First Dominican Republic
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The First Dominican Republic was a predecessor of the currently existing Dominican Republic, which began on February 27, 1844, with the proclamation of the Dominican Republic, and ended on March 18, 1
Painting of founding fathers of the Dominican Republic: Matías Ramón Mella, Juan Pablo Duarte, and Francisco del Rosario Sánchez.
The Dominican Constitution of 1844
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The Haitian occupation of Santo Domingo was the annexation and merger of then-independent Republic of Spanish Haiti into the Republic of Haiti, which lasted twenty-two years from February 9, 1822, to
First Dominican Republic
…young patriots led by Juan Pablo Duarte and other prominent Dominican leaders rebelled against Haitian rule. This proclamation marked the end of the Haitian occupation of Santo Domingo, leading to the establishment of the new nation. After this, the Dominican Republic would have to fend off against external interests from Haiti, Spain…
Portrait of Juan Sánchez Ramírez, painted in the early 19th century
José Nuñez de Cáceres, the first and only governor of The Republic of Spanish Haiti from 1821 to 1822
19th-century French print showing Mackau forcing Boyer to agree to pay 150 million francs to compensate French planters
Jean-Pierre Boyer, the ruler of Haiti