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 Lt-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 US 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 Rev 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, Oly-gold-96
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
1869 Ebenezer Bassett, 1st U.S. Negro diplomat, begins service in 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 maj-gen 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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