{"slug": "haitian-revolution", "label": "Haitian Revolution", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haitian_Revolution", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q689128", "qid": "Q689128", "description": "1791 slave revolt in the French colony of Saint-Domingue", "entries": 7, "years": 6, "span": [1791, 1825], "span_label": ["1791 CE", "1825 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 5}, {"title": "Exploration & Expansion", "count": 1}, {"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "saint-domingue", "label": "Saint-Domingue", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "haiti", "label": "Haiti", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "slavery", "label": "Slavery", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "hispaniola", "label": "Hispaniola", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "charles-x-of-france", "label": "Charles X of France", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "napoleon", "label": "Napoleon", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 1791, "year_label": "1791 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "August 21", "text": "August 21 – Haitian Revolution: A slave rebellion breaks out in the French colony of Saint-Domingue.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365416177#July–September", "title": "1791", "revid": 1365416177, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1792, "year_label": "1792 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "March 22", "text": "March 22 – Haitian Revolution: Battle of Croix-des-Bouquets – Black slave insurgents gain a victory in the first major battle of the revolution.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1359853540#January–March", "title": "1792", "revid": 1359853540, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1793, "year_label": "1793 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "June 20", "text": "June 20–22 – Haitian Revolution: Battle of Cap-Français – French Republican troops and black slave insurgents defeat Royalist and slave owner settlers.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1358426983#January–June", "title": "1793", "revid": 1358426983, "section": "Events › January–June"}}, {"year": 1793, "year_label": "1793 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "September 20", "text": "September 20 – British troops from Jamaica land on the island of Saint-Domingue to join the Haitian Revolution in opposition to the French Republic and its newly-freed slaves; on 22 September the main French naval base on the island surrenders peacefully to the Royal Navy.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1358426983#July–December", "title": "1793", "revid": 1358426983, "section": "Events › July–December"}}, {"year": 1802, "year_label": "1802 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": "January 29", "text": "January 29 – The French Saint-Domingue expedition (40,000 troops) led by General Charles Leclerc (Bonaparte's brother-in-law) lands in Saint-Domingue (modern Haiti) in an attempt to restore colonial rule following the Haitian Revolution in which Toussaint Louverture (a black former slave) has proclaimed himself Governor-General for Life and established control over Hispaniola.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1341741915#January–March", "title": "1802", "revid": 1341741915, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1803, "year_label": "1803 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "November 18", "text": "November 18 – Haitian Revolution: Battle of Vertières – The Haitian army, led by Jean-Jacques Dessalines, defeats the French army sent by Napoleon.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373209562#October–December", "title": "1803", "revid": 1373209562, "section": "Events › October–December"}}, {"year": 1825, "year_label": "1825 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "April 17", "text": "April 17 – Charles X of France recognizes Haiti, 21 years after it expelled the French following the successful Haitian Revolution, and demands the payment of 150 million gold francs, 30 million of which Haiti must finance through France itself, as down payment.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1341744335#April–June", "title": "1825", "revid": 1341744335, "section": "Events › April–June"}}]}