Day | Year | Historical dates of Cuba in the month of February |
1 | 1751 | Foundation of Holguin (originally called San Isidoro de Holguin). |
| 1873 | Death of poetess Gertrudis Gomez de Avellaneda. |
2 | 1514 | Foundation of the village of Santa Maria del Puerto de Principe, currently named Camagüey. |
| 1849 | Birth of Jose Maceo y Grajales, in Majaguabo, Oriente. |
3 | 1934 | Revolutionary Gabriel Barcelo died of tuberculosis. |
4 | 1891 | Jose Marti participated in the American Monetary Commission. |
| 1919 | Birth of revolutionary Fernando Chenard Piña, killed in the assault on Moncada Garrison. |
| 1959 | US Government threatened to cut down Cuban sugar export quota, because of the revolutionary measures that were implemented those days. |
| 1962 | Second Havana Declaration. |
6 | 1879 | Jose Marti received permission to teach in High School Education in Havana. |
| 1932 | Birth of Commander Camilo Cienfuegos Gorriaran. |
| 1962 | Foundation of the National Department of Daycare Centers. |
7 | 1901 | Death in Madrid of Ana Betancourt, pioneer of Cuban movement for female emancipation. |
| 1958 | Detention and murder of revolutionary fighter Gerardo Abreu (Fontan). |
| 1959 | The Heroic Guerilla Fighter, Commander Ernesto Che Guevara, was declared Cuban citizen. |
9 | 1873 | Major General Ignacio Agramonte led the battle of San Miguel, Puerto Principe. |
11 | 1959 | Beginning of a literacy course for members of the Rebel Army in Ciudad Libertad (Freedom City). |
12 | 1867 | Failure of the Information Board. |
13 | 1953 | Ruben Batista died as a consequence of the wounds inflicted during the students’ demonstration of January 15. |
| 1953 | Assassination of communist leader Paquito Rosales, in Manzanillo. |
15 | 1898 | Battleship Maine was blown by the United States in Havana Bay to justify their eventual interference in the Spanish-Cuban War. |
16 | 1903 | President Estrada Palma signed the “agreement” to lease the territory of Caimanera to the United States. |
19 | 1963 | Death of legendary singer Benny More. |
20 | 1962 | The revolutionary government created the National Committee of the Cuban Academy of Sciences. |
21 | 1723 | Rebellion and killing of tobacco farmers in Jesus del Monte. |
| 1901 | Signing of the 1901 Constitution in Havana. It remained unchanged until 1928. |
22 | 1877 | Death of patriot Francisco Vicente Aguilera. |
23 | 1896 | Antonio Maceo arrived in Matanzas. |
24 | 1832 | Birth in Bayamo of poet Juan Clemente Zenea. |
| 1895 | Resumption of the independence war, with uprisings in Matanzas, Las Villas and Oriente. |
25 | 1802 | Birth in Havana of the famous bishop Espada. |
| 1853 | Death of philosopher Felix Varela. |
| 1931 | Birth of revolutionary Rafael Freyre Torres, killed in the attack on Moncada Garrison. |
26 | 1869 | The Patriotic Assembly declared in Camagüey the abolition of slavery. |
| 1962 | Beginning of the first anti-polio vaccination campaign. |
27 | 1874 | Carlos Manuel de Cespedes, Father of our Homeland and leader of the 1868 war, died fighting against Spanish troops. |
| | (Translated by: Pedro A. Fanego) |