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Laveaux appointed Toussaint the Lieutenant-Governor of Saint-Domingue
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Sonthonax appointed Toussaint the commander-in-chief of the French colonial forces
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General Hédouville arrived in Cap-Français to intimidate Toussaint Louverture
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The generals of the colony met in Port-au-Prince and named Toussaint the lead commander.
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Toussaint invaded Hispaniola and captured Santo Domingo, declaring freedom for all slaves.
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A French team, sent by Napoleon Bonaparte and led by his brother, arrived in Samana Bay.
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Toussaint died in the French prison of Fort de Joux
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Dessalines declares Haiti an independent nation and becomes Governor-General
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Dessalines makes the first constitution of Haiti as an independent country
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Dessalines is assassinated at Pont-Rouge by his administration
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Henri Christophe names himself President of the State of Haiti
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Christophe is crowned as King Henri I
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The Kingdom of Haiti establishes the Henri Code
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Christophe shoots himself instead of risking assasination
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A major earthquake, 7.0 on the moment magnitude scale, kills over 230,000
