Carlos Manuel de Céspedes

Carlos Manuel de Céspedes del Castillo was a Cuban revolutionary hero and First President of Cuba in Arms in 1868. Cespedes, who was a plantation owner in Cuba, freed his slaves and made the declaration of Cuban independence in 1868 which started the Ten Years' War (1868–1878). This was the first of three wars of independence, the third of which, the Cuban War of Independence led to the end of Spanish rule in 1898 and Cuba's independence in 1902.

18 April 1819

Born on the same birth date (18 April 1819): Franz von Suppé

Born on the same birth day (18 April): Ahmed I • Aleksanteri Aava • America Ferrera • Derrick Brooks • Grigory Sokolov • Henry II of Navarre • Jacques Widerkehr • Joseph L. Goldstein • Korneli Kekelidze • Kʼan II • Lucrezia Borgia • Niall Ferguson • Olena Zhupiyeva-Vyazova • Otto Piene • Rick Moranis • Robert Christgau • Thomas J. Moyer • Vanessa Kirby • Waldemar Hammenhög • Willie Roaf

Born in the same month (April 1819): Charles Hallé • Edward Stafford (politician) • Ezra Abbot • Franz von Suppé • Harriett Ellen Arey • Maria II of Portugal