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The Captaincy General of Santo Domingo (Spanish: Capitanía General de Santo Domingo pronounced [kapitaˈni.a xeneˈɾal de ˈsanto ðoˈmiŋɡo] ⓘ) was the first Capitancy in the New World, established by Spain in 1492 on the island of Hispaniola.
First Spanish Capitancy 1492–1801 Governors and Viceroys of the Indies 1492–1500 Admiral Christopher Columbus, as Viceroy of the Indies 1496–1498 Bartolomeo Columbus, as Adelantado 1500–1502 Comendador Francisco de Bobadilla, as Governor of the Indies 1502–1509 Comendador Frey Nicolás de Ovando y Cáceres, as Governor of the Indies 1509–1518 Second Admiral Diego Columbus, as ...
The siege of Santo Domingo (1808) (Spanish: Sitio de Santo Domingo de 1808) was the second and final major battle of the Spanish reconquest of Santo Domingo and was fought between November 7, 1808 and July 11, 1809 at Santo Domingo, Captaincy General of Santo Domingo.
In 1756, Espaillat migrated eastward to the Spanish side of the island of Hispaniola, settling in Santiago, capital of the Northern region of the Captaincy General of Santo Domingo also known as the Cibao region, invited by Antonio Quiñones; [1] two years later, he was legally authorised to exercise his profession in the Spanish colony. [1]
Don Andrés López de Medrano studied at the University of Santo Tomás de Aquino, later the University of Santo Domingo. [3] In 1822, during the Haitian occupation of Santo Domingo, he emigrated to Venezuela, where he earned a bachelor's degree and graduated in the arts from the University of Santa Rosa de Lima in Caracas. [3]
By 1803, the French were on the verge of defeat by the Indigenous Army, and Ferrand retreating into the Captaincy General of Santo Domingo (which Leclerc's troops had occupied in 1802) instead of capitulating. This preserved Santo Domingo's status as a French colony even after Saint-Domingue declared independence as the First Empire of Haiti. [1]
Duarte was born on January 26, 1813 in Santo Domingo, Captaincy General of Santo Domingo [1] during the period commonly called España Boba. In his memoirs, La Trinitaria member José María Serra de Castro [ es ] described Duarte as a man with a rosy complexion, sharp features, blue eyes , and a golden hair that contrasted with his thick, dark ...
Santo Domingo, on eastern Hispaniola, under French control. The war between Spain and the Convention ended with the cession of the eastern part of the island of Santo Domingo to France, in exchange for the return of the peninsular territories occupied by the French army, as stipulated in the Treaty of Basel, signed on July 22, 1795, between both countries.