Haitian Empire

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Haitian_Empire
GPTKB entity
Statements (32)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf former empire
gptkbp:area 27,750 km²
gptkbp:capital gptkb:Cap-Haïtien
gptkbp:continent gptkb:North_America
gptkbp:country gptkb:Haiti
gptkbp:currency gptkb:Haitian_livre
gptkbp:dissolved 1820
gptkbp:established 1804
gptkbp:firstEmperorTitle gptkb:Jacques_I
gptkbp:firstMonarch gptkb:Jean-Jacques_Dessalines
gptkbp:firstReign 1804–1806
gptkbp:flag gptkb:Flag_of_the_First_Empire_of_Haiti
gptkb:Flag_of_the_Second_Empire_of_Haiti
gptkbp:governmentType gptkb:monarchy
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Haitian Empire
gptkbp:locatedIn gptkb:Caribbean
gptkbp:motto gptkb:Liberté_ou_la_Mort_(Liberty_or_Death)
gptkbp:notableEvent gptkb:Haitian_Revolution
gptkb:Assassination_of_Jean-Jacques_Dessalines
Proclamation of independence
gptkbp:officialLanguage gptkb:French
gptkb:Haitian_Creole
gptkbp:population approximately 500,000 (early 19th century)
gptkbp:predecessor gptkb:Saint-Domingue
gptkbp:religion gptkb:Roman_Catholicism
gptkb:Vodou
gptkbp:secondEmperor gptkb:Faustin_Soulouque
gptkbp:secondEmperorTitle gptkb:Faustin_I
gptkbp:secondReign 1849–1859
gptkbp:successor gptkb:Republic_of_Haiti
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Haitian_War_of_Independence
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6