1802

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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

August

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

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.