1801. Uprising against Toussaint Louverture in the North:
Trusting in a rumor about Toussaint Louverture’s intention to restore
slavery, former slaves expressed their dissatisfaction by
rebelling against the general-in-chief by massacring a few whites,
slave owners in the past. Toussaint stifled the insurrection and forced his
Major leaders have committed suicide in public by shooting themselves in the head.
1957. François Duvalier was sworn in as president of Haiti.
The ceremony that took place at the national palace was held in the presence of
numerous personalities and members of the army’s general staff. Duvalier took an oath on
the 1950 Constitution before the President of the Senate, Hugues Bourjolly. The
the next day he presented his new cabinet composed of the following personalities:
Father Jean-Baptiste Georges: National Education
Frédérique Duvignaud: Interior and national defense
Théodore Nicoleau: Justice
Fritz Saint Firmin Thébaud: Finances
Henri Marc Charles: Agriculture
André Théart: Commerce and Economy
Dr Jean Lafontant: Public Health
Marcel Vaval: Public Works
Vilfort Beauvoir: External Relations and Cults
Antoine Piere-Paul: Public works.
See also: Cabinets de François Duvalier (1957 – 1971)
2016. Spectacular escape of hundreds of prisoners to Arcahaie:
Around one o'clock that day, one of the prisoners, at the time
where the others were taking their baths, armed with a firearm, caused a situation
of tension in the prison area. 174 prisoners then escaped from
the detention area, which had 266 inmates.
The escape was planned and Frantz Dorsainvil, an agent, had provided the weapon used by
the inmate who started it. A month later, only about ten of the escapees
were caught. During this escape, a guard was shot dead and a prisoner is
died falling from a wall.