Former leader of the Haitian Revolution, Emperor Jacques I, is assassinated after an oppressive rule.

Jean-Jacques Dessalines

Haitian revolutionary and first ruler (1758–1806)

Jean-Jacques Dessalines was the first Haitian Emperor, leader of the Haitian Revolution, and the first ruler of an independent Haiti under the 1805 constitution. Initially regarded as governor-general, Dessalines was later named Emperor of Haiti as Jacques I (1804–1806) by…