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1492: Christopher Columbus discovered the Island of Hispanola. The population, estimated at one million.

1804 (January 1st): Proclamation of Independence

1844: The Dominican Republic declares its independence from Haiti

1915: Haiti comes under the military occupation of the United States of America

1934: The United States occupation of Haiti ends and the U.S. Marines leave Haiti

1957: Dr. Francois Duvalier is elected President for Life.

1971: Jean- Claude Duvalier succeeds his father as President for Life.

1986: Jean Claude Duvalier flees Haiti for Talloires in France

1990: Jean Bertrand Aristide, a Catholic Priest, wins the presidential election with a majority vote.

1991: A military coup against Jean-Bertrand Aristide drives him out of Haiti. A commercial embargo against Haiti is approved by the thirty-four nations of the Organization of American States.

1993: The U.S. military intervention into Haiti.

1994: President Aristide returns to his presidential office in Haiti

1996: René Preval is elected President of Haiti

2001: Jean-Bertrand Aristide returned to power (7 February 2001 - 29 February 2004)

2004: Boniface Alexandre (provisional) replaces Aristide (29 February 2004 - 14 May 2006)

2006: René Preval returned to power (14 May 2006 - 13 April 2013)

2010: Magnitude 7.3 Quake Devastates Haiti

2011: Michel Martelly elected president (14 May 2011 - Present)

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• Haitian History Course
  • Haitian History Course    This is an entire university course on Haitian history.

• List of the Heads of States with links to pages on each with photos.

• Pre-Columbian Period

• Spanish Period
  • The Tale of Bartolome de las Casas
  • Notes on Brion's Book on de las Casas
  • King Ferdinand's Letter to the Taino Indians
  • A Few Notes on Spanish Hispaniola
  • THE CROSS AND THE SWORD. Review of a novel by Manuel de Jesus Galvan that deals with the early Spanish period in Hispaniola and a few Notes on Spanish Hispaniola.

• Pirates:
  • Notes on the Pirates and Saint-Domingue
  • "Good Pirates"

• Pre-Revolutionary French Period
  • Notes on Cooper Book on Slavery
  • List of governors of early Saint-Domingue

• Revolutionary War: 1791-1803

• Savannah, Georgia: Haitian in the American Revolution

• Early Haiti: 1804-1843

• 1844-1915

• First U.S. Occupation 1915-1934
  • Corbett's Notes on Occupied Haiti by Balch
  • A 1927 review of the Balch book in the New York Herald Tribune
  • Curious Pamphlet on the U.S. occupation of Haiti  John Dewey heads a group calling for the end of the occupation. About 1929 or 1930.
  • 6 Photos from August 13, 1915 New York Times.
  • Some Notes on the Term, Cacos
  • Franklin D. Roosevelt on Haiti in 1928
  • A short overview of Roosevelt's "leaving plans" and comments about the general strategy of other presidents.
  • Bibliography of Articles Appearing in Nation
  • Book Review of Black Magic by Morand
  • Book Review of A Rendezvous in Haiti by Stephen Becker
  • Book Review of Charlemagne Peralte and the First American Occupation Haiti
  • Brief notice from June 1917 Bulletin of the Pan American Union  This note is not about the occupation itself, just ordinary business in Haiti.

• From the end of the U.S. Occupation to Duvalier: 1934-1957
  • Faustin Wirkus article of 1938 on potential U.S. occupation of Haiti as protection from Trujillo.
  • Book Review of Land of the Hunchbacks
  • The Battle of Vertieres Goes On   1936 lecture by Louis Mercier on the meaning of the Haitian Revolution for his own time. The lecture is certainly relevant to 2002 when his granddaughter translated and offered this essay to the Haiti mailing list.

• Duvaliers: 1957-1986
  • The Lord's Prayer According to Duvalier
  • Some Notes on Papa Doc (from Bob Corbett.)
  • List and Sources of Invasion Attempts
  • Invasion attempt by 5 Americans and 3 Haitian-Americans in 1958 -- from Life Magazine
  • Papa Doc and the Tonton Macoute by Diederich
  • Attempts to Overthrow Francois Duvalier
  • Notes on James Ferguson's book, Papa Doc, Baby Doc

Other Sites

The Louverture Project

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Archive

History of Haiti articles by Bob Corbett (Archive)