Grito de Yara

E262719

historical event revolutionary proclamation

Grito de Yara was the 1868 proclamation by Carlos Manuel de Céspedes that launched Cuba’s Ten Years' War for independence from Spanish colonial rule.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Grito de Yara canonical	14
Cry of Yara	2

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2376359 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Grito de Yara
Context triple: [Ten Years' War, hasPart, Grito de Yara]

A. La Noche Triste
La Noche Triste was a pivotal 1520 episode during the Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire, when Hernán Cortés’s forces suffered a devastating nighttime retreat from Tenochtitlan.
B. Chichimeca Jonaz
Chichimeca Jonaz is an indigenous Oto-Manguean language spoken by the Chichimeca Jonaz people in central Mexico, particularly in the state of Guanajuato.
C. Tierra de Barros
Tierra de Barros is a renowned wine- and olive-producing comarca in southwestern Spain characterized by its fertile, clay-rich soils.
D. Grito de Baire
Grito de Baire was the 1895 uprising in the town of Baire that marked the formal beginning of Cuba’s War of Independence against Spanish colonial rule.
E. Hero of Yaguajay
Hero of Yaguajay is the honorific title given to Cuban revolutionary commander Camilo Cienfuegos for his decisive leadership in the Battle of Yaguajay during the Cuban Revolution.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Grito de Yara
Target entity description: Grito de Yara was the 1868 proclamation by Carlos Manuel de Céspedes that launched Cuba’s Ten Years' War for independence from Spanish colonial rule.

A. La Noche Triste
La Noche Triste was a pivotal 1520 episode during the Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire, when Hernán Cortés’s forces suffered a devastating nighttime retreat from Tenochtitlan.
B. Chichimeca Jonaz
Chichimeca Jonaz is an indigenous Oto-Manguean language spoken by the Chichimeca Jonaz people in central Mexico, particularly in the state of Guanajuato.
C. Tierra de Barros
Tierra de Barros is a renowned wine- and olive-producing comarca in southwestern Spain characterized by its fertile, clay-rich soils.
D. Grito de Baire
Grito de Baire was the 1895 uprising in the town of Baire that marked the formal beginning of Cuba’s War of Independence against Spanish colonial rule.
E. Hero of Yaguajay
Hero of Yaguajay is the honorific title given to Cuban revolutionary commander Camilo Cienfuegos for his decisive leadership in the Battle of Yaguajay during the Cuban Revolution.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (43)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	historical event ⓘ revolutionary proclamation ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Cry of Yara ⓘ linked to: Grito de Yara
chronology	followed growing tensions between Cuban creoles and Spanish authorities ⓘ preceded the Ten Years' War ⓘ
colonialContext	Spanish colonialism in the Caribbean ⓘ
commemoratedAs	Cuban national historical date ⓘ
commemoratedOn	October 10 ⓘ
conflict	Ten Years' War ⓘ
country	Cuba ⓘ
date	1868-10-10 ⓘ
declaredAt	La Demajagua sugar mill ⓘ
declaredBy	Carlos Manuel de Céspedes ⓘ
hasTopic	abolitionism ⓘ anticolonialism ⓘ national liberation ⓘ
historicalPeriod	19th century ⓘ
inspired	later Cuban independence efforts ⓘ
involved	Cuban planters ⓘ Cuban separatists ⓘ enslaved people in Cuba ⓘ
language	Spanish ⓘ
location	Captaincy General of Cuba ⓘ Oriente Province ⓘ Yara ⓘ
memorializedIn	Cuban historiography ⓘ Cuban national celebrations ⓘ
opposedTo	Spanish colonial rule in Cuba ⓘ
partOf	Cuban War of Independence movement ⓘ linked to: Cuban War of Independence
politicalGoal	Cuban national independence ⓘ abolition of slavery in Cuba ⓘ
purpose	initiate Cuban independence from Spain ⓘ
region	eastern Cuba ⓘ
relatedTo	Carlos Manuel de Céspedes ⓘ Cuban independence movement ⓘ Spanish Empire ⓘ
result	beginning of the Ten Years' War ⓘ
significance	considered the formal start of Cuba's first war of independence ⓘ symbolic starting point of Cuban independence struggles ⓘ
triggered	uprising against Spanish authorities in eastern Cuba ⓘ
typeOfDeclaration	call to arms ⓘ independence proclamation ⓘ
year	1868 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (16)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Ten Years' War → hasPart → Grito de Yara ⓘ

Ten Years' War → startEvent → Grito de Yara ⓘ

Diez de Octubre → namedAfter → Grito de Yara ⓘ

Guerra Grande → precededBy → Grito de Yara ⓘ

Guerra de los Diez Años → eventoDesencadenante → Grito de Yara ⓘ

Grito de Yara → alsoKnownAs → Cry of Yara ⓘ

linked to: Grito de Yara

Carlos Manuel de Céspedes → notableWork → Grito de Yara ⓘ

Carlos Manuel de Céspedes → event → Grito de Yara ⓘ

Yara → notableEvent → Grito de Yara ⓘ

Ejército Libertador → significantEvent → Grito de Yara ⓘ

Cuban independence wars → significantEvent → Grito de Yara ⓘ

Grito de Baire uprising → relatedEvent → Grito de Yara ⓘ

La Demajagua sugar mill → significantEvent → Grito de Yara ⓘ

Himno de Bayamo → associatedWithEvent → Grito de Yara ⓘ

Grito de Yara uprising → alsoKnownAs → Grito de Yara ⓘ

Grito de Yara uprising → alsoKnownAs → Cry of Yara ⓘ