In 1873, military merits and triumphs in around a hundred combats, in addition to his archetypal personality, said a lot about the Man of Camagüey; Major General Ignacio Agramonte y
It was in the decade of anti-Machado struggles, of the 1930’s, when Dr. Emilio Roig de Leuchsenring was honored with the title of Historian of the city of Havana. He
No major political influence of reforms in government structures had the historic region of Puerto Príncipe in the first half of the nineteenth century as the creation of the Royal
It would be three in the afternoon on June 8th, 1865 when in a classroom of the Royal and Pontifical University of Havana where he would pick ballots 2, 8
On January 11th, 1893, José Martí, in a letter to Major General Máximo Gómez, specified that there were fewer revolutionaries than separatists and few revolutionaries were conspiring to restart the
On May 28th, 1818, according to the decree passed by the Royal Court of the district, the Royal and Illustrious Bar Association of the always very faithful, very noble and
On April 15th, 1895, José Martí, by agreement of the Board of Generals, at the proposal of Máximo Gómez, was promoted to Major General of the Liberation Army. However, the
According to the classical historians Plutarch and Gaius Suetonius, we know that one by one the barbarian peoples fell, yielding to the superiority of the legions of Rome that led
It happened that when the neocolonial Republic just started, on May 20th, 1902, in the middle of the process of Yankee occupation of Cuba and after the celebrations on the
We almost owe to the Spanish Diego Velázquez de Cuéllar one of the first historical mentions to the place-name of the Aruaco ethnolinguistic branch Camagüey, and without before in any
The first tram that traveled our avenues and twisted streets was due to the initiative of an enthusiastic young man born in the bosom of the patriotic Camagüey emigration residing
Francisco Agüero y Velasco, Frasquito, was born in the town of Puerto Príncipe, current city of Camagüey, presumably, according to his own confession, in the year 1793. Shortly after, in
Ana Betancourt was the wife of Ignacio Mora de la Pera. The two united with the same passion for the homeland. The woman from Camaguey had relatives who, from the
By: MsC. José Fernando Crespo Baró y Lic. Daris Rondón Laurencio On January 2nd, 1959 from Guáimaro, one of the first guidelines issued by Commander-in-Chief Fidel Castro Ruz at the
Educated, beautiful woman from Camagüey, with big black eyes like thick and soft hair, and with a strong gaze, like her character; that was Ana de Quesada and Loynaz, the
José Agustín Félix Arango y Ramírez was born in the town of Puerto Príncipe, on November 19th, 1797. His father was the notable creole lawyer José Gabriel Arango del Risco,
From the first five years of the seventeenth century, the creoles from Camaguey would seek to break the colonial commercial and administrative siege, which barely allowed Havana-Cádiz traffic, and to
From any of the streets of the capital’s historic center he used to be called, either Eusebio, or Leal, the invocation of the first or last name of the main
Whatever happened in the course of the Independence War of 1895, Major General José Martí Pérez would come to Camagüey to the place where Major Ignacio Agramonte Loynaz had fallen
By: Ph.D. Kezia Henry Knight and MSc. Jose Fernando Crespo Baró The year 1870 was the most difficult for the insurrection in the fields of Camagüey. To the material shortage
One of the most notorious military actions directed by Major Ignacio Agramonte Loynaz was fought against Spanish forces stationed in Puerto del Principe, in the month of July 1870. To
Confirmed the news about the death in combat of Major Ignacio Agramonte Loynaz, by the President of the Republic in Arms Carlos Manuel de Céspedes y del Castillo; he would
On the 146th anniversary of the death in battle of Major Ignacio Agramonte, his imprint beats strong in the Cubans hearts. Barely, a bullet was enough to break the Mayor’s
To the followers of Clío, the “principeño” Juan de Jesús Ciriaco Torres Lasqueti is one of the referents of reading to delve into the regional history of Camagüey, indeed, because
With this slogan the local elite announced one of their best speculative business of the time in the city of Camagüey. To be true, for the date that the cabaret
