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Toussaint Louverture is born in Saint Domingue.
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Toussaint Louverture is freed of slavery at the age of 33.
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Toussaint Louverture married Suzanne Simone Baptiste Louverture, who was either his godfather's daughter or cousin.
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Toussaint Louverture fights in the slave rebellion and is a key figure in diplomatic talks with French officials.
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Toussaint Louverture, learning that France has abolished slavery, Becomes loyal to France.
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Toussaint Louverture and Saint-Domingue insurrect Villate
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Sonthanax, a commissioner sent from France, comes to Saint-Domingue
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Toussaint Louverture forcibly deports Sonthanax from the island
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Toussaint Louverture signs a treaty with British general Thomas Maitland
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Toussaint Louverture sings a treaty with John Adams before France and the U.S. go to war.
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Toussaint Louverture and Andre Rigaud fight in a civil war, ending with Rigaud fleeing to Guadaloupe
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Napoleon passes a constitution that says that the colonies are subject to "special laws" and forbade toussaint to invade Spanish Santo Domingo
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Toussaint and Tyanchite Moise invade Spanish Santo Domingo against Napoleon's orders and took control of the entire island
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Toussaint sends the Constitution of 1801 he created, which gave France no benifits, to Napoleon.
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Napoleon sends a campaign of 20,000 men to Saint-Domingue to seize control of the island and possibly restore slavery
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After much fighting and destruction, Toussaint and Leclerc signed a peace treaty, and Louverture retired.
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Toussaint Louverture is arrested by Jean-Baptiste Brunet
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Toussaint dies in prison at the age of 70.
