2014 Event A shipwreck off of Haiti may be that of the Santa Maria, one of the three ships led by Christopher Columbus; the wreck was discovered about 10 years ago, but has only now been tentatively identified in light of Columbus' writings and other evidence 2012 Event In Haiti, Prime Minister Laurent Lamothe announced plans to pay for a new education fund with a new 'sin' tax on alcohol, cigarettes and gambling 2012 Event After a power struggle within his government, Haiti's prime minister Garry Conille resigns 2011 Event The International Monetary Fund approves a new three-year loan for Haiti worth $60 million, canceling Haiti's $268 million debt 2011 Event Haiti commemorates the first anniversary of the 2010 earthquake 2010 Event A study suggests the 2010 Haiti Earthquake was caused by newly discovered fault line 2010 Event The musician Wyclef Jean confirms his intention to run for the presidency in Haiti 2010 Event A week after the 2010 Haiti earthquake, a 6.1 magnitude aftershock strikes Haiti 2010 Event A 7.0 magnitude earthquake struck Haiti, devastating its capital city, Port-au-Prince, an estimated 150,000 were killed and buried later in mass graves 2004 Event Tropical Storm Jeanne kills more than 550 during flooding in Haiti 1995 Death Emile Jonassaint, president of Haiti (1994), dies at 82 1994 Event President Jean-Baptiste Aristide returns to Haiti 1994 Event Lieutenant-General Raoul Cedras resigns as dictator of Haiti 1994 Event 3000 U.S. militia lands on Haiti 1994 Event U.N. votes 12-0 (2 abstentions) to authorize use of force against Haiti 1994 Event Army shoots to death 23-40 fishermen in Gonaives Haiti 1994 Event U.S. asks Aristide to adopt a peace plan from Haiti 1993 Event U.N. authorizes arms, miltary and police supply embargo against Haiti 1993 Event U.S. warship Harlan County anchors off Port-au-Prince Haiti 1993 Event U.N. authorizes worldwide oil embargo against Haiti 1993 Event Premier Marc Bazin of Haiti resigns 1991 Event U.S. cuts all foreign aid to Haiti 1991 Event Reverend Jean Betrand Aristide ousted as president of Haiti 1991 Event Jean-Bertrand Aristide sworn in as Haiti's 1st elected president 1990 Event Jean-Bertrand Aristide elected President of Haiti 1990 Event Lieutenant General Avril resigns as President of Haiti 1988 Event Coup in Haiti 1988 Event Military coup in Haiti: Lieutenant General Avril takes control, Henri Namphy flees 1988 Event Haiti's general assembly dissolves 1988 Event Leslie Manigay elected president of Haiti 1987 Event Shoot out at Jean-Bertrand Aristides' church in Haiti, 12 die 1986 Event President Jean-Claude Duvalier flees Haiti 1986 Event Haiti's President-for-Life Jean-Claude Duvalier flees to France Henri Namphy becomes leader of Haiti 1983 Event Haiti adopts constitution 1971 Death Francois "Doc" Duvalier, dictator of Haiti, dies at 64 1968 Event Haiti closes down shortwave station 4VEH for 40 days 1967 Birthday Bruny Surin, born in Cap Haitien, Haiti, Canadian 4X100m sprinter, Gold Medal 1996 Olympics 1963 Event Hurricane Flora ravages Cuba and Haiti, kills 6,000 1963 Event Hurricane Flora hits Haiti and Dominican Republic, kills 7,190 1963 Event Hurricane Flora, kills 6,000 in Cuba and Haiti 1963 Event Hurricane hits Haiti; about 5,000 die and 100,000 injured 1960 Birthday Jean-Michel Basquiat, Haiti/US graffiti artist/painter, Gray, SAMO 1955 Event Hurricane Hazel, kills 68 in Haiti 1953 Birthday Jean-Bertrand Aristide, president of Haiti, 1991, 1994- 1935 Event Hurricane-produced floods kill 2,000 in Jeremie and Jacmel Haiti 1934 Event U.S. troops leave Haiti, which had been occupied since 1915 1932 Birthday Henri Namphy, Cap Hatien Haiti, President of Haiti, 1986-88 1928 Event Silvio Cator of Haiti, sets then long jump record at 26' " 1915 Event U.S. takes control of customs and finances of Haiti for 10 years 1915 Event U.S. forces invade Haiti, stays until 1924 1915 Event U.S. military forces occupy Haiti, remain until 1934 1915 Event U.S. Marines occupy Haiti 1914 Event General Zamon becomes president of Haiti 1911 Event General Leconte appointed temporary President of Haiti 1911 Event Haiti's dictator Simon flees on U.S. warship near Jamaica 1908 Event Haiti's president-General Alexis Nord flees from military coup 1907 Birthday Francois "Doc" Duvalier, dictator of Haiti 1905 Event Henry Watson Furness, an Indiana physican, named minister of Haiti 1900 Birthday Silvio Cator, Haiti, long jumper 1928 Olympics silver 1897 Event William Frank Powell, New Jersey educator, named minister to Haiti 1891 Event John Stephens Durham, named minister to Haiti 1889 Event Frederick Douglass named Minister to Haiti 1885 Event John E. W. Thompson, named minister to Haiti 1877 Event John Mercer Langston named minister of Haiti 1874 Event James Theodore Holly, elected bishop of Haiti 1867 Death Faustin-Elie Soulouque, emperor of Haiti, dies (birth date unknown) 1844 Event Dominican Republic gains independence from Haiti (National Day) 1816 Death Madame L'Ouverture, widow of Haiti's leader Toussaint L'O, dies 1806 Death Jean Jacques Dessalines, Emperor of Haiti, dies 1804 Event Thousands of Whites massacred in Haiti 1804 Event Haiti gains independence from France (National Day) 1803 Event Dessalines and Christophe declare St. Domingue (Haiti) independent 1802 Event Napoleon orders re-instatement of slavery on St. Domingue (Haiti) 1802 Event Toussaint L'Ouverture leaves Haiti, prisoner on French ship Heros 1794 Event Haiti, under Toussaint L'Ouverture, revolts against France 1793 Event British troops under major-general Williamson lands on (French) Haiti 1793 Event Slaves in French colony of St. Domingue (Haiti) freed 1785 Birthday John James Audubon, Haiti, bird watcher/artist 1743 Birthday [Francois D] Toussaint L'Ouverture, Breda, leader, Haiti 1492 Event Haiti discovered by Columbus, at Mole Saint Nicolas 1492 Event Columbus discovers Hispaniola (El Espanola/Haiti)
