Outbreak of the Haitian Revolution

Date: August 22, 1791 • Location: Désarmes, Haiti

This milestone marked the outbreak and beginning of this historic period, which spanned 1791–1804.

The Haitian slave revolution begins in Saint-Domingue, Haiti.

Haiti, officially the Republic of Haiti, is a country in the Caribbean on the island of Hispaniola in the Caribbean Sea, east of Cuba and Jamaica and south of The Bahamas. It occupies the western side of the island, which it shares with the Dominican Republic. Haiti is the third largest country in the Caribbean by area, and with an estimated population of 11.4 million, it is the most populous Caribbean country. The capital and largest city is Port-au-Prince.