Saint-Domingue

Saint-Domingue was a colony in Caribbean (Mesoamerica and Caribbean) that lasted from 1697 to 1804 CE, about 107 years. Its people spoke Latin and Romance languages (Latin, Italic, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, Romanian).

French western Hispaniola, the richest colony in the world by 1789, producing about 40 percent of Europe's sugar with some 500,000 enslaved people. The revolution of 1791 destroyed it.

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Facts

Dates

1697 to 1804 CE

Duration

107 years

Type

Colony

Region

Caribbean, Mesoamerica and Caribbean

Language family

Latin and Romance

Capital

Cap-Français, then Port-au-Prince

Became

• Haiti 1804 CE to the present

Events in Mesoamerica and Caribbean during its time

• 1697 Fall of Nojpetén
• 1791 Haitian Revolution begins

Neighbours in Mesoamerica and Caribbean

• New Spain 1521 to 1821 CE
• Haiti 1804 CE to the present
• Spanish Cuba 1511 to 1898 CE
• British West Indies 1624 to 1983 CE
• Captaincy General of Santo Domingo 1493 to 1821 CE
• Colony of Jamaica 1655 to 1962 CE
• Captaincy General of Guatemala 1543 to 1821 CE
• Dutch Caribbean 1634 CE to the present
• Spanish Puerto Rico 1508 to 1898 CE
• Spanish Panama (Castilla de Oro) 1510 to 1821 CE

Elsewhere in the world at the same time

• Republic of Venice c. 697 to 1797 CE, Europe
• Swahili city-states c. 800 to 1700 CE, Central and Southern Africa
• Holy Roman Empire 962 to 1806 CE, Europe
• Ethiopian Empire (Solomonic dynasty) 1270 to 1974 CE, North and West Africa
• Ottoman Empire 1299 to 1922 CE, Europe
• Ottoman Empire 1299 to 1922 CE, Middle East
• Portuguese Empire 1415 to 1999 CE, Europe
• Kingdom of Kongo c. 1390 to 1914 CE, Central and Southern Africa
• Ayutthaya Kingdom 1351 to 1767 CE, Southeast Asia
• Mughal Empire 1526 to 1857 CE, South Asia

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