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Cession of Santo Domingo to France
- When
- 22 July 1795
- Where
- territorial cession agreed at Basel
- Part of
- Second Treaty of Basel
Spain ceded the Captaincy General of Santo Domingo to France in exchange for retaining Gipuzkoa.
In the second treaty signed on 22 July 1795, Spain ceded the Captaincy General of Santo Domingo to France in exchange for keeping Gipuzkoa. This transferred Spain's half of the island of Hispaniola to French control. France would later cede its de jure claim over the eastern part of the island back to Spain in the 1814 Treaty of Paris.
Sources
- Peace of Basel Wikipedia, revision of 2026-08-12
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