Haitian Revolution
1791–1804 · Event
Enslaved Africans overthrow French rule; first successful slave rebellion to found a state.
On these timelines: The Haitian Revolution, Master, Latin America, Slavery & Abolition, France
More from The Haitian Revolution
- Haitian Declaration of Independence (1804)
- Battle of Vertières (1803)
- Boukman's Vodou ceremony at Bois Caïman (1791)
- Leclerc expedition to Saint-Domingue (1802)
- Arrest of Toussaint Louverture (1802)
- Napoleon restores slavery in the French colonies (1802)
- Sonthonax abolishes slavery in Saint-Domingue (1793)
- Haiti's independence ransom (1825)
Around 1791
- Industrial Revolution (1760)
- Presidency of George Washington (1789)
- Opium Wars (1839)
- Seven Years' War (1756)
- Jacobite rising of 1745 (1745)
- American Revolution (1775)
- Greek War of Independence (1821)
- French Revolution (1789)
- American Declaration of Independence (1776)
- Latin American wars of independence (1808)