Spanish troops destroy the French army at Sabana Real; Governor de Cussy is killed
At Sabana Real de la Limonade, in what is now Haiti’s North, a Spanish force out of Santo Domingo broke the army of French Saint-Domingue on this day. It was…
British squadron destroys the French fort at Saint-Louis-du-Sud
On 22 March 1748 a British squadron under Admiral Charles Knowles attacked Saint-Louis-du-Sud on the southern coast of Saint-Domingue. Nine ships of the line and two sloops came against a…
Haitian army shattered at Santiago de los Caballeros
On 30 March 1844 a Haitian army under General Jean-Louis Pierrot advanced on Santiago de los Caballeros in two columns of roughly 2,000 men each. The Dominican commander José María…
5000 BC – AD 1492
c. 5000 BC – AD 1492: The dispersal of human populations across the Greater Antilles initiated a long history of contact with a vast array of ecological environments. As these…
c. 5230 B.C. – 470 B.C.: Radiocarbon measurements from Trinidad sites indicate a long-term Ortoiroid presence in the region during its transition from the mainland.
c. 5230 B.C. - 470 B.C.: Radiocarbon measurements from Trinidad sites indicate a long-term Ortoiroid presence in the region during its transition from the mainland. These coastal peoples developed specialized…