siege, early modern
Siege of Santo Domingo
Siege of Santo Domingo was a siege conducted on 23 April 1655 at Santo Domingo, in what is now Dominican Republic; it lasted 7 days. It was part of the Anglo-Spanish War, which ran from 1654 to 1660. The recorded result: Spanish victory.
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Where it sits in the Anglo-Spanish War
Record
| Date | 23 April 1655 to 30 April 1655 | |
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| Place | Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic 18.476N, 69.893W | |
| Kind | Siege, early modern | |
| Strength | 2,400 soldiers: 1,300 lancers; 700 regular soldiers; 200 marines; 200 militias | 13,120 soldiers: 7,000 marines; 6,000 infantry; 120 cavalry; 34 ships |
| Casualties and losses | 30 dead | ~600 killed |
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Nearest engagements
- Siege of Santo Domingo 1805, same recorded site
- Siege of Santo Domingo 1808, same recorded site
- Battle of Santo Domingo 1586, 1.3 km E
- Battle of San Domingo 1806, 26 km SW
- Battle of Las Carreras 1849, 51 km SW
Contested ground: this site was fought over 4 times between 1586 and 1808.
In the same war
- After: Battle of Cádiz 9 September 1656
- All 6 engagements of Anglo-Spanish War
Elsewhere in 1655
- Siege of Jasna Góra Poland
- Battle of Vilnius Lithuania
- Battle of Sobota Poland
- Battle of Ujście Poland
- Battle of Horodok Ukraine
Siege of Santo Domingo is one of 1,470 engagements of the 17th century in the atlas and one of 33 in present-day Dominican Republic.
Sources
Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q7510378, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Siege of Santo Domingo (1655), revision 1374475922, read 2026-11-14, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the article's text is not reproduced here. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.