40 notable events in the Dominican Republic — wars, air crashes and earthquakes.
- Murder of José Rafael Llenas Aybar
May 4, 1996 · Murder & homicide
- Birgenair Flight 301
Feb 6, 1996 · Aviation accident
- Mirabal sisters
date unknown · Terrorism
- Jet Set nightclub roof collapse
Apr 8, 2025 · Industrial & structural disaster
- Dominican Civil War
Apr 24, 1965–Sep 3, 1965 · War & armed conflict
- Parsley massacre
Oct 2, 1937–Oct 8, 1937 · Massacre
- Disappearance of Sudiksha Konanki
Mar 6, 2025 · Disappearance
- Dominican Restoration War
Aug 16, 1863–Jul 15, 1865 · War & armed conflict
- Shooting of David Ortiz
Jun 9, 2019 · Shooting
- Dominicana de Aviación Flight 603
Feb 15, 1970 · Aviation accident
- Santo Domingo Affair
Feb 1, 1904–Feb 11, 1904 · Scandal & controversy
- 1963 Dominican coup d'état
Sep 25, 1963 · War & armed conflict
- Rebellion of the Pilots
Nov 19, 1961 · War & armed conflict
- 1946 Dominican Republic earthquake
Aug 4, 1946 · Earthquake
- Battle of Santo Domingo (1586)
Jan 1, 1586 · War & armed conflict
- Six Years' War
May 2, 1868–Jan 2, 1874 · War & armed conflict
- Palma Sola massacre
Dec 28, 1962 · Massacre
- Siege of Santo Domingo (1655)
Apr 23, 1655–Apr 30, 1655 · War & armed conflict
- Astron (ship)
date unknown · Maritime disaster
- Carla Massiel case
date unknown · Murder & homicide
- 2021 Punta Caucedo Gulfstream G-IVSP crash
Dec 15, 2021 · Aviation accident
- Varig Flight 850
Aug 16, 1957 · Aviation accident
- Odebrecht case in the Dominican Republic
date unknown · Scandal & controversy
- 2023 San Cristóbal explosion
Aug 14, 2023 · Bombing & explosion
- 2003 Dominican Republic earthquake
Sep 22, 2003 · Earthquake
- 2014 Santo Domingo Metro attack
Oct 27, 2014 · Terrorism
- MV C. O. Stillman
date unknown · War & armed conflict
- Dominican Republic financial crisis
date unknown · Crisis
- 1796 Boca de Nigua slave revolt
Oct 26, 1796 · War & armed conflict
- Dominican-Haitian diplomatic crisis of 1963
1963 · Crisis
- Higüey Prison fire
Mar 7, 2005 · Fire
- Regina Express massacre
Sep 5, 1980 · Massacre
- 1812 Mendoza and Mojarra conspiracy
Aug 1, 1812 · Scandal & controversy
- 1992 Puerto Plata Il-18 crash
Nov 15, 1992 · Aviation accident
- Dominican Air Force T-35 aviation accident
Apr 7, 2013 · Aviation accident
- Murder of Jesus Cuevas
2022 · Murder & homicide
- 1984 San Pedro Basin earthquake
Jun 24, 1984 · Earthquake
- Flight Continental Airlines 128
Aug 3, 2009 · Aviation accident
- Edgar Báez and Leticia Boitel case
date unknown
- Polyxeni
date unknown · Maritime disaster