Dominican RepublicandAND⤬THE JUNCTION
6 SHARED EVENTSHaiti

Entangled histories

6 events in which either nation’s sourced chronicle names the other — including under earlier names of the same state. Each is the same record, with the same sources, as on its own chronicle; nothing here was written for this page.

ONE SPINE OF YEARS · TWO WALLS OF EVENTS · DOM LEFT · HTI RIGHT

1. 1804 CE

   Independence of Haiti

   After defeating France, the formerly enslaved people of Saint-Domingue proclaim Haiti, the first nation founded by a successful slave revolt, reshaping the whole island.

   Independence · from the Dominican Republic chronicle · A Divided Island and the French Era · REFS 1 — Hispaniola

2. 1821 CE

   Boyer unifies Hispaniola

   After Santo Domingo declares independence, Haitian forces move east and govern the whole island — a republic of former slaves administering the oldest European colony in the Americas.

   Politics & Power · from the Haiti chronicle · Kingdom, Republic, and the Indemnity · REFS 1 — Haiti country profile

3. 1822 CE

   Haitian unification of the island

   President Jean-Pierre Boyer occupies the east and unifies all Hispaniola under Haiti for twenty-two years, abolishing slavery but alienating much of the Dominican population.

   Politics & Power · from the Dominican Republic chronicle · Haitian Rule and Dominican Independence · REFS 1 — History of the Dominican Republic

4. 27 Feb 1844

   Dominican independence from Haiti

   The Trinitarios rise in Santo Domingo, expel the Haitian garrison, and proclaim the Dominican Republic, the date still marked as national independence day.

   Independence · from the Dominican Republic chronicle · Haitian Rule and Dominican Independence · REFS 2 — History of the Dominican Republic, Juan Pablo Duarte

5. 1844 CE

   Dominican Republic secedes

   The eastern, Spanish-speaking part of Hispaniola breaks from Haitian rule to form the independent Dominican Republic.

   Politics & Power · from the Haiti chronicle · Kingdom, Republic, and the Indemnity · REFS 1 — Hispaniola

6. 2013 CE

   Citizenship ruling on Haitian descent

   A constitutional court ruling affecting the nationality of Dominicans of Haitian descent draws international criticism and underscores the fraught relationship with Haiti.

   Peoples & Migration · from the Dominican Republic chronicle · The Modern Tourism Republic · REFS 1 — History of the Dominican Republic