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Events on Saturday 6 October 1804 1
1804Dessalines Proclaimed Emperor of HaitiJean-Jacques Dessalines takes the title Emperor Jacques IOn 6 October 1804, Jean-Jacques Dessalines, leader of the Haitian Revolution, was proclaimed Emperor of Haiti under the name Jacques I. His reign was marked by efforts to rebuild the plantation economy through forced labor and ended with his assassination in 1806.