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