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The Dominican Republic is a country located in the Caribbean, located in the central area of the Antilles; occupies the central and eastern part of the island Hispaniola. Its capital and most populated city is Santo Domingo. It is bordered to the north by the Atlantic Ocean, to the east by the Mona Channel, which separates it from Puerto Rico, to the south by the Caribbean Sea, and to the west by Haiti, which is the other country located in Hispaniola. With 48 448 km² and a population of more than 11 million, it is the second largest and most populated country of the Caribbean islands, after Cuba. [7][11]
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On December 5 ,
1492 in the Caribbean Sea, Christopher Columbus -in the framework of his first
trip to America- up to the island of Hispaniola, where the Haitian and
Dominican republics are currently located.
On December 25 ,
1492, on a sandbank opposite the island of
Hispaniola (now Haiti and the Dominican Republic), the Santa Maria caravel ran
aground on its first trip to the Americas; With his remains was built the first
Spanish establishment in America, called Fort Navidad.
On January 4, 1493, from the site of the present-day city of Santo Domingo
(capital of the Dominican Republic), on the island of Hispaniola, the navigator
Christopher Columbus and his sailors set off back to Spain.
On February 4, 1493, Christopher Columbus sailed from the island of
Hispaniola (comprising present-day Haiti and the Dominican Republic) to Spain
on his first American voyage aboard La Niña.
On January 6 ,
1494, Christopher Columbus founded La Isabela, the
first Spanish population in the Americas.
On August 4 ,
1496 on the island of Hispaniola the Spaniard Bartolomé Colón, brother of
Christopher Columbus, founded the city of Santo Domingo, the first permanent
European city in America and which today is the capital of the Dominican
Republic.
On July 2 ,
1502 in the Dominican Republic, the town of Santo Domingo (the first built by
the Spanish in America) was destroyed by a violent hurricane.
On October 20 ,
1520, in what is now the Dominican Republic,
Francisco Dávila founded the town of Hato Mayor del Rey as a piece of land
dedicated to livestock and agriculture.
On December 2 ,
1562 in La Vega Vieja (present-day Dominican Republic), a strong earthquake
caused a collapse.
On December 20 ,
1795 in the current Dominican Republic, the remains of Christopher Columbus are
removed from the cathedral of Santo Domingo to be transferred to Havana (Cuba).
On November 7 ,
1808, the Battle of Palo Hincado was fought in the
Dominican Republic, ending French control of the island of Hispaniola and
marking the beginning of the period known as «Spain boba».
On December 1 ,
1821 on the island of Santo Domingo (now Dominican Republic), José Núñez de
Cáceres signed the Act of Independence of the eastern part of the island, in
what is recorded as the Ephemeral Independence.
On February 27 ,
1844, the Dominican Republic became independent
from Haiti, after 22 years of domination. General Pedro Santana is appointed
president. It is the first time that the name is used to refer to the half
island.
On March 30 ,
1844 in the city of Santiago de los Caballeros (Dominican Republic) the second
battle for national independence took place, where General José María Imbert
won.
On
November 6, 1844, the Dominican
Republic adopted its first constitution after independence from Haiti on
February 27.
On June 17 ,
1845, the Battle of Cachiman took place against the
Haitians for sustaining the independence of the Dominican Republic.
On March 18, 1861, Spain invaded the Dominican Republic again.
On August 16 ,
1863 In the current Dominican Republic begins the War of Restoration, which
proclaimed the return of Dominican sovereignty in the face of the annexation to
Spain of March 18, 1861. This war will end in 1865.
On November 9 ,
1863 in the Dominican Republic, the commander of the Spanish army Valeriano
Weyler, commanding a troop of 150 soldiers, lost the position of the Jaina
River after three days of fighting against 500 pro-independence militiamen.
Retires without leaving dead
On November 7 ,
1867, in the Dominican Republic, a political
movement began that originated the absolutist regime called the Six Years
Regime.
