Dominican Republic

This article is about the specific polity Dominican Republic and therefore only includes events related to its territory and not to its possessions or colonies. If you are interested in the possession, this is the link to the article about the nation which includes all possessions as well as all the different incarnations of the nation.

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Is a country that occupies the eastern part of the island of Hispaniola in the Caribbean. After gaining its independence from Spain a first time in 1821, it was occupied by Haiti and again by Spain, until becoming definitvely independent in 1863.

Establishment

September 1863: Town after town in the region of Cibao joined the rebellion against Spain.

Chronology

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1. Dominican Restoration War

Was an independence war in Santo Domingo against Spain, that had reconquered the region a few years before. The war resulted in the restoration of Dominican sovereignty.

July 1865: In 1865, Queen Isabella II of Spain signed the annulment of the annexation of the Dominican Republic. By July 15 of the same year, all Spanish troops had left the island, marking the end of Spanish colonial rule in the Dominican Republic.

2. Banana Wars

were a series of conflicts that consisted of military occupation, police action, and intervention by the United States in Central America and the Caribbean between the end of the Spanish-American War in 1898 and the inception of the Good Neighbor Policy in 1934.

2.1.United States occupation of the Dominican Republic (1916-1924)

Was the U.S. invasion of the Dominican Republic caused by the U.S. dissatisfaction with the political instability of the country.

May 1916: Admiral William Caperton led the United States military forces in occupying Santo Domingo in 1916.

June 1916: U.S. Colonel Joseph H. Pendleton's Marine units took the key port cities of Puerto Plata and Monte Cristi on the 1 June.

July 1916: Two days after the Battle of Guayacanas, on the 3 July the Marines moved onto Arias' stronghold in Santiago de los Caballeros.

October 1916: The rest of the U.S. occupation forces landed and took control of the Dominican Republic within two months.

July 1924: The control of the republic returned to Dominican hands.

3. Dominican Civil War

Was a civil war in the Dominican Republic.

April 1965: At 2:16 AM the U.S. 3rd Brigade of the 82nd Airborne Division landed at the San Isidro Air Base.

May 1965: On 5 May, the OAS Peace Committee arrived in Santo Domingo, a second definite ceasefire agreement was then signed ending the main phase of the civil war. A day later, OAS members established the Inter-American Peace Force (IAPF) with the goal of serving as a peacekeeping formation in the Dominican Republic.

September 1966: The last OAS peacekeepers withdrew from the island, ending the foreign intervention in the conflict.