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− | '''1804''' marks the first year of independence for [[Haiti]]. Jean-Jacques Dessalines has [[Saint-Domingue]] renamed to [[ | + | '''1804''' marks the first year of independence from French colonialism and the end of slavery for [[Haiti]]. Jean-Jacques Dessalines has [[Saint-Domingue]] renamed to [[Haïti]]. |
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− | Jean-Jacques Dessalines | + | * Jean-Jacques Dessalines is crowned emperor of Haiti under the name of ''H.I.M. Jacques I, Emperor of Haiti'' at the Church of Champ-de-Mars on '''October 8'''. |
[[Category:Dates of the Haitian Revolution|1804]] | [[Category:Dates of the Haitian Revolution|1804]] |
Revision as of 21:12, 12 March 2006
1804 marks the first year of independence from French colonialism and the end of slavery for Haiti. Jean-Jacques Dessalines has Saint-Domingue renamed to Haïti.
January
- January 1 Jean-Jacques Dessalines reads the Act of Independence on the Place d'Armes of Gonaïves.
October
- Jean-Jacques Dessalines is crowned emperor of Haiti under the name of H.I.M. Jacques I, Emperor of Haiti at the Church of Champ-de-Mars on October 8.