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Historical Events that occured in Haiti in May : May 1794 - Toussaint left the Spanish and joined the French forces. > > May 2000 - Legislative, municipal and local elections are held. The OAS disputes how the sovereign electoral council calculates the run-offs for eight Senate seats. > > May 2006 - Juan Gabriel Valdés of Chile was no longer the head of MINUSTAH, the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti.. > > May 1, 1797 - Sonthonax appointed Toussaint the commander-in-chief of the French colonial forces. > > May 1, 1802 - Toussaint Louverture surrendered to the French. > > May 2, 1798 - General Toussaint Louverture signed a treaty with Lieutenant-General Sir Thomas Maitland of England. > > May 3, 1844 - The Piquets force Riviere-Hérard into exile; Philippe Guerrier is appointed President of Haiti > > May 6, 1802 - Toussaint arrived in Cap-Français to negotiate his surrender to the French. > > May 7, 1842 - An earthquake stikes northern Haiti, destroying the city of Cap-Haïtien (1842 Cap-Haïtien earthquake) > > May 7, 1944 - The Cathedral of Cap-Haïtien is consecrated after 100 years of restoration work > > May 10, 1950 - Dumarsais Estimé reliinquishes the presidency and is replaced by a provisional government > > May 11, 1796 - The Third Civil Commission, comprising Sonthonax, Roume, Giraud, Leblanc, and Julien Raymond, arrived in Saint-Domingue to establish diplomatic relations between France and the colony. > > May 13, 1987 - The CNG publishes a decree electing the members of the Provisional Electoral Council (Conseil Electoral Provisoire, CEP) > > May 14, 1944 - The Centre d'Art is founded; it exhibits important Haitian art works > > May 15, 1791 - French legislature passed racial reforms urged by Julien Raimond giving wealthy free-born men of color the right to vote in the colonies. > > May 15, 1922 - President Dartiguenave's term ends; Louis Borno is sworn into office > > May 15, 1941 - President Vincent's term ends; Élie Lescot takes office > > May 15, 1941 - Elie Lescot became president of the Republic of haiti when Sténio Vincent resigned. > > May 16, 1935 - A new constitution is released, reinforcing the authority of the executive branch of government and renewing President Sténio Vincent's mandate for five more years > > May 18 - Haitian Flag Day > > May 18, 1803 - The flag of Haiti was created during a meeting between Dessalines and Pétion in l'Arcahaie and sewn by Catherine Flon. > > May 18, 1938 - The 135th anniversary of the flag of Haiti is celebrated with athletic festivities at the Champs-de-Mars in Port-au-Prince > > May 19, 1816 - Suzanne Simon Baptiste Louverture, Toussaint Louverture's wife, died in Agen, France. > > May 19, 1929 - Benoit Batraville was killed by the US Marines near Lascahobas Haiti. > > May 20, 1743 - Toussaint Louverture was born a slave on the Breda Plantation, so it is said. > > May 20, 1802 - Slavery was reestablished Martinique and Saint Lucie by French Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte after Toussaint Louverture surrendered to Leclerc in Saint Domingue, now Haiti.. > > May 20, 1805 - Dessalines formulates the first constitution of Haiti as an independent country, the Imperial Constitution of 1805 > > May 22, 1987 - The CEP proclaims itself independent from the CNG > > May 24, 1884 - US Supreme Court and Haiti, Convention between the United States and Haiti, > > May 25, 1980 - President for Life Jean-Claude Duvalier marries Michele Bennett > > May 28, 1811 - The Kingdom of Haiti promulgates the Royal Constitution of Henri I > > May 31, 1953 - Father Rémy Augustin, the first native Haitian bishop, is consecrated at the Cathedral of Port-au-Prince > > 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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