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4000 B.C. to 3500 B.C\u00a0Indigenous people begin to populate the Antilles\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n 400 B.C.\u00a0Occupation of the Antilles by agricultural groups of Arawak origin arrived from the Venezuelan coast.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n 1000 –\u00a0Development of the\u00a0Taino\u00a0culture in the Antilles.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n 1492\u00a0–\u00a0Christopher Columbus discovers the north coast of Santo Domingo.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n 1494 –\u00a01494 – The first mass is officiated and the first\u00a0city council\u00a0is set up\u00a0in the New World, in La\u00a0Isabela.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n 1498\u00a0– The city of Santo Domingo on the eastern border of the\u00a0Ozama\u00a0River\u00a0is founded.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n 1499\u00a0–\u00a0The first black slaves are introduced.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n 1500\u00a0–\u00a0Francisco de Bobadilla\u00a0substitutes\u00a0Columbus as governor of the island.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n 1503 –\u00a0Nicholas de\u00a0Ovando\u00a0takes possession as governor\u00a0and supreme justice of the island.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n 1509\u00a0– Diego Columbus, son of Christopher Columbus, is named governor of the colony of Santo Domingo.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n 1511\u00a0–\u00a0The First Real\u00a0Audiencia\u00a0is established, a new political institution destined to restrain the power of the governor.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n 1516 – The sugar industry develops.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n 1519 –\u00a0Rebellions of black and indigenous slaves\u00a0begin.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n 1524 – The Royal\u00a0Audiencia\u00a0of Santo Domingo was designated, with jurisdiction in the Caribbean;\u00a0the Atlantic coast of Central America and Mexico;\u00a0and the north coast of South America, including all of what is now Venezuela and part of present-day Colombia.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n 1541 – The Cathedral of Santo Domingo is\u00a0consecrated as the First in the Americas.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n 1697\u00a0–\u00a0Spain recognizes the French occupation of the western part of the island.<\/p>\n 1715\u00a0–\u00a0Battle between Spaniards and French for La Espa\u00f1ola territory.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n 1777 – Spain and France sign the Treaty of\u00a0Aranjuez\u00a0that delimited the border between the eastern and western colonial territories of the island of Santo Domingo.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n 1821 – First Independence of the Dominican Republic (from Spain).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n 1822 –\u00a0Begins\u00a0a\u00a0period of 22 years of Haitian invasion in Dominican territory.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n 1838 – Juan Pablo Duarte founds the secret society La\u00a0Trinitaria,\u00a0founder\u00a0of national independence.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n 1844 – Declaration of National Independence, proclaiming the Dominican Republic as a free, independent and sovereign nation. The Dominican flag is raised for the first time, in La Vega. In San\u00a0Crist\u00f3bal\u00a0the first Dominican Constitution is issued.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n 1845 – The Supreme Court of Justice is established.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n 1853 – The lighthouse of the port of Santo Domingo is put into operation.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n 1864\u00a0–\u00a0Death of General Pedro Santana, the first President of the Republic.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n 1865 – The Restoration War ends.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n 1866 – The first Dominican postal\u00a0stamps are put into circulation.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n 1876 \u200b\u200b- Father of the Nation, Juan Pablo Duarte, dies in exile.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n 1877 – The remains of Christopher Columbus are found in the Cathedral of Santo Domingo.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n 1883 – The Dominican National Anthem is performed for the first time in public.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n 1884 – The remains of Juan Pablo Duarte are brought from Venezuela and buried in the Cathedral of Santo Domingo.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n 1889 – The “Listin\u00a0Diario\u00a0Mar\u00edtimo” is founded, one of major newspapers in the country today, the “Listin\u00a0Diario”.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n 1895 – The electric lighting service is inaugurated in Santo Domingo.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n 1902 – Military\u00a0coup headed by\u00a0Horacio\u00a0V\u00e1squez\u00a0that expelled the president Juan Isidro Jim\u00e9nez.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n 1905 –\u00a0Dies\u00a0Jos\u00e9 Reyes, author of the music of the Dominican National Anthem.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n 1911 – Murder of President Ram\u00f3n\u00a0C\u00e1ceres.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n 1914 – For the first time an airplane\u00a0overflies\u00a0the city of Santo Domingo.<\/p>\n 1916 –\u00a0First\u00a0United States\u00a0military occupation.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n 1922 – The Catholic cemetery of the city of Santo Domingo begins its services.<\/p>\n 1924 –\u00a0Horacio\u00a0V\u00e1squez\u00a0takes over the presidency.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n 1928 – Inauguration of HIX, the first official radio station in the country. The Dominican National Anthem is broadcast for the first time.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n 1929 – Signed the border treaty between the Dominican Republic and the Republic of Haiti where the geographical border between the two countries is defined.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n 1930 – Rafael\u00a0Le\u00f3nidas\u00a0Trujillo Molina assumed the presidency, initiating a dictatorship that lasted 30 years.<\/p>\n 1932 – The Dominican Academy of Language was inaugurated.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n 1934 – Trujillo declares as official the Dominican National Anthem composed in 1883 by Jos\u00e9 Reyes and Emilio\u00a0Prud’homme, by means of Law No. 700.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n 1935 – A Border Agreement is signed between Dominican Republic and Haiti, which ends the old border conflict.