Jean-Jacques Dessalines

GPTKB entity

Statements (38)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:person
Haitian revolutionary leader
gptkbp:birthDate 1758
gptkbp:birthPlace Cotonou, West Africa (present-day Benin)
gptkbp:children gptkb:Célestina_Dessalines
gptkb:Jean-Jacques_Dessalines_II
gptkbp:commemoratedBy gptkb:Statue_at_Champs_de_Mars,_Port-au-Prince
Dessalines Day (October 17)
Dessalines arrondissement in Haiti
gptkbp:coronationDate 1804-10-08
gptkbp:deathDate 1806-10-17
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:Port-au-Prince,_Haiti
gptkbp:freedFromSlavery by Toussaint Louverture
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Jean-Jacques Dessalines
gptkbp:killedBy 1806-10-17
gptkbp:knownFor leader of the Haitian Revolution
first ruler of independent Haiti
proclaimed independence of Haiti
gptkbp:legacy considered a founding father of Haiti
Dessalines Day is a national holiday in Haiti
gptkbp:militaryRank gptkb:General
gptkbp:nationality Haitian
gptkbp:notableEvent gptkb:Massacre_of_French_settlers_in_Haiti_(1804)
gptkbp:predecessor None (first ruler of independent Haiti)
gptkbp:reignEnd 1806-10-17
gptkbp:reignStart 1804-10-06
gptkbp:religion gptkb:Roman_Catholicism
gptkbp:role gptkb:Emperor_of_Haiti
gptkbp:servedUnder gptkb:Toussaint_Louverture
gptkbp:signedBy gptkb:Haitian_Declaration_of_Independence
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Marie-Claire_Heureuse_Félicité
gptkbp:successor gptkb:Henri_Christophe
gptkbp:title gptkb:Emperor_Jacques_I_of_Haiti
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Age_of_Revolution
gptkb:La_Dessalinienne
gptkb:Order_of_the_Liberator_of_Haiti
gptkb:Republic_of_Haiti
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5