Jacques Dessalines

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:person
gptkbp:abolishedSlavery in Haiti
gptkbp:birthDate 1758
gptkbp:birthPlace Coton, Grande-Rivière-du-Nord, Saint-Domingue
gptkbp:burialPlace gptkb:Port-au-Prince,_Haiti
gptkbp:causeOfDeath gptkb:murder
gptkbp:children gptkb:Célestine_Dessalines
Jacques-Victor Henry Dessalines
gptkbp:commemoratedBy Dessalines Day (October 17)
gptkbp:coronationDate 1804-10-08
gptkbp:currencyDepictedOn gptkb:Haitian_gourde
gptkbp:deathDate 1806-10-17
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:Port-au-Prince,_Haiti
gptkbp:decreed 1805 Haitian Constitution
gptkbp:ethnicity African descent
gptkbp:freedFromSlavery yes
gptkbp:historicalPeriod gptkb:Age_of_Revolution
gptkbp:house gptkb:House_of_Dessalines
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Jacques Dessalines
gptkbp:independenceDate 1804-01-01
gptkbp:influenced Haitian independence movement
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Toussaint_Louverture
gptkbp:killedBy true
gptkbp:knownFor leader of the Haitian Revolution
first ruler of independent Haiti
gptkbp:ledAgainst French colonial forces
gptkbp:legacy Haitian national hero
namesake of Dessalines arrondissement
namesake of Dessalines city
gptkbp:militaryCampaign gptkb:Battle_of_Vertières
gptkbp:militaryRank gptkb:General
gptkbp:nationality Haitian
gptkbp:notableEvent gptkb:Declaration_of_Haitian_Independence
gptkb:Haitian_Revolution
gptkbp:notableLandmark Statue of Dessalines, Port-au-Prince
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:military_officer
gptkb:monarchy
gptkbp:otherName gptkb:Jean-Jacques_Dessalines
gptkbp:portrait Jacques Dessalines portrait.jpg
gptkbp:predecessor none (first ruler)
gptkbp:proclaimedTitle gptkb:Jacques_I,_Emperor_of_Haiti
gptkbp:reign 1804-1806
gptkbp:religion gptkb:Roman_Catholicism
gptkbp:servedUnder gptkb:Toussaint_Louverture
gptkbp:signature Jacques Dessalines signature.svg
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Marie-Claire_Heureuse_Félicité
gptkbp:successor gptkb:Henri_Christophe
gptkbp:title gptkb:Emperor_of_Haiti
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Marie-Claire_Heureuse_Félicité
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7