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Marcus Rainsford's book:, An Historical Account of the Black Empire of Hayti: Comprehending a View of the Principal Transactions in the Revolution of Saint-Domingo; with its Ancient and Modern State is published in London. It is one of the earliest published positive accounts of the Haitian Revolution and it's protagonists, it seems that this is a (different) version of a book by Rainsford with similar name, also published in London in 1802.
Work on the Citadelle Laferrière, a stone fortress south of Le Cap, begins.

After becoming the ruler of Haiti, Jean-Jacques Dessalines promulgated the Haitian Constitution of 1805 on May 20.

Rainsford, Marcus (1802). A Memoir of Transactions that took place in St. Domingo... London: R.B. Scott.

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 * Marcus Rainsford's book:, ''An Historical Account of the Black Empire of Hayti: Comprehending a View of the Principal Transactions in the Revolution of Saint-Domingo; with its Ancient and Modern State'' is published in London. It is one of the earliest published positive accounts of the Haitian Revolution and it's protagonists, it seems that this is a (different) version of a book by Rainsford with similar name, also published in London in [[1802]].
+*Work on the [[Citadelle Laferrière]], a stone fortress south of [[Le Cap]], begins.
 ==May==