📅 1793. The English troops, at the invitation of the French settlers landed at Jérémie:
The French of Grande Anse frightened by the ever-increasing preponderance of mulattos
from the other parts of the colony of Saint Domingue and taking advantage of their victory over the Legion of Equality
at Pestel (19 June 1793) asked for the protection of England, then at war with France. They
formalized this request on September 3, 1793 in Jamaica. At their landing at Jérémie,
they were greeted with the cries of "Vive le roi Georges".
This act of treason transformed Santo Domingo into one of the theaters of war between France and
England.
📅 1868: Attempt to split the territory by General Nissage Saget:
The latter, opposing the policy of President Sylvain Salnave, founded the Northern State.
North, Northwest and Artibonite were part of this new belligerent state.
Their chief towns (Cap-Haitien, Port-de-Paix and Les Gonaïves) remained faithful to the
central government.
Two days later, another general, Michel Domingue, created his own government in the
South.
📅 1959. Duvalier wants full powers and made the request to parliament:
Six senators opposed this request. They were immediately accused of high crime.
treason and conspiracy against the security of the State and stripped of their Haitian citizenship. Five
of them went into exile. Pastor Yvon Emmanuel Moreau, a member of the grand corps, was arrested
never returned from the regime’s jails.
📅 1994. The Americans re-arrive:
Landing of a first American contingent in Haiti as part of the movement of
restoration of Jean Bertrand Aristide to power.
The latter, elected on 16 December 1990 and sworn in on 7 February 1990, had been overthrown, following
a military coup on September 30, 1991.