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Haiti

  • Dec 5, 1492

    Haiti is discovered

    Haiti is discovered
    History of Haitiby Christopher Columbus
  • Feb 6, 1503

    First settlement on Tortuga

  • FIrst French settlement

  • Port-Au-Prince founded

  • Slave Revolt

  • Slavery Abolished

  • Jean-Jacques declares Haiti independent nation

  • Jean-Jacques assasinated splitting Haiti into two states

  • Jean-Pierre Boyer unifies Haiti into one nation

  • President Lincoln trades with Haiti for the first time

  • First Democratic election

  • Francois Duvalier elected President

  • Francois Duvalier dies, leaving his son in charge

  • Jean-Bertrand Aristide becomes President

  • René Préval elected President

  • Earthquake devestates Haiti