General Pedro Florentino was an officer in the army of the Dominican Republic during the struggle to restore Dominican independence from Haiti. The Dominican Republic ( Spanish: República Dominicana;) is a nation located in the Caribbean region and shares the island of Hispaniola with Haiti ( English: ˈheɪ·tiː or haɪ·ˈjiː·tiː French Haïti a·i·ti Haitian Creole: He was the hero of the important Battle of Jacuba. Haiti had ruled the country from 1822 through 1844 when independence was declared by the "Trinitarians Duarte, Sánchez and Mella". Juan Pablo Duarte y Díez was born on January 26, 1813 in colonial Santo Domingo (current capital city of Dominican Republic) during the period Francisco Del Rosario Sánchez ( March 9, 1817 - July 4, 1861) was a politician and founding father of Matías Ramón Mella, born 25 February 1816, is regarded as a National hero in the Dominican Republic.
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