1804
From TLP
- 1804 marks the first year of independence from French colonialism and the end of slavery for Haiti. Jean-Jacques Dessalines has Saint-Domingue renamed to Haïti.
- Saint-Jean Louverture the youngest son of Suzanne and Toussaint Louverture dies in French captivity.
January
- On January 1 Jean-Jacques Dessalines reads the Act of Independence on the Place d'Armes of Gonaïves.
May
- Napoléon Bonaparte has himself crowned Emperor of the French (Empereur des Français) under the name Napoleon I on May 18.
October
- Jean-Jacques Dessalines is crowned emperor of Haiti under the name of H.I.M. Jacques I, Emperor of Haiti at the Church of Champ-de-Mars on October 8.
