Battle of Estrelleta
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Dominican War of Independence
The Dominican Independence War gave the Dominican Republic independence from Haiti in 1844. Before the war, the whole island of Hispaniola had been under Haitian rule for 22 years when Haiti occupied the newly independent state of Haití Español in 1822. Juan Pablo Duarte was young, educated, a...
Date:
- Sep 17, 1845
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