country, 69 engagements

Battles in Cuba

69 engagements in the atlas lie within present-day Cuba: 52 battles, 2 sieges, 12 naval actions and 3 campaigns between 1596 and 1967. The wars with most engagements here: Ten Years' War (19), Spanish–American War (11), Cuban Revolution (11), Cuban War of Independence (6).

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69 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by decade

68 dated engagements, one bar per decade, coloured by era.

Wars fought here 15 with pages

Contested ground 1

Santiago de Cuba 4 engagements

Engagements by date

Date	Engagement	Place	War
1596	Battle of Pinos	Isla de la Juventud	Anglo-Spanish War
1603	Raid on Santiago de Cuba	Santiago de Cuba	Anglo-Spanish War
7 September 1628	Battle in the Bay of Matanzas	Matanzas Bay	Eighty Years' War
31 August 1638	Battle of Cabañas	Cabañas	Eighty Years' War
1662	Raid on Santiago de Cuba	Santiago de Cuba	Anglo-Spanish War
1668	Henry Morgan's raid on Puerto del Príncipe	Camagüey	Golden Age of Piracy
1748	Battle of Santiago de Cuba	Santiago de Cuba	War of Jenkins' Ear
12 October 1748	Battle of Havana	Havana	War of Jenkins' Ear
1760	Battle of the Windward Passage	Windward Passage	Seven Years' War
6 June 1762	Battle of Havana	Havana	Anglo-Spanish War
1793	West Indies Campaign	West Indies	French Revolutionary Wars
1806	Action of 23 August 1806	Havana	Napoleonic Wars
1828	Battle of Mariel	Mariel	Spanish American wars of independence
1868	Capture of Guáimaro	Guáimaro	Ten Years' War
1868	Battle of Bonilla	Minas	Ten Years' War
1868	Battle of Bonilla	Minas	Ten Years' War
1869	Battle of El Salado	Río Cauto	Ten Years' War
1869	First Battle of Las Tunas	Las Tunas	Ten Years' War
1870	Battle of Havana	Havana	Franco-Prussian War
1870	Battle of La Socapa	Santiago de Cuba Province	Ten Years' War
1871	Colón optical tower attack	Sierra de Cubitas	Ten Years' War
1871	Battle of Cafetal La Indiana	Holguín Province	Ten Years' War
1871	Battle of Santa Rita	Las Tunas Province	Ten Years' War
1873	Battle of La Sacra	Las Tunas Province	Ten Years' War
9 January 1874	Battle of Melones	Holguín Province	Ten Years' War
1874	Battle of Naranjo–Mojacasabe	Camagüey Province	Ten Years' War
1874	Battle of Las Guásimas	Camagüey	Ten Years' War
1875	Battle of Manaquita	Palmira	Ten Years' War
1876	Battle of the Cafetal González	Cumanayagua	Ten Years' War
1876	Battle of Nuevas de Jobosí	Sancti Spíritus Province	Ten Years' War
1877	Battle of Mangos de Mejías	Holguín Province	Ten Years' War
1877	Battle of Tasajeras	Holguín Province	Ten Years' War
1895	Battle of Dos Ríos	Palma Soriano
1895	Battle of Altagracia	Camagüey Province	Cuban War of Independence
13 July 1895	Battle of Peralejo	Cruce Peralejo
1895	Battle of Mal Tiempo	Cruces
1895	Battle of Calimete	Calimete	Cuban War of Independence
1896	Lanzadera Campaign	Vereda Nueva, La Habana	Cuban War of Independence
14 February 1896	Attack on Sagua de Tánamo	Sagua de Tánamo	Cuban War of Independence
1896	Battle of Cacarajícara	Pinar del Río	Cuban War of Independence
1896	Battle of Saratoga	Camagüey Province	Cuban War of Independence
1898	Siege of Santiago	Santiago de Cuba
25 April 1898	Action of 25 April 1898		Spanish–American War
8 May 1898	First Battle of Cárdenas	Cárdenas	Spanish–American War
11 May 1898	Battle of Cienfuegos		Spanish–American War
6 June 1898	Battle of Guantánamo Bay	Guantánamo Bay	Spanish–American War
1898	Battle of Las Guásimas	Santiago de Cuba	Spanish–American War
30 June 1898	First Battle of Manzanillo	Manzanillo	Spanish–American War
1 July 1898	Battle of San Juan Hill	San Juan Hill	Spanish–American War
1 July 1898	Battle of El Caney	El Caney	Spanish–American War
1898	Second Battle of Manzanillo	Manzanillo	Spanish–American War
3 July 1898	Battle of Santiago de Cuba	Santiago de Cuba
1898	Third Battle of Manzanillo	Manzanillo	Spanish–American War
21 July 1898	Battle of Nipe Bay	Nipe Bay	Spanish–American War
2 October 1933	Battle of the Hotel Nacional of Cuba	Hotel Nacional de Cuba	Cuban coup d'etat of 1933
26 July 1953	Attack on the Moncada Barracks	Moncada Barracks	Cuban Revolution
1953	Carlos Manuel de Céspedes Barracks Attack, 1953	Carlos Manuel de Céspedes Barracks	Cuban Revolution
1956	1956 Cuartel Domingo Goicuría assault	Matanzas	Cuban Revolution
5 December 1956	Battle of Alegría de Pío	Q16145269	Cuban Revolution
17 January 1957	Battle of La Plata	Bartolomé Masó	Cuban Revolution
1958	Battle of Guisa	Oriente Province	Cuban Revolution
1958	Battle of La Plata	Sierra Maestra	Cuban Revolution
1958	Battle of Las Mercedes	Sierra Maestra	Cuban Revolution
1958	Operation Verano	Sierra Maestra	Cuban Revolution
1958	Battle of Yaguajay	Yaguajay	Cuban Revolution
28 December 1958	Battle of Santa Clara	Santa Clara	Cuban Revolution
1961	Night of the Three Ps	Havana
1967	Machurucuto raid	Machurucuto
date unknown	Battle of Palo Seco	Jobabo	Ten Years' War

Borders are those of today; the states that fought are named on each page.