On November 29 ,
1869 Buenaventura Báez signed a treaty of
annexation of the Dominican Republic to the United States.
On September 10 ,
1877 in the Cathedral of Santo Domingo (Dominican Republic) are the remains of
Christopher Columbus.
On
March 5, 1878 in the Dominican
Republic, Cesáreo Guillermo y Bastardo began his first term as president.
On July 6 ,
1878, in the Dominican Republic, Cesáreo
Guillermo’s first term as president ended.
On
February 27, 1879 in the Dominican
Republic, Cesáreo Guillermo y Bastardo began his second term as president.
On November 7 ,
1879 Gregorio Luperón took the Presidency of the
Dominican Republic and began the period of the Blue Governments.
On December 6 ,
1879 in the Dominican Republic the second term of Cesáreo Guillermo as
president ended.
On August 17 ,
1883, the national anthem of the Dominican Republic
was presented.
On August 1 ,
1889, Listín Diario was founded, the newspaper with
the highest circulation in the Dominican Republic.
On September 23 ,
1922, in Washington D. C. (United States), the
Hughes-Peynado Plan was signed, ending the American occupation of the Dominican
Republic.
On June 26 ,
1924 in the Dominican Republic the US invasion ended; The troops are
retreating.
On November 5 ,
1924 in the Dominican Republic, the invading US army withdrew from the country,
ending an 8-year occupation.
On October 12 ,
1927, the Dominican Academy of Language was created
in the Dominican Republic.
On
January 22, 1929, the Dominican
Republic and Haiti signed a treaty establishing the borders between the two
countries.
On February 26 ,
1930 in the Dominican Republic the revolutionary movement spread and the rebels
took over the north and center of the country.
On August 16 ,
1930, General Rafael Leónidas Trujillo came to
power in the Dominican Republic, initiating a dictatorship that would last 31
years (1930-1961).
On
September 3, 1930 in the Dominican
Republic, a hurricane devastated the capital Santo Domingo and killed more than
800 people.
On March 9 ,
1936, the Dominican Republic and Haiti signed a
border treaty
On October 12 ,
1937, on farms along the border between the
Dominican Republic and Haiti, the Dominican police perpetrated the Parsley
Massacre, killing between 20,000 and 37,000 Haitian men, women, children and
the elderly.
On March 8 ,
1940 in the Dominican Republic Manuel Jesús Troncoso de la Concha assumed the
presidency.
On August 1 ,
1942 in the Dominican Republic begins the third presidential term of dictator
Rafael Leonidas Trujillo.
On May 17 ,
1952, in the Dominican Republic, Héctor Trujillo
was elected president.
On August 1 ,
1952, in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, the
first television broadcast of La Voz Dominicana was made.
On August 31 ,
1954 in Mao (Dominican Republic) the highest temperature in the history of that
country is recorded: 43 °C (109,4 °F).
On January 1 ,
1959 in Cuba: the rebellion against the dictatorship triumphs and the Cuban
Revolution begins. The dictator Fulgencio Batista takes refuge in the Dominican
Republic and in his place takes power the commander of the Rebel Army Fidel
Castro.
On February 28 ,
1959, in the Dominican Republic, the first private
television plant, called Radio HIN Television (Rahintel), was inaugurated.
On June 14 ,
1959, landing expeditions began in the Dominican
Republic to fight the dictatorship of Rafael Leónidas Trujillo.
On January 20 ,
1960 In the Dominican Republic, dictator Leonidas Trujillo jails surveyor and
activist María Teresa Mirabal (23), who will be assassinated on November 25.
On January 27 ,
1960, former President Juan Domingo Perón (in
exile) left the Dominican Republic and moved to Spain.
On November 25 ,
1960 in the Dominican Republic, the murder of the Mirabal sisters, for their
opposition to the dictator Rafael Leónidas Trujillo, is the beginning of the
end of this dictatorship and the reason for choosing this date to commemorate
the International Day of the Eliminac
On January 1 ,
1961 Joaquín Balaguer assumed the presidency of the
Dominican Republic
On May 30 , 1961, Rafael Leonidas Trujillo, dictator for 31 years
(1930-1961) was assassinated in the Dominican Republic.
