📅 1797. Expulsion of Sonthonax by Toussaint:
Sonthonax, the commissioner at the origin of the proclamation to free slaves in the north of
Saint-Domingue, and who had appointed Toussaint general in chief, was shipped to France on a
The ship anchored in Cape Harbor. The commissioner did not return to Santo Domingo.
📅 1966. Appointment of the first Haitian titular bishops:
After long negotiations with the Haitian government, then led by Dr. François
Duvalier, the Holy See announced the appointment of an archbishop and four Haitian bishops
:François-Wolff Ligondé (archbishop of Port-au-Prince), Jean-Jacques Claudius Angénor (bishop
des Cayes), Emmanuel Constant (bishop of Gonaïves), Jean-Baptiste Décoste (auxiliary bishop
de Port-au-Prince). Until then, Bishop Remy Augustin was the only Haitian bishop.
📅 1997. Proclamation of the results of the first round of the April 6 by-elections:
Published in the official journal, Le Moniteur, they are immediately contested by the head of the
resigning government, Rosny Smarth, and by some senators who have promised to refuse
the Senate’s access to newly elected officials.