Istwa Ayiti · 17 October 1806
Jean-Jacques Dessalines
1758 – 1806
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17 October 1806 — Jean-Jacques Dessalines dies at Port-au-Prince. He is killed. Born into slavery at Grande-Rivière-du-Nord, he had declared Haiti free and then ruled it as emperor for two years, one month and fifteen days — until that morning.
The same year
- 1758born
- 1802siège de la Crête à Pierrot
- 1803bataille de Vertières
- 1804massacres de 1804 en Haïti
- 1804révolution haïtienne
- 1806died
Sources: wikidata:Q212068, data.bnf.fr