Jean Jacques Dessalines

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:military_officer
gptkb:person
revolutionary
gptkbp:abolished slavery in Haiti
gptkbp:birthDate 1758
gptkbp:birthPlace Cotonou, West Africa (present-day Benin)
gptkbp:burialPlace gptkb:Port-au-Prince,_Haiti
gptkbp:causeOfDeath gptkb:murder
gptkbp:children gptkb:Célestine_Dessalines
gptkbp:commemoratedBy gptkb:city_of_Dessalines,_Haiti
Dessalines Day (October 17)
statues and monuments in Haiti
gptkbp:coronationDate 1804-10-08
gptkbp:deathDate 1806-10-17
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:Pont_Rouge,_Haiti
gptkbp:declaredBy Haiti's independence on 1804-01-01
gptkbp:enslavedBy yes (in youth)
gptkbp:ethnicity African
gptkbp:foughtIn gptkb:Napoleon_Bonaparte
gptkb:French_Empire
gptkb:Haitian_Revolution
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Jean Jacques Dessalines
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Toussaint_Louverture
gptkbp:killedBy 1806-10-17
gptkbp:legacy national hero of Haiti
regarded as a founding father of Haiti
gptkbp:liberatedBy himself (escaped slavery)
gptkbp:militaryAllegiance gptkb:French_Republic_(early_in_revolution)
Haitian rebels
gptkbp:militaryRank gptkb:General
gptkbp:nationality Haitian
gptkbp:nickname gptkb:The_Tiger
gptkb:Jacques_I
gptkbp:notableEvent gptkb:Haitian_Massacre_of_1804
gptkbp:notableFor defeating French colonial forces
proclaiming Haiti's independence
authoring the 1804 Haiti Declaration of Independence
gptkbp:predecessor none (first ruler)
gptkbp:reignEnd 1806-10-17
gptkbp:reignStart 1804-09-02
gptkbp:religion gptkb:Roman_Catholicism
gptkbp:role leader of the Haitian Revolution
first ruler of independent Haiti
gptkbp:signature Dessalines signature.svg
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Marie-Claire_Heureuse_Félicité
gptkbp:successor gptkb:Henri_Christophe
gptkbp:title gptkb:Emperor_of_Haiti
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Troubled_Island
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6