when did haiti and the dominican republic split
Dominican Republic–Haiti relations In the Dominican War of Independence[16] Dominicans fought against the Haitian occupation.[17] On February 27, 1844 the Dominicans, led by Juan Pablo Duarte along with Francisco del Rosario Sánchez and Matías Ramón Mella, gained freedom from Haitian rule, thus giving birth to the Dominican Republic, a self-sufficient nation established on the liberal ideals of a democratic government.