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A 6000-man rebel army captures the city of Santiago in Spanish-ruled Santo Domingo |
US/the World |
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A massive evening fire in the Haitian capital of Port-au-Prince destroys much of the business district |
Crime/Disasters |
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British colonel implicated in the Jamaican massacres of October 1865 commits suicide |
Personal |
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Earthquake strikes Haiti west of Port Au Prince |
Crime/Disasters |
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Exiles from Haiti make a daring attack on Spanish-ruled Santo Domingo opening the two-year War of Restoration |
US/the World |
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Fifty-six free blacks sail from the United States for a new life as emigrants to Haiti |
Settlers/Immigrants |
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Nicholas Fabre Geffrard is sworn in a President of Haiti |
Foreign |
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Rebels in Spanish-ruled Santo Domingo make a new declaration of independence |
US/the World |
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Scores of free blacks sail from New Orleans to begin a new life in Haiti |
Slavery/Abolition |
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U.S. Navy sailing vessel strikes a reef off Haiti and is lost though all the crew survive |
Crime/Disasters |
