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Cuban Revolution

1953 CE – 1959 CE · 6 years

Fidel Castro's guerrilla movement overthrew the U.S.-backed Batista dictatorship, establishing the Western Hemisphere's first communist state. The revolution transformed Cold War geopolitics and inspired leftist movements across Latin America and the developing world.

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Belligerents

The main peoples, kingdoms and states involved.

  • 26th of July Movement (Fidel Castro, Che Guevara)
  • Cuban Government (Batista)

Key moments

Defining events in the Cuban Revolution.

  1. 1953 Moncada Barracks attack
  2. 1956 Granma landing
  3. 1958 Battle of Santa Clara

Elsewhere in Americas at the time

Records whose own span overlaps this one, found by the same test the canvas draws with. The bar under each card is where it sits inside this one.

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Landmark · Americas

Salt Cathedral of Zipaquirá

1954 CE – still standing

Polity · Americas

Canada

Founded 1815 CE · attested to 2026 CE

Conflict · Americas

La Violencia (Colombia)

1948 CE – 1958 CE

Landmark · Americas

Basilica of Our Lady Aparecida

1955 CE – still standing

Polity · Americas

Mexico

Founded 1810 CE · attested to 2026 CE

Landmark · Americas

Cathedral of Brasília

1958 CE – still standing

Polity · Americas

Argentina

Founded 1816 CE · attested to 2026 CE

Landmark · Americas

Grand Canyon

3000 BCE – still standing

Dated moments inside this span

Events the timeline places between 1953 CE and 1959 CE.

1954 CE Salt Cathedral of Zipaquirá 1958 CE Cathedral of Brasília 1954 CE Algerian War of Independence 1954 CE Battle of Dien Bien Phu 1955 CE Vietnam War

And in the rest of the world

Records running through the same years, on the other side of the map.

Great Barrier Reef Landmark · Oceania 3000 BCE – still standing French West Africa Polity · Africa 1895 CE – 1958 CE Joseph Stalin Figure · Georgia / Soviet Union 1878 CE – 1953 CE Algerian War of Independence Conflict · Europe 1954 CE – 1962 CE Plitvice Lakes Landmark · Europe 3000 BCE – still standing French Equatorial Africa Polity · Africa 1910 CE – 1958 CE
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