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Historical Timeline for Haiti - A chronology of key events

Haiti Timeline[edit | edit source]

1200 BC AD	Settlement of Arawak tribes in the Greater Antilles.
1492	Christophe Colomb discovers Haiti.
1503	Assassination of Anacaona. Arrival of the first black slaves in Santo Domingo (eastern part).
1665	Installation of Governor Bertrand d'Ogeron who encourages the arrival of the first French recruits (36 months).
1670	French settlers officially have the right to import African slaves.
1697	Spain cedes the western part of Hispaniola to France (Treaty of Ryswick).
1758	The brown slave Makandal, whose stubborn fight heralds future revolts, is burned alive in Cap-Français.
1777	Blacks and men of color are prohibited from entering France.
1779	French troops, commanded by Admiral d'Estaing, leave Santo Domingo to lend a hand to the American insurgents. They are made up of over a thousand free men of color and slaves. The future King Christophe is on the trip. They will participate in the Battle of Savannah.
1791	Bois-Caïman ceremony and slave revolt hardly suppressed by the colonists and free mulattoes.
1793	Proclamation of the abolition of slavery by Sonthonax, Commissioner of the Republic. The decision was endorsed by the Convention a few months later.
1795	The Spaniards cede the eastern part of the island to France (Treaty of Basel).
1794-1801	Ascension of Toussaint Louverture, the new strongman of Saint-Domingue. He was appointed division general by the Directory, then lieutenant-governor of the colony. He proclaims himself Governor General.
1802	Landing of the troops of Leclerc, Bonaparte's brother-in-law. Announcement of the reestablishment of slavery. Arrest and deportation of Toussaint Louverture.
1803-1804	Victorious campaign of the troops led by Dessalines on the French army and proclamation of Haiti's Independence in Gonaïves (January 1, 1804).
1805	Assassination of Dessalines, who in the meantime became emperor under the name of Jacques Ier.
1807-1820	Scission of the country: in the north, royalty of Henry I, or King Christophe (1811-1816), in the south, presidency of Pétion (1807-1818), mulatto and first Haitian head of state born free.
1815-1816	Stay of Bolivar in Haiti. He prepared his victorious expedition there, supported by Pétion.
1820	The country reunites under the presidency of Boyer (1818-1843).
1822	The Spanish part is attached to Haiti. It will remain under his domination until 1843.
1825	Recognition by France and its King Charles X of the independence of Haiti in return for the payment of a large indemnity.
1847-1859	Soulouque president, then emperor under the name of Faustin Ier.
1860	Signature of a concordat between the Vatican and the Haitian State.
1915	Assassination of President Vilbrun and start of the American occupation.
1919	Death of Charlemagne Péralte, hero of the Caco resistance.
1934	Visit of President Roosevelt. Departure of the Americans (August).
1950	Election of General Magloire, who succeeds President Dumarsais Estime.
1957	Election of Doctor François Duvalier.
1964	François Duvalier is proclaimed president for life.
1971	François Duvalier designates his son Jean-Claude as successor (January) a few months before dying (August).
1987	Departure of Baby Doc, released by the Americans (February 7).
1991	President Aristide comes to power (February) then is forced into exile (September).
1991-1994	Embargo. General Cédras is the strong man of the regime.
1994	Return of President Aristide, supported by the international community.
1996	President Préval succeeds him.
2000	The results of the legislative elections are contested by the opposition. Beginning of the crisis.
2001	President Aristide returns to power. The crisis continues.
February 29, 2004	President Aristide resigns and leaves the country. Boniface Alexandre, president of the Court of Cassation becomes interim president, as provided for in the constitution.
2005	Latortue becomes interim Prime Minister and forms a transitional government.
April 30, 2005	Creation of the Minustah, United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti.
2006	René Préval is elected president.
2008	Food riots.
January 12, 2010	Earthquake with a magnitude of plus 7 on the Richter scale.
2012	Election of Michel Martelly, President of the Republic. Cholera epidemic.
May 12, 2015	French President François Hollande is visiting Haiti. He claims to recognize France's "independence debt" to Haiti, but his message is misinterpreted: it is moral recognition and not financial. The gesture is considered insufficient by the Haitian population.
October 8, 2016	Hurricane Matthew hits the south of the country, killing more than 1,000.
September 21, 2017	One year after Matthew, it is Hurricane Maria's turn, two weeks after Irma's passage, to cause damage in Haiti, this time killing 3 people.
20November 2016	Jovenel Moïse is elected President of the Republic. He takes office on February 7, 2017, succeeding Michel Martelly.
February 19, 2018	The NGO OXFAM finds itself at the heart of an international scandal: its former director as well as two of its employees admit having used the services of prostitutes in 2011 in the Haitian premises of the NGO.