The Past of The Dominican Rebublic

By kamianpe
  • Oct 12, 1492

    Colunbus finds Hispanola

    Columbus arrives on an island he names Hispaniola, or "Little Spain".
  • Jun 11, 1496

    Bartholomew Columbus founds first European settlement

    Bartholomew Columbus, brother of Christopher, founds the first European setlement in the new world of Santo Domingo.
  • Jun 12, 1500

    New Workers

    The first African slaves are introduced to the island to replace the diminishing numbers of Tainos as a source of labor.

  • Treaty of Ryswick is signed

    This treaty officially granted the western French-inhabited part of the island th France

  • The French invest heavily

    In their new colony of Saint-Domingue and the colony flourishes becoming the lagest producer of sugar an the world and the focal point of Frances colonial empire.

  • Spain codes control of Santo Domingo

    Spain codes control of Santo Domingo to the French

  • Tuossaint L' Overture defeat the French

    Tuossaint L' Overture defeat the French with the Former Slaves and oust them from the island.

  • The population of Santo Domingo revolts against the opressive Spanish Administration

    The population of Santo Domingo revolts against the opressive Spanish Administration and Declares independence

  • Jean Pierre Boyer invades Santo Domingo

    Jean Pierre Boyer, the president of Haiti invades Santo Domingo, taking it for Haiti.

  • Santo Domingo wins its independence

    Santo Domingo wins its independence from Haiti and becomes the Independent nation of the Dominican Republic.

  • The US Marines invade the Dominican Republic

    The US Marines invade the Domincan Republic in attept to protect the US's political and economic interests.

  • Rafael Leonidas Trujillo Molina was elected president of the Dominican Republic

  • Trujillo is killed by an unknown group of assasins

  • Domincans elect Juan Bosch as president in their first free election since the pre-Trujilla era