1802. Death of General Charles Victor-Emmanuel Leclerc:
Commander of the Saint Domingue expedition. Born on March 17, 1772 at
Pontoise. Il maria Pauline Bonaparte, sister of Napoleon Bonaparte on June 17, 1797
in Milan, Italy. From this marriage was born Dermide a year later. He had commanded
the Army of Portugal in 1801 and had deserved all the confidence of his brother-in-law. He
died of yellow fever in La Tortue. Rochambeau succeeded him.
1932. Birth at the Grande Rivière du Nord of Henri Namphy:
After his time at the Military Academy, he climbed all the levels up to the rank
General. Upon the departure of Jean-Claude-Duvalier on the night of February 7, 1986, he
became, by the grace of the deposed president, the president of the National Council of
Government.
On February 7, 1988, after a phony election, he handed power over to Leslie François
Manigat, but returned to the fight following the coup d'état of June 20, 2018. Month of three
Afterwards, he himself fell victim to a blow from his brothers-in-arms and fled into the
Neighboring Republic where, turning his back completely on Haiti, he passed away on the 26th
June 2018.