99 notable events in Cuba — wars, air crashes and shipwrecks.
- Cuban Missile Crisis
Oct 14, 1962–Oct 28, 1962 · War & armed conflict
- Bay of Pigs Invasion
Apr 17, 1961–Apr 19, 1961 · War & armed conflict
- Cuban Revolution
from Jul 26, 1953 · War & armed conflict
- Guantanamo Bay detention camp
date unknown · Terrorism
- 2026 Cuban crisis
from Jan 3, 2026 · Crisis
- 1996 shootdown of Brothers to the Rescue aircraft
Feb 24, 1996 · War & armed conflict
- Guantanamo Bay Naval Base
date unknown · Terrorism
- Operation Northwoods
Mar 13, 1962 · War & armed conflict
- Mariel boatlift
Apr 15, 1980–Oct 31, 1980 · Maritime disaster
- Cuban War of Independence
Jan 1, 1895–Jan 1, 1898 · War & armed conflict
- USS Maine (1890)
date unknown · Maritime disaster
- Cubana de Aviación Flight 0972
May 18, 2018 · Aviation accident
- Ten Years' War
Oct 10, 1868–Jan 1, 1878 · War & armed conflict
- American International Airways Flight 808
Aug 18, 1993 · Aviation accident
- Attack on the Moncada Barracks
Jul 26, 1953 · War & armed conflict
- Cuban Five
date unknown · Scandal & controversy
- 2024–2026 Cuba blackouts
Feb 8, 2024–Sep 11, 2025 · Crisis
- Death and state funeral of Fidel Castro
until Dec 4, 2016 · Death & funeral
- Escambray rebellion
1959–1965 · War & armed conflict
- 1952 Cuban coup d'état
Mar 10, 1952 · War & armed conflict
- 2026 Cuban boat incident
Feb 25, 2026 · War & armed conflict
- 2021 Cuban protests
Jul 11, 2021–2021 · Riot & unrest
- Reconcentration policy
date unknown · War & armed conflict
- Maleconazo
Aug 5, 1994–Aug 6, 1994 · Riot & unrest
- La Coubre explosion
Mar 4, 1960 · Bombing & explosion
- Cubana de Aviación Flight 9046
Sep 3, 1989 · Aviation accident
- Aero Caribbean Flight 883
Nov 4, 2010 · Aviation accident
- Little War (Cuba)
Aug 26, 1879–Dec 3, 1880 · War & armed conflict
- Aeroflot Flight 331
May 27, 1977 · Aviation accident
- San Juan Hill massacre
Jan 12, 1959 · Murder & homicide
- 1997 Cuba hotel bombings
Sep 4, 1997 · Bombing & explosion
- Hurricane Isaac (2012)
Aug 21, 2012–Sep 3, 2012 · Natural disaster
- War of 1912
1912 · War & armed conflict
- Huber Matos affair
Jan 1, 1959 · Scandal & controversy
- Air Transat Flight 961
Mar 6, 2005 · Aviation accident
- 2021–2023 Cuban migration crisis
date unknown · Crisis
- Virginius Affair
Oct 1873–Feb 1875 · Crisis
- Spanish cruiser Cristóbal Colón
date unknown · Maritime disaster
- German submarine U-176
date unknown · Maritime disaster
- Sinking of tugboat 13 de Marzo
Jul 13, 1994 · Massacre
- Habeas corpus petitions of Guantanamo Bay detainees
date unknown · Crime & justice
- Havana Peruvian embassy crisis
until 1980 · Crisis
- Grey years
Mar 20, 1971–Dec 1976 · War & armed conflict
- 2019 Havana tornado
Jan 27, 2019 · Natural disaster
- Spanish cruiser Vizcaya
date unknown · Maritime disaster
- Humboldt 7 massacre
Apr 20, 1957 · Murder & homicide
- SS Faja de Oro
date unknown · War & armed conflict
- Haitian refugee crisis
