España Boba
Captaincy General of Santo Domingo Capitanía General de Santo Domingo | |||||||||
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| 1809–1821 | |||||||||
| Status | Vassal state of Spain | ||||||||
| Capital | Santo Domingo | ||||||||
| Common languages | Spanish | ||||||||
| Demonym | Dominican | ||||||||
| Government | Monarchy | ||||||||
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• 1813–1821 | Ferdinand VII | ||||||||
| Governor | |||||||||
• 1809–1811 | Juan Sánchez Ramírez | ||||||||
• 1811–1813 | Manuel Caballero y Masot | ||||||||
• 1813–1818 | Carlos Luis de Urrutia | ||||||||
• 1818–1821 | Sebastián Kindelán y O'Regan | ||||||||
• 1821 | Pascual Real | ||||||||
| History | |||||||||
| 22 July 1795 | |||||||||
| 9 July 1809 | |||||||||
• Independence | 1 December 1821 | ||||||||
| Currency | Santo Domingo real | ||||||||
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| Today part of | Dominican Republic Haiti | ||||||||
| History of the Dominican Republic |
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| Pre-Spanish Hispaniola (–1492) |
| Captaincy General of Santo Domingo (1492–1795) |
| French Santo Domingo (1795–1809) |
| España Boba (1809–1821) |
| Republic of Spanish Haiti (1821–1822) |
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| Republic of Haiti (1820–1849) |
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| First Republic (1844–1861) |
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| Spanish occupation (1861–1865) |
| Second Republic (1865–1916) |
| United States occupation (1916–1924) |
| Third Republic (1924–1965) |
| Fourth Republic (1966–) |
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In the history of the Dominican Republic, the period of España Boba (Spanish for "Foolish Spain") lasted from 9 July 1809 to 1 December 1821, during which the Captaincy General of Santo Domingo was under Spanish rule, but the Spanish government exercised minimal powers because its resources were attenuated by the Peninsular War and the various Spanish American wars of independence. The period ended when Dominican officials declared a short-lived independence on 30 November 1821. In February 1822, Haiti annexed former Santo Domingo, leading to an occupation that lasted until 1844.