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| − | * On '''June 7''' French troops capture [[Toussaint Louverture]] by deceit. He is shortly thereafter transferred to the French mountain prison, [[Fort de Joux]]. | + | * On ''[['June 7]]''' French troops capture [[Toussaint Louverture]] by deceit. He is shortly thereafter transferred to the French mountain prison, [[Fort de Joux]]. |
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==October== | ==October== | ||
| − | * On ''October 27''' The French Minister of the Marine and the Colonies, Decrès, writes a [[Letter by the French Minister of the Marine to the Fort de Joux Commandant (1802)|letter to the Commandant of Fort de Joux]] relaying [[Napoléon]]'s orders regarding the harsh conditions under which [[Toussaint Louverture]] should be kept in prison. | + | * On '''October 27''' The French Minister of the Marine and the Colonies, Decrès, writes a [[Letter by the French Minister of the Marine to the Fort de Joux Commandant (1802)|letter to the Commandant of Fort de Joux]] relaying [[Napoléon]]'s orders regarding the harsh conditions under which [[Toussaint Louverture]] should be kept in prison. |
==November== | ==November== | ||
Revision as of 23:18, 6 February 2006
February
- On February 17 the French General Leclerc issues a proclamation in Saint-Domingue.
- On February 23, the Battle of Ravine-à-Couleuvres is fought between Haitian and French troops.
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
- On 'June 7' French troops capture Toussaint Louverture by deceit. He is shortly thereafter transferred to the French mountain prison, Fort de Joux.
August
- On August 23 Toussaint Louverture and his servant Mars Plaisir arrive at Fort de Joux.
September
- On September 7 Mars Plaisir, Tossaint's servant, is taken away from him and sent to the coastal city of Nantes.
- On September 17 Toussaint Louverture writes a letter to Napoléon from the dungeon at Fort de Joux.
October
- On October 27 The French Minister of the Marine and the Colonies, Decrès, writes a letter to the Commandant of Fort de Joux relaying Napoléon's orders regarding the harsh conditions under which Toussaint Louverture should be kept in prison.
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.
