1804

1804 marks the first year of independence for Haiti. Jean-Jacques Dessalines has Saint-Domingue renamed to Haiti.

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.