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n 1936 – The name of Ciudad Trujillo is imposed to the capital of the Republic.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n 1937 – First National Olympic Games are celebrated in the country.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n 1940 – Trujillo creates the newspaper\u00a0\u201cLa\u00a0Naci\u00f3n\u201d\u00a0to serve as an ideological basis for his government.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n 1941 – Celebration of the first concert of the National Symphony Orchestra.<\/p>\n 1942 – The National Conservatory of Music in Santo Domingo is inaugurated.<\/p>\n 1947 – Creation of the Central Bank of the Dominican Republic.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n 1949 – The National Zoological Park is inaugurated.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n 1952 – La\u00a0Voz\u00a0Dominicana\u00a0begins its activity, first television\u00a0platform\u00a0in the Republic.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n 1955 – The Duarte Bridge on the\u00a0Ozama\u00a0River is inaugurated in the city of Santo Domingo.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n 1957 –\u00a0Reinauguration\u00a0of the\u00a0Alc\u00e1zar\u00a0de Col\u00f3n after its restoration; had been built in 1510 as residence to the viceroys Diego Col\u00f3n and his wife Maria de Toledo.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n 1960 – Murder of the\u00a0Mirabal\u00a0Sisters,\u00a0Patria, Minerva and\u00a0Mar\u00eda\u00a0Teresa, by Trujillo. The day of their\u00a0death was declared in 1999 by the UN as International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n 1961 – Rafael\u00a0Le\u00f3nidas\u00a0Trujillo is assassinated and his dictatorship\u00a0ends.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n 1962 – The\u00a0Pontificia\u00a0Universidad\u00a0Cat\u00f3lica\u00a0Madre y\u00a0Maestra\u00a0(PUCMM) was created.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n 1963 – A coup\u00a0d’etat\u00a0overthrows the Dominican president Juan Bosch. A triumvirate formed by Donald Reid Cabral, Manuel\u00a0Tav\u00e1rez\u00a0Espaillat\u00a0and Ram\u00f3n Tapia\u00a0Espinal\u00a0assumes the presidency of the country.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n 1965 – Revolution of April: popular insurrection in Dominican Republic and\u00a0the return of President Juan Bosch.<\/p>\n 1966 – The National University Pedro\u00a0Henr\u00edquez\u00a0Ure\u00f1a\u00a0(UNPHU) was founded.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n 1969 – Color\u00a0Visi\u00f3n\u00a0becomes the first color television station in the country.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n 1973 – Bosch resigns the PRD and founds the PLD.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n 1977 – The Miss Universe international competition is celebrated in the country.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n 1978 – Antonio\u00a0Guzm\u00e1n\u00a0(PRD)\u00a0becomes president.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n 1979 –\u00a0Hurricane\u00a0David, of category 5, flogs the country leaving an important wake of death and destruction.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n 1982 – President Antonio\u00a0Guzm\u00e1n\u00a0commits suicide in the National Palace.\u00a0Jacobo\u00a0Magluta, once Vice President of the country, assumes the presidency for the rest of the period (few weeks).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n 1985 – For the first time in the country the\u00a0Premio\u00a0Casandra\u00a0are celebrated, currently called “Premios\u00a0Soberanos”, recognizing the artists in the country in different categories.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n 1986 –\u00a0Joaqu\u00edn\u00a0Balaguer\u00a0is elected president (PRSC).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n 1987 – All the caves of the national territory are declared “Natural Patrimony of the Nation”.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n 1990 – Colonial City of Santo Domingo is named World Heritage by UNESCO.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n 1991 –\u00a0Balaguer\u00a0announces agreement with the International Monetary Fund (IMF).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n 1996 –\u00a0Leonel\u00a0Fern\u00e1ndez\u00a0is elected President (PLD).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n 1998 – The powerful hurricane George caused significant damage to the country.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n 2000 –\u00a0Leonel\u00a0Fern\u00e1ndez\u00a0inaugurates the Santo Domingo Cybernetic Park (PCSD) and the Technological Institute of Las\u00a0Am\u00e9ricas\u00a0(ITLA).<\/p>\n 2001 – Juan Bosch dies.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n 2002 –\u00a0Joaqu\u00edn\u00a0Balaguer\u00a0dies.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n 2003 – The country is shaken by a deep banking crisis due to the bankruptcy of one of its main commercial banks, BANINTER, followed by BANCREDITO and then the Mercantile Bank.<\/p>\n 2004 –\u00a0Leonel\u00a0Fernandez is elected president.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n 2007 – Storms Noel and Olga scour the country leaving important human losses, displaced and physical damages mainly to agricultural plantations.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n 2008 –\u00a0Leonel\u00a0Fern\u00e1ndez\u00a0is elected president.<\/p>\n 2010 – Constitutional reform is approved that eliminates presidential re-election and incorporates the Constitutional Court and the Superior Electoral Tribunal (TSE).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n 2012 –\u00a0Danilo\u00a0Medina is elected President of the Republic.<\/p>\n 2013 – Dominican Republic wins the World Baseball Classic.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n 2014 –\u00a0Ded\u00e9\u00a0Mirabal, the last survivor of the\u00a0Mirabal\u00a0Sisters, passes away.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n 2015 – Pedro Martinez, a former Dominican pitcher who played in the Major Leagues\u00a0Baseball, eight-time All-Star, three-time\u00a0Cy\u00a0Young winner and 2004 World Series champion, is exalted to the Cooperstown Baseball Hall of Fame.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n 2016 –\u00a0Danilo\u00a0Medina is elected president.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Social, economic and political milestones of the Dominican Republic 4000 B.C. to 3500 B.C\u00a0Indigenous people begin to populate the Antilles\u00a0 400 B.C.\u00a0Occupation of the Antilles by agricultural groups of Arawak origin arrived from the Venezuelan coast.\u00a0 1000 –\u00a0Development of 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