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1803 marks the year the Haitian troops finally prevail, and repel attempts by Napoléon Bonaparte to re-establish slavery in Saint-Domingue.

February

• February 2 The poem To Toussaint Louverture by Wordsworth is published in London.

April

• April 7 Toussaint Louverture dies in French captivity at Fort de Joux.
• April 8 Toussaint's post-mortem examination is carried out.
• April 30 The Louisiana Purchase Treaty is signed.

May

• May 14 The Congress of Arcahaie starts in the coastal town of Arcahaie.
• May 18 The Haitian Flag is created by Catherine Flon.

July

• The Generals of the southern army form an alliance with Jean-Jacques Dessalines at Camp Gérard, near the town of Les Cayes.

October

• On October 20 the United States Congress ratifies the The Louisiana Purchase Treaty.

November

• November 18 The Haitian Revolutionaries led by Jean-Jacques Dessalines win the Battle of Vertières against the French troops commanded by Rochambeau, who soon after concede defeat.
• November 30 Jean-Jacques Dessalines becomes the Governor General of Saint-Domingue, he holds that post until the Declaration of Independence in 1804, when the French colony ceases to exist.

December

• The last French troops leave Saint-Domingue.
• The Haitian Declaration of Independence is drafted into it's final version

• January 1, 1804 is chosen as the date to declare independence.