On January 1 ,
1962 in the Dominican Republic, after the assassination of dictator Rafael
Leónidas Trujillo, the Council of State, chaired by Joaquín Balaguer, assumed
power.
On January 4, 1962, the OAS lifted the sanctions it imposed on the Dominican
Republic in 1960.
On January 16 ,
1962, in the Dominican Republic, a coup deposed the
president, Joaquín Balaguer, and established a government junta for 48 hours.
On September 9 ,
1962 The Catholic Mother and Teacher University was
founded, today Pontificia Universidad Católica Madre y Maestra in the city of
Santiago de los Caballeros, Dominican Republic.
On December 28 ,
1962, near San Juan de la Maguana (Dominican
Republic), the Government ordered the assassination of an unknown number of
voodoo followers of the messianic-popular movement of Olivorio Mateo (Massacre
of Palma Sola).
On February 27 ,
1963 Juan Bosch took office as president of the
Dominican Republic after the death of dictator Rafael Leonidas Trujillo.
On
September 25, 1963 in the Dominican
Republic, a civic-military junta (with the backing of the United States)
overthrows President Juan Bosch and Gaviño.
On October 7 ,
1963, Hurricane Flora reached Haiti and the
Dominican Republic, killing 7190 people.
On April 24 ,
1965 in the Dominican Republic begins the April Revolution, led by Francisco
Alberto Caamaño Deñó.
On April 27 ,
1965, in the Dominican Republic, US marines invaded
this sovereign country to put down the popular uprising led by Francisco
Camaño.
On April 28 ,
1965 in the Dominican Republic begins the US invasion.
On May 2 ,
1965, in the United States, President Lyndon
Johnson stated that
14,000 soldiers remain in the Dominican Republic to prevent the
country from becoming a socialist state.
On May 3 ,
1965, at the UN (New York), Cuba demanded that the
Security Council condemn the United States for its aggression against the
Dominican Republic.
On May 21 ,
1965, the Dominican Republic declared a ceasefire.
On January 8 ,
1966, in the Dominican Republic, the Armed Forces
declared a general strike.
On February 9 ,
1966, in the Dominican Republic, the Government
ordered students to machine-gun a demonstration demanding the withdrawal of the
occupation troops from the United States. Twelve students die.
On July 1, 1966 in the Dominican Republic, Joaquín
Balaguer assumed the presidency.
On January 21 ,
1971 in the Dominican Republic, the Basilica of Our Lady of Altagracia was
inaugurated by Dr Joaquín Balaguer.
On November 12 ,
1974, in the Dominican Republic, the Technological
University of Santiago (UTESA) was founded, the first private university in the
country to offer a night schedule.
On
August 16, 1978 in the Dominican
Republic, Antonio Guzmán assumed the presidency after ending the Twelve Years
of the Government of Joaquín Balaguer.
On January 25 ,
1979 begins the first trip of John Paul II in his
pontificate, which will have stops in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, and
finally in Mexico.
On February 27 ,
1980, in Bogota (Colombia), guerrillas from the
M-19 (Movimiento 19 de Abril) stormed and occupied the embassy of the Dominican
Republic during a diplomatic reception to celebrate the national holiday of
that country.
On August 16, 1982 in the Dominican Republic, Salvador
Jorge Blanco assumed the presidency.
On
December 3, 1984 ,
in the Dominican Republic, the province of Hato Mayor was created, constituted
by the municipalities of Hato Mayor del Rey (designated as the provincial
capital), Sabana de la Mar and El Valle.
On May 19 ,
1986 in the Dominican Republic, Joaquín Balaguer won the presidential
elections.
On
August 16, 1986 in the Dominican
Republic, Joaquín Balaguer assumed the presidency for the fourth time.
