Revolution of the Suns and Rays

Date1820–1823

Location

Spanish Cuba

Result

Rebellion suppressed;

• 602 arrested
• 71 fined between 100 and 3,000 pesos
• 29 deported to prisons in Spain

Intensified censorship, police oversight expanded, university curricula purged, liberal faculty fled or expelled

Revolution of the Suns and Rays
Part of Spanish American wars of independence
Date 1820–1823 Location Spanish Cuba Result Rebellion suppressed; 602 arrested 71 fined between 100 and 3,000 pesos 29 deported to prisons in Spain Intensified censorship, police oversight expanded, university curricula purged, liberal faculty fled or expelled
Belligerents
Suns and Rays of Bolívar Army of Bolívar	Captaincy General of Cuba	Liberal Triennium
Commanders and leaders
José Francisco Lemus José Manuel Arce	Francisco Dionisio Vives

Part of a series on the
History of Cuba
17th century map of Cuba
Governorate of Cuba (1511–1519)
Taíno genocide (1493–1550)
Viceroyalty of New Spain (1535–1821)
Jobabó Slave Revolt (1532) Siege of Havana (1762)
Captaincy General of Cuba (1607–1898)
Revolution of the Suns and Rays (1820-1823) Lopez Expedition (1850–1851) Ten Years' War (1868–1878) Little War (1879–1880) Cuban War of Independence (1895–1898) Treaty of Paris (1898)
US Military Government (1898–1902)
Platt Amendment (1901)
Republic of Cuba (1902–1959)
Cuban Pacification (1906–1909) Negro Rebellion (1912) Sugar Intervention (1917–1922) 1933 Cuban general strike (1933) Cuban Revolution of 1933 (1933) 1952 Cuban coup d'état (1952) Cuban Revolution (1953–1959) United States embargo against Cuba (1958–)
Republic of Cuba (1959–)
Consolidation of the revolution (1959–1962) Cuban exodus (1959–) Bay of Pigs Invasion (1961) Cuban Missile Crisis (1962) Grey years (1971–1976) Institutionalization process (1976–1986) Intervention in Angola (1975–1991) Rectification process (1986–1992) Special Period (1991–2000) Battle of Ideas (2000–2006) Cuban thaw (2015–2017)
Timeline
Topical Agriculture Education Economic history Healthcare Human rights Jewish history Military history Religion Women's history
Cuba portal
v t e

The Revolution of the Suns and Rays (Spanish: Conspiración de los Soles y Rayos de Bolívar) was an attempt by the Suns and Rays of Bolívar to overthrow colonial rule in the Caribbean and the Antilles, seeking to establish a new government which would be called the Republic of Cubanacán.^[1] The Suns and Rays of Bolívar were South American military forces aligned with Simón Bolívar, primarily from Venezuela, where they had been fighting to overthrow Spanish rule on the continent.^[2] "Suns and Rays" was the name of their Masonic lodge, where they hatched the plans to organize this revolution.^[3] Other Masonic movements involved in this Revolution affiliated with Freemasonry in Cuba were; Knights Rationales, Cadena Eléctrica and Cadena Triangular de Bolívar.^[2][4]

This Cuba-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

• v
• t
• e