11/08/1861
A U.S. warship intercepts and boards a British mail ship off Cuba to arrest Confederate diplomats US/the World
09/29/1858
Ammunition dump explodes in Cuba, killing dozens and destroying a large area of Havana Crime/Disasters
10/25/1861
Captured blockade runner arrives at Philadelphia Naval Yard - her cargo includes 400,000 Cuban cigars Battles/Soldiers
11/07/1861
Confederate diplomats James Mason and John Slidell sail from Havana for Europe aboard a British ship US/the World
10/16/1861
Confederate diplomats James Mason and John Slidell slip through the Charleston blockade bound for Europe US/the World
02/16/1857
Elisha Kent Kane, famous Arctic explorer and naval medical officer, dies in Havana Personal
11/04/1865
Fugitive Confederate States founder and General Robert Toombs sails for Cuba from New Orleans Personal
05/11/1865
In Cuba, a powerful Confederate warship reaches Havana from Lisbon in Portugal and learns that the war has ended Battles/Soldiers
03/05/1860
In Vera Cruz Harbor, the U.S. Navy fights and captures two Mexican Junta ships Foreign
03/15/1860
- 03/20/1860
Miramón forces besieging Vera Cruz subject the port to a sustained bombardment Foreign
10/13/1861
Off the Tortugas, the U.S.S. Keystone State captures a Confederate blockade runner bound for Florida Battles/Soldiers
10/07/1859
Passenger steamer bound for Havana disabled off Cape Hatteras, North Carolina Crime/Disasters
08/10/1860
Royal Navy capture American-built slave ship "Sunny South" off Mozambique Slavery/Abolition
09/01/1851
Spanish authorities execute Narciso López in Havana Military/Violent
08/03/1867
The American end of the new United States to Cuba undersea telegraph is landed near Key West, Florida. Science/Technology
12/02/1865
The International Ocean Telegraph Company is formed to extend telegraph lines into Central American and the Caribbean. Business/Industry
08/21/1867
The mayor of Key West and the Cuban captain-general exchange messages on the new United States to Cuba undersea telegraph. Science/Technology
09/08/1867
The submarine cable between Punta Rassa and Key West completes the Washington to Havana telegraph line. Business/Industry
03/04/1853
William Rufus King sworn in as Vice President in Havana, Cuba Legal/Political
