1802
From TLP
February
- On February 5 Napoléon Bonaparte's brother in law, the French General Charles Victor Emmanuel Leclerc becomes the Governor General of Saint-Domingue. He had been sent to reestablish slavery in the French colony.
- On February 8 Toussaint sends a letter to Jean-Jacques Dessalines asking him to burn down Port-au-Prince, to hinder the advance of the French troops.
- 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.
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
- On August 13 Toussaint Louverture was taken from aboard the Le Heros, anchored in the French coastal city of Brest, at 5:00 am. He never saw his family again.
- 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 15 General Caffarelli, sent by Napoléon Bonaparte to interrogate Toussaint Louverture in his French prison cell at Fort de Joux, meets Toussaint for the first time.
- 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.
- 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.