Lieutenant-General Sir Hugh Lyle Carmichael was a British Army officer and colonial administrator who served as the lieutenant-governor of Demerara and Essequibo from 1812 to 1813, when he died in off
c. 1809 portrait of Carmichael
In the history of the Dominican Republic, the period of Era de Francia occurred in 1795 when France acquired the Captaincy General of Santo Domingo, annexed it into Saint-Domingue and briefly came to
After his victory in the War of Knives, General Toussaint Louverture issued an invasion of Santo Domingo to secure French rule on the island. This would be the first Haitian invasion to Santo Domingo in the history of the island.
Having learned of the French presence in the eastern part of the island, Jean-Jacques Dessalines lead a campaign of 20,000 soldiers in an attempt to drive the French out.
After a decade of French oppression, the Criollos of Santo Domingo led a revolution to restore Spanish domain in the colony. The most prominent leader of the movement was Juan Sánchez Ramírez.