1804. Dessalines decree requiring the arrest of former settlers who took part
to the massacres and assassinations ordered by Leclerc and Rochambeau:
The reaction of the settlers who remained in the country was, following the publication of
decree, violent, some not hesitating to speak of a return of their peers
to restore the status from before January 1804. On the following April 28, 1804, Dessalines,
after swearing that "no European will ever set foot on this territory at any
title of master or owner' ordered the massacre.
1867. Attack on the national palace by the riflemen of the president’s guard:
President Geffrard, who had been trying to stifle since the summer of 1866, some
attempts at insurrection, was betrayed by some of the skirmishers of his
own guard. He defended himself and remained in control of the situation. However, the defection
of his troops, three weeks later, pushed him to resign
1874.- Birth of Sténio Vincent:
President of Haiti from November 18, 1930 – May 15, 1941, Sténio Vincent was born in
Port-au-Prince. A lawyer, man of letters, diplomat, and political leader, he was
chosen on November 18, 1930 by the senators and deputies to lead the
destinies of Haiti still under American occupation.
1915. End of the government of Davilmar Théodore:
Threatened by the troops of Vilbrun Guillaume Sam who, having reached the level of the
Cul-de-Sac plain, were threatening the capital, Davilmar Théodore then decided
to give up power. The day before, breaking protocol, he had sent his letter
resignation to the military authorities in Port-au-Prince rather than to the Senate. He
embarked, that day on the Dutch liner Prins Frederick Hendrick who
was returning to Curacao. Days later, Vilbrun Guillaume Sam made his entrance at Port
au-Prince to get elected.
1942: Abrupt end of the anti-superstitious campaign:
Subject of controversy in the press, this campaign, which began in April 1941 at
the initiative of Msgr. Paul Robert, bishop of