The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dominican_Restoration_War" id="mwiw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Dominican Restoration War">Dominican Restoration War</a> begins when <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gregorio_Luperón" id="mwjA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Gregorio Luperón">Gregorio Luperón</a> raises the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_the_Dominican_Republic" id="mwjQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Flag of the Dominican Republic">Dominican flag</a> in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santo_Domingo" id="mwjg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Santo Domingo">Santo Domingo</a> after Spain had recolonized the country.