On August 16 ,
1990 in the Dominican Republic, Balaguer assumed the presidency for the fifth
time.
On October 12 ,
1992 in the Dominican Republic, Pope John Paul II visited for the second time
Saint Dominic of Guzman and for the first time the Basilica of Our Lady of
Altagracia, which is located in the city of Higüey.
On 15 February 1993, in Madrid, the police dismantled a white-slave gang
that had illegally smuggled more than 2000 Dominican women into Spain for
prostitution.
On
August 10, 1994 in the Dominican
Republic, José Francisco Peña Gómez and Joaquín Balaguer signed the Pact for
Democracy to solve the political crisis.
On 16 August 1994 in the Dominican Republic, Balaguer assumed the
presidency for the sixth and final time.
On February 6 ,
1996, in the Atlantic Ocean, off the coast of the
Dominican Republic, a Boeing 757 of the Turkish airlines crashed. 189 people
die.
On
June 30, 1996, Leonel Fernández
Reyna was elected president of the Dominican Republic with 51% of the vote in
the second round.
On August 16 ,
1996, in the Dominican Republic, Leonel Fernández
took office as president.
On 22 September 1998, the Dominican Republic was devastated by Hurricane
Georges, which caused extensive material damage and loss of life.
On August 16 ,
2000, Hipólito Mejía assumed the presidency in the
Dominican Republic.
El
19 de octubre de
2000 Venezuela suscribe el Acuerdo Energético de
Caracas con diez países de Centroamérica y el Caribe: Costa Rica, El Salvador,
Panamá, Haití, República Dominicana, Honduras, Nicaragua, Guatemala, Jamaica y
Belice, estableciendo que Venezuela vendería petróleo
El
22 de septiembre de
2003 en la ciudad turística de Puerto Plata y
Santiago de los Treinta Caballeros (en República Dominicana) sucede un
terremoto, 6,5 a Escala sismológica de Richter con grandes daños materiales y
pérdidas de vidas.
El
27 de mayo de
2004 En República Dominicana mueren 410 personas
arrastradas por el desbordamiento del río Soleil.
El
16 de agosto de
2004 en República Dominicana, Leonel Fernández
asume la presidencia por segunda vez.
El
7 de febrero de
2005 en República Dominicana mueren más de 130
presos en el incendio de una cárcel.
El
21 de mayo de
2005 en República Dominicana comienza el programa
gastronómico y de entretenimiento El ático, creado por Massimo Borghetti.
El
16 de agosto de
2008 en República Dominicana, Leonel Fernández
asume la presidencia por tercera vez.
El
26 de enero de
2010 en Santo Domingo, la Asamblea Nacional
proclama la nueva constitución de la República Dominicana.
El
12 de enero de
2012 en Limonade, 15 km al sur de Cabo Haitiano
(Haití) se inaugura el recinto Rey Henri Christophe de la Universidad Estatal
de Haití, en conmemoración del segundo aniversario del terremoto de 2010. Fue
donado por el Gobierno de la República Dominicana con un
El
18 de marzo de
2012 en Nha Trang (Vietnam) se celebra el concurso
Mister Universo 2012, ganado por el representante de República Dominicana.
El 16 de agosto de 2012 en República Dominicana asume la presidencia Danilo
Medina.
El
14 de octubre de
2014 el Libro de los récords Guinness coloca a la
República Dominicana como el país más peligroso para circular por carretera.
El
27 de octubre de
2014 en el metro de Santo Domingo (República
Dominicana) un joven detona una mochila con pólvora, causándole graves
quemaduras a 19 personas.
El
16 de febrero de
2020 La Junta Central Electoral de la República
Dominicana suspendió unas elecciones a nivel nacional por primera vez en la
historia del país, creando una crisis electoral que generó protestas.
El 17 de febrero de 2020 Jóvenes dominicanos comienzan una jornada de protestas por los comicios municipales suspendidos el día anterior
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