Pedro Santana
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Pedro Santana y Familias, 1st Marquess of Las Carreras was a Dominican soldier and politician who served three times as the president of the First Dominican Republic and was the first governor-general
Colour portrait of Pedro Santana
The Constitution of San Cristóbal
Battle of Las Carreras
1854 portrait of Pedro Santana, by Tuto Báez.
Dominican Restoration War
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The Dominican Restoration War or the Dominican War of Restoration, called War of Santo Domingo in Spain, was a guerrilla war between 1863 and 1865 in the Dominican Republic between Dominican nationali
Pedro Santana
…1862, queen Isabella II of Spain granted him the title of Marquess of Las Carreras for the reincorporation of Santo Domingo to Spain. He died during the Dominican Restoration War, after which the country regained its independence in 1865. Santana was born in 1801 the town of Hincha in the Captaincy General of Santo Domingo when…
Pedro Santana is sworn in as governor-general of the re-established Captaincy General of Santo Domingo.
Gaspar Polanco, Commander-in-Chief of the Battle of Santiago
Gregorio Luperón
Battle of Monte Cristi