What the records say
- When
- 1605 – 1606
- Kind
- Expulsion or deportation
- Coordinates
- 19.00° N, 71.00° W
- Description
- Depopulation of western Hispaniola in 1605–6
Placed at the area, not an exact site.
Devastations of Osorio
Depopulation of western Hispaniola in 1605–1606
The Devastations of Osorio, also known as Depopulations of Hispaniola, were an event that occurred on the island of Hispaniola in the 17th century. The devastations took place as the result of the order given by King Philip III of Spain to the governor Antonio de Osorio, to depopulate the western, central and northern regions of the Caribbean island of Hispaniola, by force if necessary, in order to end the smuggling…
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