<P> On 25 December 1894 , three ships , the Lagonda , the Almadis and the Baracoa , set sail for Cuba from Fernandina Beach , Florida , loaded with armed men and supplies . Two of the ships were seized by U.S. authorities in early January , who also alerted the Spanish government , but the proceedings went ahead . The insurrection began on 24 February 1895 , with uprisings all across the island . In Oriente the most important ones took place in Santiago , Guantánamo , Jiguaní , San Luis , El Cobre , El Caney , Alto Songo , Bayate and Baire . The uprisings in the central part of the island , such as Ibarra , Jagüey Grande and Aguada , suffered from poor co-ordination and failed ; the leaders were captured , some of them deported and some executed . In the province of Havana the insurrection was discovered before it got off and the leaders detained . Thus , the insurgents further west in Pinar del Río were ordered to wait . </P>
<P> On 25 December 1894 , three ships , the Lagonda , the Almadis and the Baracoa , set sail for Cuba from Fernandina Beach , Florida , loaded with armed men and supplies . Two of the ships were seized by U.S. authorities in early January , who also alerted the Spanish government , but the proceedings went ahead . The insurrection began on 24 February 1895 , with uprisings all across the island . In Oriente the most important ones took place in Santiago , Guantánamo , Jiguaní , San Luis , El Cobre , El Caney , Alto Songo , Bayate and Baire . The uprisings in the central part of the island , such as Ibarra , Jagüey Grande and Aguada , suffered from poor co-ordination and failed ; the leaders were captured , some of them deported and some executed . In the province of Havana the insurrection was discovered before it got off and the leaders detained . Thus , the insurgents further west in Pinar del Río were ordered to wait . </P>
when did the cuban war for independence start
when did the cuban war for independence start
24 February 1895
24 February 1895