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Historical Events that occured in Haiti in January : January - January is the beginning of Carnaval season in Haiti. > > January 1990 - President/General Prosper Avril declares a state of siege in January. > > January 1 - Haitian Independence day > > January 1, 1804 - Dessalines, in Gonaïves, declares Haiti an independent nation and becomes Governor-General > > January 1, 1804 - The Haitian Act of Independence, drafted by Boisrond Tonnerre, was read by Jean-Jacques Dessalines on the Place d'Armes of Gonaives Haiti. > > January 1, 1804 - The Haitian Revolution ended Haiti won independence from France. > > January 1, 1807 - The Battle of Sibert ends with the division of Haiti into the southern Republic of Haiti under Alexandre Pétion and the northern State of Haiti under Christophe > > January 1, 1904 - Haiti celebrates 100 years of independence > > January 1, 1904 - Haiti National Anthem La Dessalinienne was adopted > > January 1, 1954 - A celebration commemorating the 150th anniversary of Haiti's independence from France, during which monuments to the "heroes of independence" are inaugurated in Port-au-Prince, began. > > January 4, 1493 - Columbus set sail in La Niña in search of the third ship in the fleet, La Pinta > > January 4, 1954 - The celebration ended. > > January 5, 2007 - Haitian Heritage Museum project was submitted for aproval to the Florida House of Representative. > > January 6, 1493 - Christopher Columbus left Haiti (then Bohío) one month after landing there > > January 6, 1493 - Columbus Found His ship La Pinta. > > January 6, 2006 - Juan Gabriel Valdés, UN mission head, announced that MINUSTAH forces would launch another raid on Cité Soleil Haiti. > > January 7, 1991 - Roger Lafontant proclaimed himself The president of Haiti > > January 7, 1991 - Haitian General Herard Abraham crushed Roger Lafontant's attempted coup d'etat > > January 7, 2004 - Jean–Jacques Dessalines Boulevard In Miami was designated in Florida Bill HB 29. > > January 7, 2004 - Alexandre Petion Boulevard In Miami was designated in Florida Bill HB 29. > > January 7, 2006 - General Urano Teixeira da Matta Bacellar, force commander of MINUSTAH in Haiti, was found dead in his Haiti hotel room.. > > January 8, 1804 - Saint-Jean Louverture died in Agen, France. > > January 9, 2006 - Chilean General Eduardo Aldunate Hermann became the interim replacement for General Urano Teixeira da Matta Bacellar as force commander of MINUSTAH in Haiti. > > January 11, 1946 - President Elie Lescot Was Overthrown by a Coup D'Etat > > January 12, 1799 - The generals of the colony - Toussaint, André Rigaud, Bauvais, and Laplume - met in Port-au-Prince and named Toussaint the lead commander. Rigaud surrendered control of the southern cities of Léogâne, Grand-Goâve, Petit-Goâve, and Miragoâne. > > January 13, 1859 - Fabre Geffrard is elected President of Haiti > > January 15, 1859 - Haitian Emperor Faustin I Abdicated his throne. > > January 15, 1920 - Benoit Batraville raided Port-Au-Prince backed by 300 Haitian freedom fighters (known as Cacos bu the U.S.). > > January 17, 1988 - Leslie Manigat won the Presidential Elections according to the CEP > > January 17, 2006 - José Elito Carvalho de Siqueira, a Brazilian General, it was announced, would be the permanent replacement for General Urano Teixeira da Matta Bacellar as force commander of MINUSTAH in Haiti.. > > January 21, 1929 - Haiti and the Dominican Republic sign an agreement settling the border between the two countries > > January 22, 1859 - Ex Haiti King Faustin I was taken into exile aboard a British warship. > > January 24, 1921 - President Sudre Dartiguenave addresses United States President Warren G. Harding concerning the needs of the Haitian people > > January 25, 2006 - Haiti election authorities announced that no voting stations would be placed in Cite Soleil. > > January 26, 1955 - President Magloire and his wife began a trip to the United States, Canada, and Jamaica. > > January 27, 1801 - Haiti Invaded The Dominican Republic > > January 27, 1955 - Richard Nixon Had Lunch with President Magloire of Haiti > > January 29, 1802 - A French expeditionary force, sent by Napoleon Bonaparte and led by his brother-in-law Charles Leclerc, arrived in Samana Bay. > > January 30, 1912 - The Haitian Federation of Soccer is created > > January 31, 1986 - Rumors spread through Port-au-Prince that President Duvalier has fled the country > > 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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