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	* '''April 12''' [[François Capois]] and and the Haitian revolutionaries under his command storm [[Port-de-Paix]] and soon after also gain [[La Tortue]] from the French. (Léger p. 140)		* '''April 12''' [[François Capois]] and and the Haitian revolutionaries under his command storm [[Port-de-Paix]] and soon after also gain [[La Tortue]] from the French. (Léger p. 140)

		+	[[image:US_2004_Louisiana_Purchase_nickel_reverse.jpg\|right\|thumb\|200px\|United States coin commemorating the bicentennial of the Louisiana Purchase.]]
	* '''April 30''' [[The Revolution and the Louisiana Purchase\|The Louisiana Purchase Treaty]] is signed. This treaty, giving up much of France's colonies in the Western Hemisphere, is directly related to the Haitian Revolution, as France put a tremendous amount of resources into fighting the troops of Jean-Jacques Dessalines in Saint-Domingue and therefore had to cut back in other regions.		* '''April 30''' [[The Revolution and the Louisiana Purchase\|The Louisiana Purchase Treaty]] is signed. This treaty, giving up much of France's colonies in the Western Hemisphere, is directly related to the Haitian Revolution, as France put a tremendous amount of resources into fighting the troops of Jean-Jacques Dessalines in Saint-Domingue and therefore had to cut back in other regions.

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 ==November==
 * '''November 18''' The Haitian Revolutionaries led by Jean-Jacques Dessalines win the [[Battle of Vertières]] against the French troops commanded by [[Rochambeau]], who soon after concede defeat.
 * '''November 30''' [[Jean-Jacques Dessalines]] becomes the Governor General of [[Saint-Domingue]], he holds that post until the [[Declaration of Independence]] in [[1804]], when the French colony ceases to exist.

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 '''1803''' is the year of death of Toussaint Louverture, the leader of the Haitian Revolution.
-In '''1803''' the French war to hold on to slavery turned to genocide. [[Genaral Rochambeau]]'s ''arrival at [[Jacmel]] was signalized by a horrible crime: by his orders, about 100 natives, who were only suspected of having little zeal for France, were thrown into the hold of a man-of-war'' <small>{{fn|1}}</small>'', the hatchways of which were tightly closed; the men were then suffocated by the fumes of the ignited sulphur, their corpses being afterward thrown into the sea.''" {Léger p. 130
+In '''1803''' the French war to hold on to slavery turned to genocide. [[Genaral Rochambeau]]'s ''arrival at [[Jacmel]] was signalized by a horrible crime: by his orders, about 100 natives, who were only suspected of having little zeal for France, were thrown into the hold of a man-of-war'' <small>{{fn|1}}</small>'', the hatchways of which were tightly closed; the men were then suffocated by the fumes of the ignited sulphur, their corpses being afterward thrown into the sea.''" (Léger p. 130)
 ==February==

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-[[image:louisiana_purchase_map.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Map illustrating land acquired through the '''1803''' [[The Revolution and the Louisiana Purchase|Louisiana Purchase Treaty]] between France and the U.S. ''(shaded red)''.]] [[image:united_states_map_1803.jpg|left|thumb|300px|Map of the United States prior to the Louisiana Purchase.]]'''1803''' marks the year the Haitian troops finally prevail, and repel attempts by [[Napoléon Bonaparte]] to re-establish slavery in [[Saint-Domingue]].
+[[image:louisiana_purchase_map.jpg|right|thumb|200px|Map illustrating land acquired through the '''1803''' [[The Revolution and the Louisiana Purchase|Louisiana Purchase Treaty]] between France and the U.S. ''(shaded red)''.]] [[image:united_states_map_1803.jpg|lright|thumb|200px|Map of the United States prior to the Louisiana Purchase.]]'''1803''' marks the year the Haitian troops finally prevail, and repel attempts by [[Napoléon Bonaparte]] to re-establish slavery in [[Saint-Domingue]].
 In '''[[1802]]''' the French [[General Antoine Richepanse]] had re-instituted [[slavery]] in the Caribbean colony of Guadeloupe.These events were followed with terror in Saint-Domingue.
 '''1803''' is the year of death of Toussaint Louverture, the leader of the Haitian Revolution.

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-[[image:louisiana_purchase_map.jpg|right|thumb|320px|Map illustrating land acquired through the '''1803''' [[The Revolution and the Louisiana Purchase|Louisiana Purchase Treaty]] between France and the U.S. ''(shaded red)''.]]'''1803''' marks the year the Haitian troops finally prevail, and repel attempts by [[Napoléon Bonaparte]] to re-establish slavery in [[Saint-Domingue]].
+[[image:louisiana_purchase_map.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Map illustrating land acquired through the '''1803''' [[The Revolution and the Louisiana Purchase|Louisiana Purchase Treaty]] between France and the U.S. ''(shaded red)''.]] [[image:united_states_map_1803.jpg|left|thumb|300px|Map of the United States prior to the Louisiana Purchase.]]'''1803''' marks the year the Haitian troops finally prevail, and repel attempts by [[Napoléon Bonaparte]] to re-establish slavery in [[Saint-Domingue]].
 In '''[[1802]]''' the French [[General Antoine Richepanse]] had re-instituted [[slavery]] in the Caribbean colony of Guadeloupe.These events were followed with terror in Saint-Domingue.
 '''1803''' is the year of death of Toussaint Louverture, the leader of the Haitian Revolution.

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 *  Léger, Jacques Nicolas. ''Haiti Her History And Her Detractors''. (1907). The Neale Publishing Company. New York. [http://ia340938.us.archive.org/2/items/haitiherhistoryh00lguoft/haitiherhistoryh00lguoft_djvu.txt available online] - Accessed on August 15, 2007.
-==External links
+==External links==
 * Wikimedia Commons: [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:LouisianaPurchase.png Map of the Louisiana Purchase of 1803]
 [[Category:Dates of the Haitian Revolution|1803]]

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 * '''[[April 7]]'''  [[Toussaint Louverture]] dies in French captivity at [[Fort de Joux]].
 * '''April 8''' Toussaint's [http://thelouvertureproject.org/wiki/index.php?title=The_Last_Days_Of_Toussaint_L%27Ouverture#Post-mortem_Examination_of_Toussaint_L.27Ouverture post-mortem examination] is carried out.
 * '''April 30''' [[The Revolution and the Louisiana Purchase|The Louisiana Purchase Treaty]] is signed. This treaty, giving up much of France's colonies in the Western Hemisphere, is directly related to the Haitian Revolution, as France put a tremendous amount of resources into fighting the troops of Jean-Jacques Dessalines in Saint-Domingue and therefore had to cut back in other regions.
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 ==December==
 * The last French troops leave Saint-Domingue.
-* The Haitian [[Declaration of Independence]] is drafted into it's final version
+* The Haitian [[Declaration of Independence]] is drafted into it's final version.
 * [[January 1]], [[1804]] is chosen as the date to declare independence.
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 ==References==
 * Antoine Richepanse. (2006, March 5). ''Wikipédia, l'encyclopédie libre''. [Accessed 18:20, March 15, 2006] [http://fr.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Antoine_Richepanse&oldid=5905117].
+*  Léger, Jacques Nicolas. ''Haiti Her History And Her Detractors''. (1907). The Neale Publishing Company. New York. [http://ia340938.us.archive.org/2/items/haitiherhistoryh00lguoft/haitiherhistoryh00lguoft_djvu.txt available online] - Accessed on August 15, 2007
 [[Category:Dates of the Haitian Revolution|1803]]