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2004 Tropical Storm Jeanne kills more than 550 during flooding in Haiti
1995 Emile Jonassaint, president of Haiti (1994), dies at 82 1994 President Jean-Baptiste Aristide returns to Haiti 1994 Lieutenant-General Raoul Cedras resigns as dictator of Haiti 1994 3000 U.S. militia lands on Haiti 1994 U.N. votes 12-0 (2 abstentions) to authorize use of force against Haiti 1994 Army shoots to death 23-40 fishermen in Gonaives Haiti 1994 U.S. asks Aristide to adopt a peace plan from Haiti 1993 U.N. authorizes arms, miltary and police supply embargo against Haiti 1993 U.S. warship Harlan County anchors off Port-au-Prince Haiti 1993 U.N. authorizes worldwide oil embargo against Haiti 1993 Premier Marc Bazin of Haiti resigns 1991 U.S. cuts all foreign aid to Haiti 1991 Reverend Jean Betrand Aristide ousted as president of Haiti 1991 Jean-Bertrand Aristide sworn in as Haiti's 1st elected president 1990 Jean-Bertrand Aristide elected President of Haiti 1990 Lieutenant General Avril resigns as President of Haiti 1988 Coup in Haiti 1988 Military coup in Haiti: Lieutenant General Avril takes control, Henri Namphy flees 1988 Haiti's general assembly dissolves 1988 Leslie Manigay elected president of Haiti 1987 Shoot out at Jean-Bertrand Aristides' church in Haiti, 12 die 1986 President Jean-Claude Duvalier flees Haiti 1986 Haiti's President-for-Life Jean-Claude Duvalier flees to France Henri Namphy becomes leader of Haiti 1983 Haiti adopts constitution 1971 Francois "Doc" Duvalier, dictator of Haiti, dies at 64 1968 Haiti closes down shortwave station 4VEH for 40 days 1967 Bruny Surin, born in Cap Haitien, Haiti, Canadian 4X100m sprinter, Gold Medal 1996 Olympics 1963 Hurricane Flora ravages Cuba and Haiti, kills 6,000 1963 Hurricane Flora hits Haiti and Dominican Republic, kills 7,190 1963 Hurricane Flora, kills 6,000 in Cuba and Haiti 1963 Hurricane hits Haiti; about 5,000 die and 100,000 injured 1960 Jean-Michel Basquiat, Haiti/US graffiti artist/painter, Gray, SAMO 1955 Hurricane Hazel, kills 68 in Haiti 1953 Jean-Bertrand Aristide, president of Haiti, 1991, 1994- 1935 Hurricane-produced floods kill 2,000 in Jeremie and Jacmel Haiti 1934 U.S. troops leave Haiti, which had been occupied since 1915 1932 Henri Namphy, Cap Hatien Haiti, President of Haiti, 1986-88 1928 Silvio Cator of Haiti, sets then long jump record at 26' " 1915 U.S. takes control of customs and finances of Haiti for 10 years 1915 U.S. forces invade Haiti, stays until 1924 1915 U.S. military forces occupy Haiti, remain until 1934 1915 U.S. Marines occupy Haiti 1914 General Zamon becomes president of Haiti 1911 General Leconte appointed temporary President of Haiti 1911 Haiti's dictator Simon flees on U.S. warship near Jamaica 1908 Haiti's president-General Alexis Nord flees from military coup 1907 Francois "Doc" Duvalier, dictator of Haiti 1905 Henry Watson Furness, an Indiana physican, named minister of Haiti 1900 Silvio Cator, Haiti, long jumper 1928 Olympics silver 1897 William Frank Powell, New Jersey educator, named minister to Haiti 1891 John Stephens Durham, named minister to Haiti 1889 Frederick Douglass named Minister to Haiti 1885 John E. W. Thompson, named minister to Haiti 1877 John Mercer Langston named minister of Haiti 1874 James Theodore Holly, elected bishop of Haiti 1867 Faustin-Elie Soulouque, emperor of Haiti, dies (birth date unknown) 1844 Dominican Republic gains independence from Haiti (National Day) 1816 Madame L'Ouverture, widow of Haiti's leader Toussaint L'O, dies 1806 Jean Jacques Dessalines, Emperor of Haiti, dies 1804 Thousands of Whites massacred in Haiti 1804 Haiti gains independence from France (National Day) 1803 Dessalines and Christophe declare St. Domingue (Haiti) independent 1802 Napoleon orders re-instatement of slavery on St. Domingue (Haiti) 1802 Toussaint L'Ouverture leaves Haiti, prisoner on French ship Heros 1794 Haiti, under Toussaint L'Ouverture, revolts against France 1793 British troops under major-general Williamson lands on (French) Haiti 1793 Slaves in French colony of St. Domingue (Haiti) freed 1785 John James Audubon, Haiti, bird watcher/artist 1743 [Francois D] Toussaint L'Ouverture, Breda, leader, Haiti 1492 Haiti discovered by Columbus, at Mole Saint Nicolas 1492 Columbus discovers Hispaniola (El Espanola/Haiti) |
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