{"slug": "saint-domingue", "label": "Saint-Domingue", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint-Domingue", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q861551", "qid": "Q861551", "description": "French colony on the isle of Hispaniola", "entries": 11, "years": 9, "span": [1663, 1809], "span_label": ["1663 CE", "1809 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 4}, {"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 2}, {"title": "Climate & Environment", "count": 2}, {"title": "Technology & Infrastructure", "count": 1}, {"title": "Births", "count": 1}, {"title": "Exploration & Expansion", "count": 1}], "also_known_as": [], "related": [{"slug": "haitian-revolution", "label": "Haitian Revolution", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "kingdom-of-france", "label": "Kingdom of France", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "new-orleans", "label": "New Orleans", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "haiti", "label": "Haiti", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "slavery", "label": "Slavery", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "hispaniola", "label": "Hispaniola", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "guadeloupe", "label": "Guadeloupe", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 1663, "year_label": "1663 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "November 19", "text": "November 19 – Alexandre de Prouville de Tracy is appointed by King Louis XIV of Frances as the new Governor General of the French West Indies as the colonies of Saint-Domingue, Saint Martin, Guadeloupe, Dominica, Saint Barthélemy, and Saint Croix are put under a unified rule for the colonies in the Caribbean Sea for the first time since 1651.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365988068#October–December", "title": "1663", "revid": 1365988068, "section": "Events › October–December"}}, {"year": 1715, "year_label": "1715 CE", "section": "Technology & Infrastructure", "date": null, "text": "Coffee is first grown in the French colony of Saint-Domingue.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1355668843#Date_unknown", "title": "1715", "revid": 1355668843, "section": "Events › Date unknown"}}, {"year": 1770, "year_label": "1770 CE", "section": "Climate & Environment", "date": "June 3", "text": "June 3 – The 7.5 Mw Port-au-Prince earthquake affects the French colony of Saint-Domingue with a maximum Mercalli intensity of X (Extreme), killing 250 or more.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1368310921#April–June", "title": "1770", "revid": 1368310921, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1770, "year_label": "1770 CE", "section": "Climate & Environment", "date": "June 3", "text": "3 June – The 7.5 Mw Port-au-Prince earthquake affects the French colony of Saint-Domingue with a maximum Mercalli intensity of X (Extreme), killing 250 or more", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1353738689#Events", "title": "1770 in France", "revid": 1353738689, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1785, "year_label": "1785 CE", "section": "Births", "date": "April 26", "text": "April 26 – John James Audubon, ornithologist, naturalist and painter, born in Saint-Domingue (died 1851)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1278586902#Births", "title": "1785 in the United States", "revid": 1278586902, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 1790, "year_label": "1790 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "October", "text": "October–December – Vincent Ogé leads a rebellion of freed blacks in Saint-Domingue. 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