📅 1902. Fire of criminal origin in Petit-Goâve causing more than 400 victims.
General Justin Carrié was accused of having burned down the city just so he could
to dislodge the firministes who were opposed to the government’s action at that time.
📅 1912. Explosion of the national palace:
At 3 o'clock in the morning, an explosion reduced the national palace to ashes, burying it
President Cincinnatus Leconte and some 200 soldiers. On the same day, Tancrède Auguste was killed.
the president.
The Cabinet of Leconte was maintained until 16 September 1912.
≡🔗 See: Profile of Jean Antoine Tancrède Auguste; 2 May 1913
📅 1939. Ratification of the amendments to the 1935 Constitution:
The Twenty Amendments to the 1935 Constitution passed on July 23 were ratified and promulgated.
by the National Assembly.