Tag: Caribbean

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22nd August 1791: Start of the Haitian Revolution in the French colony of Saint-Domingue

22nd August 2021
Tagged as: Caribbean, Empire, France, French Empire, Haiti, Haitian Revolution, Hispaniola, Napoleon, Saint-Domingue, Slavery

Slaves in the French colony of Saint-Domingue on the Caribbean island of Hispaniola began the Haitian Revolution.

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29th February 1504: Christopher Columbus uses knowledge of a lunar eclipse to secure supplies while stranded on Jamaica

29th February 2020
Tagged as: Astronomy, Caribbean, Columbus, Eclipse, Jamaica, New World

Christopher Columbus used knowledge of a forthcoming lunar eclipse to fool Jamaican natives into providing his stranded crew with provisions.