Jean-Louis Ferrand | |
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 Portrait of General Jean-Louis Ferrand | |
| 70th Governor of Captaincy General of Santo Domingo | |
| In office 1803 – November 7, 1808 | |
| Preceded by | Antoine Nicolas Kerverseau |
| Succeeded by | Joseph-David de Barquier |
| Personal details | |
| Born | December 13, 1758 Besançon, France |
| Died | November 7, 1808 (aged 49) El Seibo, Santo Domingo (now Dominican Republic) |
| Awards | Legion of Honor |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance |  France |
| Branch/service | French Army French Revolutionary Army |
| Years of service | 1770s–1808 |
| Rank | General |
| Battles/wars | American Revolutionary War French Revolutionary Wars Haitian Revolution Spanish reconquest of Santo Domingo |
Jean-Louis Ferrand (December 13, 1758 – November 7, 1808) was a French general and military commander. He made some campaigns in France at the beginning of the French Revolution, and took part in the failed expedition into Saint-Domingue (now Haiti). Unwilling to accept defeat, he widthdrew to Santo Domingo (now Dominican Republic). As governor, he dealt with intense conflicts with Haitian Emperor, Jean-Jacques Dessalines, who enacted a failed siege of the colony in 1805. By 1808, his rule, as well as other ongoing conflicts in Europe, triggered anti-French uprisings and a desire for a return to Spanish rule. These conflicts would erupt into the Spanish reconquest of Santo Domingo, which ended in his suicide on November 7, 1808, in the Battle of Palo Hincado led by the Dominican Criollo leader, Juan Sánchez Ramírez.