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A group called the Tainos
inhabited the entire island.
A group called the Caribs
invades the island(peacefully).
The island is split into
5 different states.
Christopher Columbus claims
the island in the name of Spain,
calling it "La Espanola".
Christopher Columbus is
buried in Santo Domingo.
Almost all Tainos die from
diseases brought over by
the Europeans.
1697
Spain gives control of half the island to the French (Haiti).
Spain give all control
of the island to the
French.
The hispanic inhabitants of
the Spanish part of the island
revolt and gain control
(Dominican Repulblic), although
Haiti tries to control the country.
The first Constitution is
written and the first steps to independence, but the country remains in "Limbo" with no president for the next 100 years.
U.S. Marines occupy the country and restore order(peace, revived economy).
General Rafael Trujillo Molina becomes president of the DR. He has an iron-fist regime that leads to advances in health care, education, and transportantion. He settles a boundary with Haiti. He orders Dominicans to kill any Haitian living on his side of the border.
Trujillo assassinated
1970
On February 15, there was a Dominican DC-9 that crashed into santo Domingo and there were 120 people that were killed that day!
1999
On January 6th of 1999 the Dominican Republic considered sending soldiers down to Santo Domingo where fighting started between pollice and drug gangs which ended up leaving 48 people dead since late december
2003
On June 3rd, Miss Dominican Republic, 18-year-old Amelia Vega was crowned in Panama City, Panama as Miss Universe 2003
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