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Saturday, July 17, 2021

Basic timeline of Haiti

This post is a basic timeline of Haiti. There are 18 events listed below chronologically. Source: Wikipedia

• Christopher Columbus and Spain arrive (1492)
• French Saint-Domingue (1625-1804)
• Haitian Revolutions (1791-1804)
• Haiti gains independence (1804)
• First Empire of Haiti (1804-1806)
• State of Haiti (1806-1811)
• Republic of Haiti (1806-1849)
• Haiti invades Dominican Repbulic (1820)
• Dominican War of Independence (1844-1856)
• Second Empire of Haiti (1849-1859)
• Republic of Haiti (1859-1957)
• United States occupies Haiti (1915-1934)
• Duvalier dynasty (1957-1986)
• Constitution of Haiti (1987)
• Coup d'état (2004)
• Haiti earthquake (2010)
• Cholera outbreak (2010-2019)
• Haitian protests (2018-2021)

(This post includes any nation or civilization that occupied at least a portion of Haiti at some point. Unless specified otherwise, the dates correspond to when a nation or civilization existed, but do not necessarily correspond to occupation of Haiti.)