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==March== | ==March== | ||
| − | * On '''March 4 | + | * On '''March 4''' U.S. President [[Thomas Jefferson]] is inaugurated. |
==July== | ==July== | ||
| − | * On '''July 4 | + | * On '''July 4''' the newly appointed U.S. Consul General to [[Saint-Domingue]], [[Tobias Lear]], arrives in the colony. He replaces [[Dr. Edward Stevens]]. |
| − | * On '''July 7 | + | * On '''July 7''' the [[Haitian Constitution of 1801 (English)|constitution of 1801]] was read in public. |
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| + | * The Constitution of 1801 was promulgated on '''July 8''' by the [[Governor General Toussaint Louverture]]. Toussaint sends [[Charles-Humbert-Marie de Vincent]] to present the constitution and [[Toussaint letter to Napoléon on the 1801 Constitution|accompanying letter]] to Napoléon. | ||
* One of the leading Generals of the early years of the Haitian Revolution, [[Georges Biassou]], dies on '''July 14''' in St. Augustine, Florida. He was in the service of the Spanish colony at the time. | * One of the leading Generals of the early years of the Haitian Revolution, [[Georges Biassou]], dies on '''July 14''' in St. Augustine, Florida. He was in the service of the Spanish colony at the time. | ||
| − | + | * On '''July 17''' Tobias Lear writes a [[Tobias Lear letter to James Madison|letter to the U.S. Secretary of State, James Madison]]. reporting about a meeting with his predecessor [[Dr. Edward Stevens]] and a meeting with [[Moïse]], [[Henri Christophe]] and Toussaint Louverture. | |
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| − | * On '''July 17 | ||
==October== | ==October== | ||
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==November== | ==November== | ||
| − | * On '''November 9 | + | * On '''November 9''' [[General Moïse]] is executed on the orders of [[Toussaint Louverture]], his uncle. |
| − | * On '''November 18 | + | * On '''November 18''' [[Napoléon Bonaparte]] writes a [[Napoléon letter to Toussaint Louverture (1801)|letter to Toussaint Louverture]] informing him, that in his view, that Toussaint's Constitution of 1801 "''contains some [provisions] that are contrary to the dignity and sovereignty of the French people''". |
| − | + | * On '''November 25''' Toussaint issues his [[Toussaint Louverture's 'Dictatorial Proclamation' (1801)|'Dictatorial Proclamation']] as his biographer Schoelcher called it. | |
| − | * On '''November 25 | ||
[[Category: Dates of the Haitian Revolution]] | [[Category: Dates of the Haitian Revolution]] | ||
Revision as of 08:02, 27 February 2006
In 1801 the affranchis Julien Raimond dies.
Contents
March
- On March 4 U.S. President Thomas Jefferson is inaugurated.
July
- On July 4 the newly appointed U.S. Consul General to Saint-Domingue, Tobias Lear, arrives in the colony. He replaces Dr. Edward Stevens.
- On July 7 the constitution of 1801 was read in public.
- The Constitution of 1801 was promulgated on July 8 by the Governor General Toussaint Louverture. Toussaint sends Charles-Humbert-Marie de Vincent to present the constitution and accompanying letter to Napoléon.
- One of the leading Generals of the early years of the Haitian Revolution, Georges Biassou, dies on July 14 in St. Augustine, Florida. He was in the service of the Spanish colony at the time.
- On July 17 Tobias Lear writes a letter to the U.S. Secretary of State, James Madison. reporting about a meeting with his predecessor Dr. Edward Stevens and a meeting with Moïse, Henri Christophe and Toussaint Louverture.
October
- On October 3 Admiral Denis Decrès becomes the French Minister of Marine and the Colonies, he stays in that position until April 1, 1814.
November
- On November 9 General Moïse is executed on the orders of Toussaint Louverture, his uncle.
- On November 18 Napoléon Bonaparte writes a letter to Toussaint Louverture informing him, that in his view, that Toussaint's Constitution of 1801 "contains some [provisions] that are contrary to the dignity and sovereignty of the French people".
- On November 25 Toussaint issues his 'Dictatorial Proclamation' as his biographer Schoelcher called it.
