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Conflict Americas

Ten Years' War

1868 CE – 1878 CE · 10 years

The first great Cuban war of independence began with the Grito de Yara and exhausted Spanish rule without yet delivering Cuban freedom.

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Belligerents

The main peoples, kingdoms and states involved.

  • Cuban rebels
  • Spain

Key moments

Defining events in the Ten Years' War.

  1. 1868 Grito de Yara
  2. 1873 Battle of Palo Seco
  3. 1878 Pact of Zanjon

Elsewhere in Americas at the time

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3000 BCE – still standing

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3000 BCE – still standing

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Hawaii Volcanoes

3000 BCE – still standing

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Mexico

Founded 1810 CE · attested to 2026 CE

Dated moments inside this span

Events the timeline places between 1868 CE and 1878 CE.

1869 CE Red River Rebellion 1876 CE Great Sioux War 1876 CE Battle of Little Bighorn 1878 CE Conquest of the Desert 1868 CE Boshin War

And in the rest of the world

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

Port Arthur Historic Site Landmark · Oceania 1830 CE – 1877 CE Bulgaria Polity · Europe Founded 1878 CE · attested to 2026 CE Suez Canal Route Trade route · Europe 1869 CE Russo-Turkish War (1877–1878) Conflict · Europe 1877 CE – 1878 CE Robert E. Lee Figure · United States 1807 CE – 1870 CE Darwin Landmark · Oceania 1869 CE – still standing
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