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The Republic of Mulhouse (German: Stadtrepublik Mülhausen) was a Protestant associate of the Old Swiss Confederation in what is now eastern France. Mulhouse had been a free imperial city of the Holy Roman Empire since 1275. It became a republic in 1347 with the election of its first burgomaster, Hans von Dornach. It gained complete autonomy in ...
1273 – Mulhouse becomes an Imperial Free City of the Holy Roman Empire and receives privileges from Rudolph of Hapsburg. [1] [2] 1466 – Mulhouse "formed an alliance with the Swiss." [2] 1515 – Mulhouse becomes part of the Swiss Confederacy. [1] 1528 – Protestant reformation. [2] 1553 – Hôtel de ville de Mulhouse (city hall) rebuilt ...
Mulhouse is a commune with a population of 108,312 in 2019. [5] This commune is part of an urban unit also named Mulhouse with 247,065 inhabitants in 2018. [3]Additionally Mulhouse commune is the principal commune of the 39 communes which make up the communauté d'agglomération of Mulhouse Alsace Agglomération (m2A, population 280,000 in 2020).
In July 1867, the "Revolutionary Committee of Bayamo" was founded under the leadership of Cuba's wealthiest plantation owner, Francisco Vicente Aguilera. The conspiracy rapidly spread to Oriente's larger towns, most of all Manzanillo , where Carlos Manuel de Céspedes became the main protagonist of the uprising in 1868.
The first governor of Cuba, the Spanish conquistador Diego Velázquez de Cuéllar leads a group of settlers in Baracoa. 1512: Indigenous Cuban resistance leader Hatuey is burned at the stake. 1519: Havana founded as San Cristóbal de la Habana (north coast) 1523: Emperor Charles V authorizes 4,000 gold pesos for the construction of cotton mills ...
Spanish immigration to Cuba began in 1492, when the Spanish first landed on the island, and continues to the present day. The first sighting of a Spanish boat approaching the island was on 27 October 1492, probably at Bariay on the eastern point of the island.
The Republic of Cuba, covering the historical period in Cuban history between 1902 and 1959, was an island country comprised the island of Cuba, as well as Isla de la Juventud (since 1925) and several minor archipelagos.
The revolutionary forces took steps to form a functioning government called the Republic of Biak-na-Bato. In 1897, the Tejeros Convention was convened and the Constitution of Biak-na-Bato drafted and ratified. It was drafted by Isabelo Artacho and Félix Ferrer and based on the first Constitution of Cuba. However, it was never fully implemented.