Dominican republic

By liam ward
  • 1492

    columbus visits

    columbus visits
    Christopher Columbus visits the island, which he names Hispaniola, or "Little Spain".
  • 1496

    Spanish colony

    Spanish colony
    Spaniards set up first Spanish colony in Western hemisphere at Santo Domingo, which subsequently serves as capital of all Spanish colonies in America.

  • Treaty of Ryswick

    Treaty of Ryswick
    Treaty of Ryswick gives western part of Hispaniola island (Haiti) to France and eastern part (Santo Domingo - the present Dominican Republic) to Spain.

  • Independence

    Uprising against Spanish rules is followed by brief period of independence.

  • marches troops

    Haitian President Jean-Pierre Boyer marches his troops into Santo Domingo and annexes it.

  • President Pedro Santana returns the Dominican Republic

    President Pedro Santana returns the Dominican Republic to Spanish rule. Spain withdraws from, and annuls its annexation of, the Dominican Republic following a popular revolt.

  • internal disorder

    US forces occupy the Dominican Republic following internal disorder.

  • control

    Constitutional government assumes control; US forces withdraw.

  • President Horacio Vazquez. He rules the country

    General Rafael Leonidas Trujillo Molina establishes personal dictatorship following the overthrow of President Horacio Vazquez. He rules the country until his assassination in 1961.

  • invasion

    Some 30,000 US troops invade the Dominican Republic following a pro-Bosch uprising.