1757. Birth at Petite Rivière (Nord) of Philippe Guerrier.
President Phillipe Guerrier will be the sixth Haitian head of state (8 May 1844 – 15
April 1945).
1806. Beginning of the work of the Constituent Assembly which will give birth to the
the first republican constitution of Haiti on December 27 of the same year.
[See: 27 December 1806; 28 December 1806]
1869. The city of Port-au-Prince is attacked by insurgents.
We are under the presidency of Sylvain Salnave. "From three o'clock in the morning to noon, the
the city of Port-au-Prince was surprised, attacked and half conquered by the troops
northern and southern insurgents, under the command of Generals Brice,
Boisrond Canal, and Saint-Elia-Cauvin. The attackers had captured in the roadstead the
ship The Terror.”
1879. Constitution Promulgated under the presidency of Lysius Salomon.
Adopted nearly two months after the election of Lysius Solomon by an assembly
newly elected, the text replaced the 1867 charter. The president is now
elected for a period of 7 years, non-renewable; but a revision of Article 102
allowed Solomon in June 1886 to run for a second term.
Well before that date, the Assembly had revised here and there articles of the Constitution
and on seven occasions.
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Full text of the 1879 Constitution
1902. Nord Alexis, who had just returned to Port-au-Prince, proclaimed himself head of the
for executive.
By a proclamation published on that date, Nord Alexis, then minister of war and
of the navy of the Provisional Government led by Boisrond Canal, and which had
triumphed over Anténor Firmin during the civil war, proclaimed himself head of power
executive.
I did not aspire to power, but I belong to my country, and when he
imposes on me the duty to put an end to anarchy, to restore order, to
to raise credit, to reorganize labor, trade, and agriculture, to
to provide in a word for the inner well-being and to safeguard security
interior, that so many d