✦ History

Haitian Revolution

August 21, 1791 – January 1, 1804

Revolt of enslaved people in the French colony of Saint-Domingue that ended slavery there, defeated a French army and created Haiti, the first state founded by former slaves.

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Battles and events 13

August 14, 1791
Bois Caïman
March 22, 1792
Battle of Croix-des-Bouquets Croix-des-Bouquets
April 12–14, 1793
Siege of Port-au-Prince (1793) Port-au-Prince
June 20–22, 1793
Battle of Cap-Français (1793) Cap-Haïtien
January 28–29, 1794
Capture of Fort-Dauphin (1794) Fort-Liberté
May 5, 1794
Battle of Gonaïves Gonaïves Toussaint Louverture
April 15–21, 1797
Battle of Jean-Rabel Jean-Rabel
June 16, 1799 – July 30, 1800
War of the South Toussaint Louverture, Jean-Jacques Dessalines
February 23, 1802
Battle of Ravine-à-Couleuvres Artibonite
March 4–24, 1802
Battle of Crête-à-Pierrot Saint-Marc
October 1803 – November 1803
Siege of Port-au-Prince (1803) Port-au-Prince
November 18, 1803
Battle of Vertières Cap-Haïtien
January 1, 1804
Haitian Declaration of Independence Gonaïves Jean-Jacques Dessalines

Key commanders

Haitian revolutionaries 2

Toussaint Louverture Revolutionary leader and governor, Led the revolution and ruled the colony until his capture in 1802 Jean-Jacques Dessalines General, Defeated the French expedition and declared independence on 1 January 1804

United States 2

Toussaint Louverture belligerent leader Jean-Jacques Dessalines belligerent leader

France 1

Toussaint Louverture military commander