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==July==
 
==July==
* On '''July 12''' Toussaint Louverture writes a letter [[Toussaint Louverture letter to Napoléon from onboard the Hero|letter to Napoléon]] from onboard the French ship ''Hero'', pleading for his wife and family.
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* On '''July 12''' Toussaint Louverture writes a letter [[Toussaint Louverture letter to Napoléon from onboard the Hero|letter to Napoléon]] from onboard the French ship ''Le Heros'', pleading for his wife and family.
  
 
==August==
 
==August==

Revision as of 00:02, 23 February 2006

February

March

  • The Battle of Crète-à-Pierrot, in the Artibonite valley, takes place over twenty days from March 4 to March 24. The Haitian fighters, although ultimately loosing the battle, caused huge losses among the French troops and ultimately proved their military abilities.

June

July

  • On July 12 Toussaint Louverture writes a letter letter to Napoléon from onboard the French ship Le Heros, pleading for his wife and family.

August

September

October

November

  • General Charles Victor Emmanuel Leclerc dies of yellow-fever on November 1 on the island of La Tortue, he was the Commander-in-Chief of the French expeditionary force sent by Napoléon Bonaparte to re-establish slavery in Saint-Domingue.
  • On November 2 Rochambeau becomes the Governor-General of Saint-Domingue. He will hold this post until the end of November 1803, when he is defeated by the Revolutionary troops under the command of Jean-Jacques Dessalines.