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Source: [2] 1 January - New Year's Day; 6 January - Epiphany 21 January - Our Lady of High Grace 26 January - Duarte's Birthday 27 February – Independence Day 18 April – Good Friday
2.3 Dominican Republic. 2.4 Haiti. ... 2020s in political history; 2025 Atlantic hurricane season; ... This page was last edited on 2 January 2025, ...
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The recorded history of the Dominican Republic began in 1492 when Christopher Columbus, working for the Crown of Castile, arrived at a large island in the western Atlantic Ocean, later known as the Caribbean. The native Taíno people, an Arawakan people, had inhabited the island during the pre-Columbian era, dividing it into five chiefdoms.
History of the Dominican Republic This page was last edited on 8 January 2025, at 08:51 (UTC). Text is ... This page was last edited on 8 January 2025, ...
1510- Church of the Convent of the Dominican Order , first church in the New World, is built; 1511 Roman Catholic diocese of Santo Domingo established. [2] Alcázar de Colón (Columbus Alcazar), first castle or viceroyal residence in the Americas, is built; The Royal Audiencia of Santo Domingo, first court in the New World, is established
Santiago Basora was a Dominican revolutionary who was a leader in the Dominican War of Independence.Basora, a former slave himself, was determined that the new independent government would uphold its promise that slavery would never return to the Dominican Republic.
Brigadier General Manuel Nemesio Rodríguez Objío (December 19, 1838 – April 18, 1871) was a Dominican poet and activist. A martyr of the Six Years' War, he was one of the early contributors to Dominican literature. He participated in the Dominican War of Independence, in the revolution of 1857 and in the Dominican Restoration War. He ...