Jean-Jacques Dessalines

1758–1806

Leader of Haitian Revolution and first ruler of independent Haiti (1758-1806)

politician

Born in Plaine-du-Nord

Contemporaries

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• Napoleon (1769–1821)
• Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749–1832)
• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756–1791)
• George Washington (1732–1799)
• Ludwig van Beethoven (1770–1827)
• Voltaire (1694–1778)
• Immanuel Kant (1724–1804)
• Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712–1778)

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