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Napoleon III (Charles-Louis Napoléon Bonaparte; 20 April 1808 – 9 January 1873) was the first president of France from 1848 to 1852, and the last monarch of France as Emperor of the French from 1852 until he was deposed on 4 September 1870. Prior to his reign, Napoleon III was known as Louis Napoleon Bonaparte.
Napoleon invades Haiti. The French arrived on 2 February 1802 at Le Cap with the Haitian commander Henri Christophe being ordered by Leclerc to turn over the city to the French. When Christophe refused, the French assaulted Le Cap and the Haitians set the city afire rather than surrender it.
- Hispaniola
- Independent Empire of Haiti established
- Haitian victory
“Napoleon, the dark side” is a section that uses the most recent research and offers you a clear, precise, and synthetic analysis of some of the more contraversial moments of Napoleonic history. An island essential to the economy of Europe.
May 4, 2021 · Napoléon ordonne le départ d’une puissante expédition militaire vers Saint-Domingue (Haïti) avec l'objectif d'y rétablir l'esclavage. Jean-Pierre Le Glaunec, historien.
May 22, 2013 · This article analyzes the atrocities committed by French troops during the Leclerc–Rochambeau expedition, which Napoléon Bonaparte sent to Saint-Domingue (Haiti) in 1802–1803. These emerged as a local response to a variety of factors, particularly the military difficulties encountered by the expedition's leaders.
- Philippe R. Girard
- 2013
It is general folk knowledge in Haiti that Toussaint Louverture and the Haitian revolutionaries saved the United States from being invaded by Napoleonic forces in 1803. This popular lore surfaces often in discussions with Haitians, particularly when the speakers are complaining about later U.S. policy and treatment of Haiti.
Napoléon, écrit-elle, est " le plus grand tyran " que la France a connu. La chercheuse, d'origine haïtienne, fait référence au rétablissement de l'esclavage et aux atrocités subies par les habitants de Saint-Domingue (aujourd'hui Haïti) au début du XIXe siècle, une période dont on parle peu dans les manuels scolaires selon elle.
