Haiti - Notable Historical Events
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Haiti - Historical Events
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
1492-12-05 |
Columbus discovers Hispaniola (El Espanola/Haiti) |
1790-10-23 |
Slaves revolt in Haiti (later suppressed) |
1793-08-29 |
Slaves in French colony of St Domingue (Haiti) freed |
1793-09-20 |
British troops under Major-general Williamson lands on (French) Haiti |
1794-05-06 |
Haiti, under Toussaint L'Ouverture, revolts against France |
1802-06-15 |
Toussaint L'Ouverture leaves Haiti, prisoner on French ship Héros |
1802-08-07 |
Napoleon orders re-instatement of slavery on St Domingue (Haiti) |
1803-11-29 |
Dessalines & Christophe declare St Domingue (Haiti) independent |
1804-01-01 |
Haiti gains independence from France (National Day) |
1804-03-29 |
Thousands of Whites massacred in Haiti |
1806-10-17 |
Former leader of the Haitian Revolution, Emperor Jacques I of Haiti was assassinated after an oppressive rule. |
1822-02-09 |
Haiti invades the newly founded Dominican Republic. |
1844-02-27 |
Dominican Republic gains independence from Haiti (National Day) |
1869-04-16 |
Ebenezer Bassett, 1st US Negro diplomat, begins service in Haiti |
1874-11-03 |
James Theodore Holly, elected bishop of Haiti |
1877-09-27 |
John Mercer Langston named minister of Haiti |
1885-05-07 |
John E W Thompson named US minister to Haiti |
1889-07-01 |
Frederick Douglass named Minister to Haiti |
1891-09-03 |
John Stephens Durham named US minister to Haiti |
1897-06-17 |
William Frank Powell, NJ educator, named minister to Haiti |
1905-11-23 |
Henry Watson Furness, an Indiana physican, named minister of Haiti |
1908-12-04 |
Haiti's president General Alexis Nord flees from military coup |
1911-08-02 |
Haiti's dictator Simon flees on US warship near Jamaica |
1911-08-14 |
General Leconte appointed temporary pres of Haiti |
1914-02-08 |
General Zamon becomes president of Haiti |
1915-01-27 |
US Marines occupy Haiti |
1915-07-28 |
Because of virtual anarchy, US Marines go ashore in Haiti on orders from President Wilson; this will lead to an occupation that will last until 1934 |
1915-09-16 |
US takes control of customs & finances of Haiti for 10 years |
1928-09-09 |
Silvio Cator of Haiti, sets then long jump record at 26' ½" |
1934-08-06 |
US troops leave Haiti, which had been occupied since 1915 |
1934-08-16 |
US ends occupation of Haiti (been there since 1915) |
1935-10-25 |
Hurricane-produced floods kill 2,000 in Jeremie & Jacmel Haiti |
1955-10-12 |
-13] Hurricane Hazel, kills 68 in Haiti |
1963-10-03 |
Hurricane hits Haiti; about 5,000 die & 100,000 injured |
1963-10-04 |
-8] Hurricane Flora, kills 6,000 in Cuba & Haiti |
1963-10-07 |
Hurricane Flora hits Haiti & Dominican Republic, kills 7,190 |
1963-10-09 |
Hurricane Flora ravages Cuba & Haiti, kills 6,000 |
1968-05-24 |
Haiti closes down shortwave station 4VEH for 40 days |
1983-08-27 |
Haiti adopts constitution |
1986-02-07 |
Haiti's President-for-Life Jean-Claude Duvalier flees to France Henri Namphy becomes leader of Haiti |
1986-12-07 |
Pres Jean-Claude Duvalier flees Haiti |
1987-09-11 |
Shoot out at Jean-Bertrand Aristides' church in Haiti, 12 die |
1988-01-17 |
Leslie Manigay elected president of Haiti |
1988-06-19 |
Coup in Haiti |
1988-06-20 |
Haiti's general assembly dissolves |
1988-09-17 |
Military coup in Haiti: Lt Gen Avril takes control, Henri Namphy flees |
1988-09-18 |
Coup in Haiti |
1990-03-10 |
Lt Gen Avril resigns as president of Haiti |
1990-12-16 |
Jean-Bertrand Aristide elected pres of Haiti |
1990-12-16 |
Rev Jean Betrand Aristide elected president of Haiti |
1991-02-07 |
Jean-Bertrand Aristide sworn in as Haiti's 1st elected president |