Jan 1, 1991 · Crisis
- Padilla case
Mar 20, 1971–Apr 27, 1971 · Crime & justice
- Hotel Saratoga explosion
May 6, 2022 · Bombing & explosion
- La Coubre
Mar 4, 1960 · Maritime disaster
- Canímar River massacre
Jul 6, 1980 · Massacre
- Death of Hansel Hernández
Jun 24, 2020 · Murder & homicide
- Spanish cruiser Almirante Oquendo
date unknown · Maritime disaster
- Night of the Three Ps
Oct 11, 1961 · Attack (other)
- 1910 Cuba hurricane
Oct 9, 1910–Oct 23, 1910 · Natural disaster
- Aponte conspiracy
1812–Apr 1812 · War & armed conflict
- USS Merrimac (1894)
date unknown · War & armed conflict
- Microfaction case
date unknown
- Escalante affair
1962 · Scandal & controversy
- August 30 massacre
Aug 30, 1962–Aug 31, 1962 · Murder & homicide
- Corynthia expedition
May 19, 1957–May 28, 1957 · Massacre
- Caonao massacre
Jan 1, 1516 · Massacre
- El Encanto fire
Apr 13, 1961 · Terrorism
- Matanzas oil storage facility explosion
Aug 12, 2022 · Fire
- Revolution of the Suns and Rays
Jan 1, 1820–Jan 1, 1823 · Scandal & controversy
- P.M. affair
1961 · Scandal & controversy
- Haitian Embassy in Cuba massacre
Oct 29, 1956 · Massacre
- 1923 Aeromarine 75 Columbus incident
Jan 13, 1923 · Aviation accident
- Battle of Santiago de Cuba (1748)
Apr 9, 1748 · War & armed conflict
- Third Battle of Manzanillo
Jul 18, 1898 · War & armed conflict
- Ladder Plot
1844 · War & armed conflict
- May 2004 Caribbean floods
May 18, 2004–May 25, 2004 · Natural disaster
- Battle of the Aguadores
Jul 1, 1898 · War & armed conflict
- 1956 Cuban coup attempt
Apr 4, 1956 · War & armed conflict
- Assault on the Ecuadorian embassy in Cuba
Feb 21, 1981 · Attack (other)
- Jobabó Slave Revolt
1532 · War & armed conflict
- 2017 Aerogaviota Antonov An-26 crash
Apr 28, 2017 · Aviation accident
- Las Clavellinas Uprising
Nov 4, 1868 · War & armed conflict
- 1956 Cuartel Domingo Goicuría assault
Apr 29, 1956 · War & armed conflict
- 1766 Cuba earthquake
Jun 11, 1766 · Earthquake
- 1932 Cuba earthquake
Feb 3, 1932 · Earthquake
- 2015–2017 Cuban migration crisis
2015 · Crisis
- Conspiracy of 1810
Oct 7, 1810–Nov 5, 1810 · Scandal & controversy
- 2024 Cuba earthquake
Nov 10, 2024 · Earthquake
- Columbus disaster
Jan 13, 1923 · Aviation accident
- Guáimaro fire
May 10, 1869 · Fire
- Dengue epidemic in Cuba
Jan 1, 1981 · Epidemic & disease
- Sampson incident
Jul 12, 1793–Jul 20, 1793 · War & armed conflict
- Invencible
date unknown · Maritime disaster
- Anti-French riots in Cuba of March 1809
Mar 1809 · Riot & unrest
- Conquistador
date unknown · Maritime disaster
- Cubana Flight 2886
Oct 24, 1990 · Aviation accident
- Forest siege
date unknown · War & armed conflict
- Cubana de Aviacion Flight 787
Jul 11, 1997 · Aviation accident
- Sancti Spíritus rail accident
Feb 24, 2017 · Rail accident
- Condor (1887 Spanish gunboat)
date unknown · War & armed conflict
- 1932 Santiago de Cuba earthquake
Feb 3, 1932 · Earthquake
- March 2010 Cuba earthquake
Mar 20, 2010 · Earthquake