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Name: dominican republic

Type: Cluster

Start: 1821 AD

End: 2022 AD

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The cluster includes all the forms of the country.

The cluster includes the following incarnations of the same nation:

  • Republic of Spanish Haiti
  • First Dominican Republic
  • Dominican Republic
  • Establishment


  • December 1821: The independent state that resulted from the defeat of Spanish colonialists from Santo Domingo on November 9, 1821, led by General José Núñez de Cáceres. The republic lasted only from December 1, 1821.
  • Chronology


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    1. Haitian Military Occupation of Santo Domingo


    Was the annexation and merger of then-independent Republic of Spanish Haiti (formerly the Spanish colony of Santo Domingo) into the Republic of Haiti.

  • February 1822: Haitian occupation of the Republic of Spanish Haiti.
  • February 1844: The First Republic of the Dominican Republic began on November 6, 1844 with the proclamation of the first Constitution.

  • 2. Dominican Restoration War


    Was an independence war in Santo Domingo against Spain, that had reconquered the region a few years before. The war resulted in the restoration of Dominican sovereignty.

  • September 1863: Town after town in the region of Cibao joined the rebellion against Spain.
  • July 1865: In 1865, Queen Isabella II of Spain signed the annulment of the annexation of the Dominican Republic. By July 15 of the same year, all Spanish troops had left the island, marking the end of Spanish colonial rule in the Dominican Republic.

  • 3. Banana Wars


    were a series of conflicts that consisted of military occupation, police action, and intervention by the United States in Central America and the Caribbean between the end of the Spanish-American War in 1898 and the inception of the Good Neighbor Policy in 1934.

    3.1.United States occupation of the Dominican Republic (1916-1924)

    Was the U.S. invasion of the Dominican Republic caused by the U.S. dissatisfaction with the political instability of the country.

  • May 1916: Admiral William Caperton led the United States military forces in occupying Santo Domingo in 1916.
  • June 1916: U.S. Colonel Joseph H. Pendleton's Marine units took the key port cities of Puerto Plata and Monte Cristi on the 1 June.
  • July 1916: Two days after the Battle of Guayacanas, on the 3 July the Marines moved onto Arias' stronghold in Santiago de los Caballeros.
  • October 1916: The rest of the U.S. occupation forces landed and took control of the Dominican Republic within two months.
  • July 1924: The control of the republic returned to Dominican hands.

  • 4. Dominican Civil War


    Was a civil war in the Dominican Republic.

  • April 1965: At 2:16 AM the U.S. 3rd Brigade of the 82nd Airborne Division landed at the San Isidro Air Base.
  • May 1965: On 5 May, the OAS Peace Committee arrived in Santo Domingo, a second definite ceasefire agreement was then signed ending the main phase of the civil war. A day later, OAS members established the Inter-American Peace Force (IAPF) with the goal of serving as a peacekeeping formation in the Dominican Republic.
  • September 1966: The last OAS peacekeepers withdrew from the island, ending the foreign intervention in the conflict.

  • 5. Further events (Unrelated to Any War)


  • March 1861: In 1861, the Dominican Republic was annexed to Spain.

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