1991-09-30 |
Rev Jean Betrand Aristide ousted as president of Haiti |
1991-10-10 |
US cuts all foreign aid to Haiti |
1993-06-08 |
Premier Marc Bazin of Haiti resigns |
1993-06-23 |
UN authorizes worldwide oil embargo against Haiti |
1993-10-11 |
US warship Harlan County anchors off Port-au-Prince Haiti |
1993-10-19 |
UN authorizes arms, military & police supply embargo against Haiti |
1994-02-15 |
US asks Aristide to adopt a peace plan from Haiti |
1994-04-23 |
Army shoots to death 23-40 fishermen in Gonaives Haiti |
1994-07-05 |
The United States announced it would refuse further unrestricted immigration from Haiti. |
1994-07-31 |
UN votes 12-0 (2 abstentions) to authorize use of force against Haiti |
1994-09-19 |
3,000 US militia lands on Haiti |
1994-10-10 |
Lt-general Raoul Cedras resigns as dictator of Haiti |
1994-10-15 |
Pres Jean-Baptiste Aristide returns to Haiti |
1996-01-11 |
Haiti becomes a member of the Berne Convention copyright treaty. |
2004-02-05 |
Rebels from the Revolutionary Artibonite Resistance Front capture the city of Gonaïves, starting the 2004 Haiti rebellion. |
2004-02-29 |
Jean-Bertrand Aristide resigns as President of Haiti following popular rebel uprising. |
2004-09-23 |
At least 1,070 in Haiti reported killed by floods due to Hurricane Jeanne |
2010-01-12 |
Earthquake occurs in Haiti killing 230,000 and destroying the majority of the capital Port-au-Prince |
2012-10-25 |
Hurricane Sandy makes landfall in Cuba and Haiti killing 65 people and causing over $80 million in damage |
2014-05-13 |
Christopher Columbus's flagship, the Santa Maria, is discovered north off the coast of Haiti |
2016-02-08 |
Haiti's President steps down, leaving no successor |
2016-10-07 |
Hurricane Matthew: At least 100 people killed in Haiti devastation |
2016-10-09 |
Medics dash to rural Haiti as cholera kills 13 in Matthew's wake |
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Haiti - Birthdays
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
1767-10-06 |
Henri Christophe, king of Haiti (d. 1820) |
1785-04-26 |
John James Audubon, Haiti, bird watcher/artist |
1900-10-09 |
Silvio Cator, Haiti, long jumper (Olympic-silver-1928) |
1907-04-14 |
Francois "Doc" Duvalier, dictator of Haiti |
1924-04-30 |
Aubelin Jolicoeur, Haiti Express |
1932-11-02 |
Henri Namphy, Cap Hatien Haiti, President of Haiti (1986-88) |
1937-03-29 |
Smarck Michel, Saint-Marc, Haiti, Haitian Prime Minister (1994-5), (d. 2012) |
1939-08-25 |
Max Beauvoir, Haiti Express |
1943-01-17 |
René Préval, President of Haiti |
1948-10-02 |
Donna Karan, Haiti Untold |
1950-05-14 |
Hanne Uldal, Haiti Express |
1953-07-15 |
Jean-Bertrand Aristide, president of Haiti (1991, 1994- ) |
1956-10-30 |
Christina Rau, Hilfe für Haiti |
1960-12-22 |
Jean-Michel Basquiat, Haiti/US graffiti artist/painter (Gray, SAMO) |
1964-11-21 |
Yvette D. Clarke, Haiti: Where Did the Money Go |
1967-07-12 |
Bruny Surin, Cap Haitien Haiti, Canadian 4X100m sprinter (Oly-gold-96) |
1974-12-17 |
Hugues Gentillon, Love Me Haiti |
1976-12-07 |
Georges Laraque, Haiti Untold |
Haiti - Deaths
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
1806-10-17 |
Jean Jacques Dessalines, Emperor of Haiti, dies |
1816-05-29 |
Madame L'Ouverture, widow of Haiti's leader Toussaint L'O, dies |
1915-07-28 |
Vilbrun G Sam, rebellion leader/president of Haiti, lynched |
1953-07-20 |
Dumarsaid Estime, President of Haiti (b. 1900) |
1971-04-21 |
Francois "Doc" Duvalier, dictator of Haiti, dies at 64 |
1995-10-24 |
Emile Jonassaint, president of Haiti (1994), dies at 82 |
2005-02-14 |
Aubelin Jolicoeur, Haiti Express |
2017-03-04 |
Haiti's former president Rene Preval dies aged 74 |
