page_title: Timeline of Havana
section_title: 19th century
hierarchical_section_title: Timeline of Havana / 19th century
caption_attribution_description: English: Havana, Cuba September 3, 2016 The narrow streets and small plazas of Havana’s historic quarter (right)—a UNESCO World Heritage Site established in the 16th Century—contrast with the wider, tree-lined, streets of the Vedado business district to the west which was built in the 20th century (left).
context_page_description: The following is a timeline of the history of Havana, Cuba.
context_section_description: 1806 - Espada Cemetery|
  1810 – Hurricane.
  1811 – Population: 94,023.
  1813 – El Lucero de la Habana newspaper begins publication.
  1817
  Botanical Gardens established.
  La Piña de Plata eatery in business.
  1828 – El Templete built in the Plaza de Armas.
  1832 – El Noticioso y Lucero de la Habana newspaper begins publication.
  1834 – President's Palace built.
  1835
  Fernando VII aqueduct constructed.
  Mercado de Cristina (market) built on Plaza Vieja.
  1837 – Railway (Havana-Bejucal), Mercado de Cristina, and city jail constructed.
  1838 – Teatro Tacón opens.
  1840 – Plaza del Vapor
  1844
  Liceo Artistico y Literario de la Habana (lyceum) founded.
  Palacio de Aldama built.
  1846 – Great Havana Hurricane.
  1847 – Premiere of Bottesini's opera Cristoforo Colombo.
  1853
  Susini cigarette factory in operation.
  Revista de la Habana literary magazine begins publication.
  1854 – Colegio de Belén founded.
  Plaza del Vapor, Havana
  1856 – Hotel Inglaterra built.
  1861 – Royal Academy of Medical, Physical, and Natural Sciences established.
  1863
  Fuente de la India (fountain) installed in Parque Central.
  City walls dismantled.
  1868
  El Ansador Comercial begins publication.
  Colon Cemetery inaugurated.
  1871 – 27 November: Students executed.
  1876 – Hotel Pasaje built.
  1877
  Villalba palace built.
  Payret Theatre opens.
  1878
  Acueducto de Albear inaugurated.
  City becomes part of La Habana Province.
  1880 – Colegio de Abogados de La Habana (bar association) founded.
  1881 – Jane Theater-Circus built.
  1882 – School of arts and trades opens.
  1884 – La Lucha newspaper begins publication.
  1888 – La Discusion newspaper begins publication.
  1889 – Population: 200,000.
  1890 – Alhambra Theatre opens.
  1894 – Manzana de Gómez built.
  1898 – 15 February: United States Navy Ship Maine explosion.
  1899 – U.S. military occupation begins.
caption: Map of Havana, 2016
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