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Historical Events that occured in Haiti in August : August 2004 - Juan Gabriel Valdés of Chile became of MINUSTAH, the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti. > > August 2007 - Edmond Mulet of Guatemala of Chile was no longer the head of MINUSTAH, the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti.. > > August 3, 1492 - Christopher Columbus left Palos, Spain with the three ships Santa Maria, Niña, and Pinta. > > August 5, 1912 - HASCO - The Haitian American Sugar Company was founded > > August 5, 1931 - The U.S. agrees to hand over control of the Offices of Public Works, Health, Agriculture and Education to the Haitian government > > August 6, 1867 - Faustin Soulouque died at Petit-Goâve Haiti. > > August 7, 1791 - The Affranchis gathered in Mirbalais Haiti to form the Council of the District Representatives > > August 7, 1791 - Pierre Pinchinat was elected President of the Conseil des Representants de la Commune > > August 7, 1933 - The governments of Haiti and the United States sign an agreement on the withdrawal of U.S. troops from the country and the end of the U.S. occupation > > August 8, 1912 - President Leconte and 300 soldiers are killed in an explosion at the National Palace; the Constituent Assembly appoints Tancrède Auguste president > > August 10, 1888 - President Lysius Salomon was forced out of office as President of the Republic of Haiti. > > August 13, 1793 - Toussaint defeated the French general Desfourneaux at Ennery. > > August 14, 1791 - The Bois-Caiman Ceremony was held by Boukman in Haiti > > August 14, 1934 - Last American forces withdraw from Haiti, ending the U.S. occupation > > August 15, 1779 - Les chasseurs volontaires de Saint-Domingue left Haiti's Cap Francais, now Cap Haitien, under the command of Comte d'Estaing, to go to Savannah Geogia to help the Americans in the American Revolutionary War.. > > August 15, 1977 - The U.S. ambassador to the United Nations commission arrives in Haiti; the commission meets with the Haitian government to discuss civil rights in Haiti > > August 16, 1946 - Dumarsais Estimé Was Elected President of Haiti > > August 18, 1879 - Lysius Salomon returned from exile after the Fall of Haitian Emporor Faustin I (born Faustin-Élie Soulouque). > > August 20, 1791 - A force of affranchis and slaves defeated the Europeans near Port-au-Prince. > > August 21, 1934 - The flag of Haiti is raised at Casernes Dessalines, where it was lowered nineteen years earlier at the start of the U.S. occupation > > August 22, 1791 - Rebel leader Dutty Boukman was killed in a major revolt led by himself, Jean François, Georges Biassou, and Jeannot. > > August 22, 1791 - The Haitian Revolution started. > > August 22, 2002 - Haitian Monument In Savannah GA Was Approved > > August 23, 1498 - Francisco de Bobadilla arrived in Hispaniola. > > August 24, 1916 - The United States and Haiti signed an agreement regarding the rules and regulations of the new Haitian army, the Haitian Gendarmerie.. > > August 26, 1849 - Empire of Haiti, Haiti once again became an empire. > > August 27, 1983 - The constitution is amended, creating the post of State Minister and allowing the President to name his successor > > August 29, 1793 - Sonthonax Abolished Slavery In Haiti. > > August 30, 1861 - American Slave Trader Antonio Pelletier was sentenced to death in Haiti for attempting to kidnap Haitian citizens to sell into slavery in Louisiana.. > > August 31, 1798 - British general Maitland agreed to evacuate Môle Saint-Nicolas and surrender his troops to Toussaint. > > Browse Haiti Timeline by Year » 1492 1493 1494 1496 1498 1499 1502 1503 1508 1528 1592 1606 1625 1659 1664 1665 1670 1685 1697 1743 1749 1751 1758 1766 1767 1772 1777 1778 1779 1781 1786 1789 1790 1791 1792 1793 1794 1795 1796 1797 1798 1799 1801 1802 1803 1804 1805 1806 1807 1808 1809 1811 1812 1814 1816 1818 1820 1821 1822 1825 1831 1838 1841 1842 1843 1844 1845 1846 1847 1849 1852 1853 1854 1858 1859 1860 1861 1862 1865 1867 1869 1870 1872 1874 1875 1876 1879 1880 1882 1883 1884 1885 1888 1889 1893 1896 1897 1902 1904 1908 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1919 1920 1921 1922 1926 1928 1929 1930 1931 1933 1934 1935 1937 1938 1940 1941 1944 1946 1948 1949 1950 1951 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1964 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1974 1977 1979 1980 1983 1985 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
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