18 Dominican Brumaire

Coup d'état of 18 Dominican Brumaire
Golpe de Estado del 18 Brumario Dominicano

Part of Dominican War of Independence
Juan Pablo Duarte, leading figure of the 18 Dominican Brumaire, proclaimed as president by his supporter, Matías Ramón Mella.
Date	June 9, 1844 (1844-06-09)
Location	Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
Type	Coup d'état
Cause	Process of Levassuer Plan
Organized by	Juan Pablo Duarte José Joaquín Puello
Participants	Juan Pablo Duarte José Joaquín Puello Santiago Basora Manuel Jimenes Matías Ramón Mella Francisco del Rosario Sánchez Pedro Alejandro Pina Juan Isidro Pérez
Outcome	Coup successful Deposition of Tomás Bobadilla Presidency restored to Francisco del Rosario Sánchez Disruption of the Levassuer Plan

The Coup of 18 Dominican Brumaire was a military coup d'état that took place on June 9, 1844, in the Dominican Republic. This event was part of the Dominican War of Independence.

In May 1844, after the defeat of Haitian president Charles Rivière-Hérard, political dissidence arose between the independent Trinitarios and the ruling conservative government led by Tomás Bobadilla. Bobadilla, a staunch annexationist, favored the idea of the Dominican Republic becoming a French protectorate to protect the country from further Haitian aggression. While negotiations with France was still in motion, General Juan Pablo Duarte and a group of his followers began plotting a military coup to take power in the nascent Dominican Republic to confront the possible French invasion.