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Ramón Matías Mella

1816–1864 · 19th century

Ramón Matías Mella was a Dominican patriot, counted with Juan Pablo Duarte and Francisco del Rosario Sánchez as one of the three founding fathers of the Dominican Republic. On 27 February 1844 he fired the shot that signalled the uprising against Haitian rule in Santo Domingo. He later fought in the war of independence and, after Spain annexed the country in 1861, joined the Restoration War, dying in 1864.

Ramón Matías Mella
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First Dominican Republic

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The Epoch Institute. (2026). Ramón Matías Mella. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/ramon-matias-mella
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