San Juan Hill -- Biggest land battles of Spanish-American War |
| Hobson sinks the Merrimac at the entrance to Santiago harbor |
June 3, 1898 |
Hobson sinks the Merrimac at the entrance to Santiago harbor. |
| US Marines land at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba |
June 10, 1898 |
This begins the long occupation of Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. |
| Maj. Gen. Shafter's Vth Corps embarks at Tampa |
June 12-14, 1898 |
Maj. Gen. Shafter's Vth Corps embarks at Tampa. |
| Independence of the Phillipines |
June 12, 1898 |
On June 12, 1898, General Emilio Aguinaldo declared the Philippines to be independent of Spain and thus formed the First Philippine Republic, of which he was the President. |
| Spanish squadron leaves Spain for the Philippines |
June 15, 1898 |
Spanish squadron leaves Spain for the Philippines. |
| Calixto Garcia meets with US General William Shafter |
June 20, 1898 |
Calixto Garcia meets with US General William Shafter in Asseradero Sierra Maestra to coordinate US landings. |
| Cruiser Charleston captures Island of Guam |
June 20, 1898 |
Cruiser Charleston captures Island of Guam |
| Cuban forces land at Sigua and advance on Daiquri |
June 21, 1898 |
Cuban forces (530 men) under Colonel Gonzalez Clavel, transported by US transport Leone, and protected by the US warships Vixen and Gloucester, land at Sigua and advance on Daiquri by land. |
| Daiquiri, Bombardment of |
June 22, 1898 |
At dawn, Gonzalez Clavel's men advancing by land take the lightly defended Spanish positions on the heights of Daiquiri and control landing zone. US ships accidentally shell Cuban forces on shore. U.S forces under General Lawton begin to land. |
| La Guasimas, Skirmishes near |
June 22-23, 1898 |
Cuban scouts take about 20 wounded and report to General Lawton that first Spanish strong positions are at La Guasimas. Lawton orders US and Cuban forces at his command to hold positions, before fomal attack. |
| Siboney, Skirmish at |
June 23, 1898 |
The Battle of Las Guasimas was the first true clash of arms in the Cuban campaign of the 1898 Spanish-American War. |
| Las Guasimas, Battle of |
June 24, 1898 |
First major land battle of Spanish-American War. |
| San Juan Hill, Battle of |
July 1, 1898 |
Battles of the San Juan Heights - El Caney - San Juan Hill -- Biggest land battles of Spanish-American War |
| El Caney, Battle of |
July 1, 1898 |
Battles of the San Juan Heights - El Caney - San Juan Hill -- Biggest land battles of Spanish-American War |
| Hobson attempts to block Santiago Harbor |
July 3, 1898 |
***** |
| Santiago, Battle of |
July 3, 1898 |
***** |
| Santiago de Cuba, Battle of |
July 3, 1898 |
Spanish fleet attempts to escape from Santiago, all ships destroyed at the naval Battle of Santiago. |
| Harvard Incident |
July 4, 1898 |
Six Spanish prisoners killed aboard Auxiliary Cruiser Harvard. The event becomes known as the "Harvard Incident." |
| Hobson and his crew exchanged |
July 6, 1898 |
Hobson and his crew exchanged. |
| Spanish squadron heading for the Philippines is forced to turn around |
July 8, 1898 |
Spanish squadron heading for the Philippines is forced to turn around to protect the Spanish coastline. |
| Santiago, Bombardment of |
July 10,1898 |
Santiago bombarded by the U.S. Navy. |
| Santiago garrison surrenders |
July 17, 1898 |
Spanish Santiago garrison surrenders. |
| American invasion fleet leaves Santiago, Cuba, for Puerto Rico |
July 21, 1898 |
***** |
| US Army invades Puerto Rico |
July 25, 1898 |
US Army invades Puerto Rico. |
| General Nelson A. Miles lands at Guanica, Puerto Rico |
July 25, 1898 |
***** |
| Spanish ask for terms of peace through the French ambassador |
July 26, 1898 |
Spanish ask for terms of peace through the French ambassador. |
| Night attack by the Spanish on the American lines at Manila, P.I. |
July 31, 1898 |
Night attack by the Spanish on the American lines at Manila, P.I. |
| Coamo, Battle of |
August 9, 1898 |
Battle of Coamo, Puerto Rico results in U.S. victory; Spain accepts McKinley's terms of peace. |
| Hormigueros, Battle of |
August 10, 1898 |
***** |
| Mayaguez, Puerto Rico, Capture of |
August 11, 1898 |
American Troops entered Mayaguez, Puerto Rico's third largest city. |
| Peace protocol is signed |
August 12, 1898 |
Peace protocol is signed (truce). |
| Manila, Capture of |
August 13, 1898 |
US Forces storm Fort San Antonio and take Manila after only token resistance thanks to an agreement with Spanish forces. |
| Great naval review in New York harbor |
August 20, 1898 |
Great naval review in New York harbor. |
| General Merritt appointed governor of Manila |
August 23, 1898 |
General Merritt appointed governor of Manila. Command of 8th Corps in P.I. given to General Otis. |
| General Shafter leaves Cuba |
August 25, 1898 |
General Shafter leaves Cuba. |
| Maria Teresa raised by Hobson |
September 25, 1898 |
Maria Teresa raised by Hobson. |
| Spanish and American peace commissioners meet for the first time |
September 29, 1898 |
Spanish and American peace commissioners meet for the first time. |
| Battleships Oregon and Iowa leave New York for Manila, P.I. |
October 12, 1898 |
Battleships Oregon and Iowa leave New York for Manila, P.I. |
| U.S. takes formal possession of Puerto Rico |
October 18, 1898 |
U.S. takes formal possession of Puerto Rico. |
| Puerto Rico, Surrenders of |
October 18, 1898 |
San Juan, Puerto Rico Surrenders to US Troops |
| Maria Teresa lost near Cat Island |
November 5, 1898 |
Maria Teresa lost near Cat Island. |
| Spain agrees to cede Philippines Islands |
November 28, 1898 |
Spain agrees to cede Philippines Islands. |
| General Blanco leaves Cuba for Spain |
November 30, 1898 |
General Blanco leaves Cuba for Spain. |
| Paris, (1898) Sixth Treaty of |
December 10, 1898 |
Treaty of Paris ends Spanish American War. |
| Aguinaldo's cabinet resigns in the Philippines |
December 23, 1898 |
Aguinaldo's cabinet resigns in the Philippines. |
| Third Nebraska Regiment leaves for Cuba as part of America's military occupation force on December 31, 1898 |
December 31, 1898 |
***** |
| American occupation of Cuba ends |
January 28, 1909 |
***** |
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