Timeline January 1804

Events in January 1804 1

• 1804 Haitian Declaration of Independence Jean-Jacques Dessalines proclaims Haiti independent from France On 1 January 1804, Jean-Jacques Dessalines declared the independence of Haiti, ending a thirteen-year revolution by enslaved and formerly enslaved people against French colonial rule. Haiti became the first state in the Americas to abolish slavery and the first nation founded by a successful slave revolt.