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==January== | ==January== | ||
| − | * '''January 1''' [[Jean-Jacques Dessalines]] reads the [[Act of Independence]] on the Place d'Armes of [[Gonaïves]]. | + | * 'On ''[[January 1]]''' [[Jean-Jacques Dessalines]] reads the [[Act of Independence]] on the Place d'Armes of [[Gonaïves]]. |
==October== | ==October== | ||
Revision as of 21:15, 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
- 'On 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.
