Haiti History

1. Christopher Columbus was the one who found the island of Haiti.
2. Columbus promptly claimed it to be the island of the Spanish crown.
3. In 2004 Haiti made a rebellion it caused conflicts for several weeks and it resulted in the premature end of president Jean-Bertrand Aristide and then he was taken to the United States with military men with him.
4. Jean Jacques Dessalianes became Haiti's first emperor in 1804.
5. Stenio Vincent was succeeded in becoming president in 1994.

6. From the 1986 to the early 1988 Haiti was ruled by a provisional military government under General Namphy.

7. Elections for the Chamber of Deputies and two-thirds of the Senate it took place in May 2000.

8. Christopher Columbus named Haiti Hispaniola.

9. From 1911 to 1915, there were 6 different presidents each of whom was either killed or forced into exile.

10. On January 12, 2010 a devastating earthquake hit Haiti with a 7.0 magnitude with dissasteres results.