Spanish reconquest of Santo Domingo
Spanish reconquest of Santo Domingo was the war for Spanish reestablishment in Santo Domingo, or better known as the Reconquista, and was fought between November 7, 1808, and July 9, 1809. In 1808, following Napoleon's invasion of Spain, the criollos of Santo Domingo revolted against French rule and their struggle culminated in 1809 with a return to the Spanish colonial rule for a period commonly termed España Boba.
General Jean-Louis Ferrand
Napoleon Bonaparte
Early insurrections against French rule was instigated by Toribio Montes, governor of Puerto Rico.
Portrait of Juan Sánchez Ramírez
Captaincy General of Santo Domingo
The Captaincy General of Santo Domingo was the first Capitancy in the New World, established by Spain in 1492 on the island of Hispaniola. The Capitancy, under the jurisdiction of the Real Audiencia of Santo Domingo, was granted administrative powers over the Spanish possessions in the Caribbean and most of its mainland coasts, making Santo Domingo the principal political entity of the early colonial period.
Brief of Diego Columbus.
Casa del Cordón, Colonial Santo Domingo.
City of Santo Domingo in 1665.
National pantheon.