1806. Arrest of the hero of independence, Capois-La-Mort à Limonade:
Fell into an ambush set by those who were plotting the loss of
the Emperor James I and carried out their plan a week later,
François Capois, known as Capois-La-Mort, was arrested and thrown into a city prison. He
was murdered in his cell nine days later, two days after the murder
by Jean-Jacques Dessalines.
1816. Alexandre Pétion re-elected the day before took oath on the Constitution of 1816:
Appointed the day before by the Senate of the Republic, Alexandre Pétion who governed the
departments of the West and South of the country, took an oath to maintain and do
respect the 1816 constitution published a few months earlier. He became
thus the first life-long president in the history of Haiti.
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i Source: Janvier, Louis Joseph, 1855-1911. The constitutions of Haiti (1801-1885).
Paris: C. Marpon and E. Flammarion; pp. 143.
1867. Dispersal of the National Assembly by supporters of President Salnave:
This dispersion, which occurred at the cries of Vive Salnave, was later confirmed by a
decree. The deputies had just been elected under a new
constitution.
1902. Anténor Firmin’s decision to end the civil war:
In a letter to Powell, the American Minister in Haiti, Firmin says he is ready to put
to the civil war that has ravaged Haiti since July 22 and this, at the cost of its
application.
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See: Anténor Firmin
1994.- Departure of General Raoul Cédras:
In a ceremony before the main Army Headquarters, and under the
vigilance of the American troops landed four weeks earlier, he had
passed the army commands to Major General Jean-Claude Duperval. One of the
The main beneficiaries of the coup d'état of September 30, 1991 are General Raoul
Cédras was forced to leave Haiti three days later. He and his family apparently
would live in Panama.