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Haiti cholera outbreak

The 2010–2019 Haiti cholera outbreak was Haiti's first cholera epidemic in a century, killing at least 9,789 people after UN peacekeepers' sewage contaminated a river.

Haiti indemnity of 1825

The Haiti indemnity of 1825 (Ordonnance de Charles X du 17 avril 1825) was a French ordinance granting Haiti independence in exchange for 150 million francs.

Sep 19, 2026

Haiti Kanaval, also known as Haitian Carnival or Kanaval, is Haiti's pre-Lenten carnival season of street celebrations culminating on Mardi Gras, traditionally held in Port-au-Prince, with a distinct papier-mâché carnival in Jacmel a week earlier.

Haiti national football team

Haiti national football team, Les Grenadiers, Haiti's men's FIFA team. Two World Cup appearances (1974, 2026), four defeats in four matches, coached by Frenchman Sébastien Migné, all-time scorer Duckens Nazon.

Haitian boat people

Haitian boat people were Haitians who fled by sea to Florida beginning in the early 1970s, most settling in Miami; over 55,000 arrived by 1981, facing interdiction at sea.

Haitian Civil War of 1867–1869

The Haitian Civil War of 1867–1869 (Guerre civile haïtienne de 1867–1869) was a three-sided conflict between President Sylvain Salnave and insurgent governments in northern and southern Haiti.

Haitian coffee economy

The Haitian coffee economy is Haiti's system of growing and exporting arabica coffee, introduced under French rule in the 1700s and declined since the 1980s to smallholder farming.

Haitian Constitution of 1805

The Haitian Constitution of 1805 (Constitution haïtienne de 1805) was Haiti's imperial constitution, promulgated by Emperor Jean-Jacques Dessalines on 20 May 1805, abolishing slavery forever and barring white landownership.

Haitian Creole

Haitian Creole (Kreyòl ayisyen), a French-lexifier creole with African substrate grammar, is spoken by about 9.5 million people in Haiti and the diaspora. Official alongside French since the 1987 Constitution, it has its own phonological orthography and is not mutually intelligible with French.

Haitian Creole literature

Haitian Creole literature, written in Haitian Creole (Kreyòl ayisyen), is the body of poetry, fiction, and theater by Haitian authors, distinct from the French tradition.

Haitian Creole poetry

Haitian Creole poetry is poetry written in Haitian Creole (Kreyòl ayisyen), spoken by roughly 90 percent of Haitians, with a tradition reaching to colonial Saint-Domingue.

Haitian Declaration of Independence

The Haitian Declaration of Independence (Déclaration d'indépendance d'Haïti) proclaimed Haiti's independence from France at Gonaïves on 1 January 1804, issued by Jean-Jacques Dessalines and drafted by Louis Boisrond Tonnerre.

Sep 19, 2026

Haitian Flavouring and Food

Haitian Flavouring and Food (海天味业) is a Chinese condiment maker headquartered in Foshan, Guangdong, China's largest condiment company by sales volume for 28 consecutive years.

Oct 10, 2026

Haitian gourde

The Haitian gourde (HTG) is the national currency of Haiti, divided into 100 centimes and issued by the Bank of the Republic of Haiti since 1979.

Haitian immigration to Brazil

Haitian immigration to Brazil is the migration of Haitians to Brazil, which surged after Haiti's January 2010 earthquake; Haitians are now among Brazil's four largest immigrant groups.

Haitian independence debt

The Haitian independence debt was the 150 million franc indemnity France imposed on Haiti in 1825 in exchange for recognizing its independence, a burden repaid until 1947.

Haitian Indigenist novel

The Haitian Indigenist novel (roman indigéniste) was Haitian fiction of the 1920s to 1940s that turned toward peasant life and African heritage in reaction to the US occupation.

Haitian migration to the Bahamas

Haitian migration to the Bahamas: long-standing, largely irregular movement of Haitians to the Bahamian archipelago, 30,000-60,000 residents of Haitian descent, known historically as "The Haitian Problem" since Marshall's 1979 study.

Haitian mythology

Haitian mythology, the spirit lore of Haitian Vodou (vodou ayisyen), centers on the lwa spirits, Bondye, Catholic syncretism, zombies, and oral songs rooted in Dahomean vodun.

Haitian naïve painting

Haitian naïve painting is a movement of self-taught figurative painting that emerged in Haiti in the 1940s around the Centre d'Art in Port-au-Prince, led by painters like Philomé Obin and Hector Hyppolite.

Haitian occupation of Santo Domingo

The Haitian occupation of Santo Domingo (Ocupación haitiana de Santo Domingo) was Haiti's annexation of Spanish Santo Domingo under Jean-Pierre Boyer, from 1822 until Dominican independence in 1844.

Haitian Revolution

The Haitian Revolution (1791–1804), also called the Saint-Domingue Slave Revolt, saw enslaved people overthrow French colonial rule, abolish slavery, and found independent Haiti in 1804.

Haitian Vodou

Haitian Vodou, also called Vodou or Haitian voodoo, is the religion of Haiti, created by enslaved Africans in the French colony of Saint-Domingue from African traditions and Catholicism.

Haitians

Haitians (Creole: ayisyen, French: haïtiens) are the people of Haiti, on the western third of Hispaniola, descended largely from enslaved Africans who won independence in 1804.

Haitians in the Dominican Republic

Haitians in the Dominican Republic are the migrant population and Dominican-born descendants of Haitian origin, over 497,000 counted in 2017, concentrated in agriculture and construction.

Haitunjia (海豚家)

Haitunjia (海豚家) was a Chinese membership-based beauty e-commerce platform founded by Xu Xiao in 2017, which sold cosmetics at claimed cost price before mass complaints and fines in 2020.

Oct 21, 2026

Haitzendorf

SV Haitzendorf (SV Klement Haitzendorf), Austrian football club founded 1946 in Haitzendorf, Lower Austria; plays as SG Haitzendorf/Grafenwörth in the 2. Landesliga West at Sportplatz Haitzendorf, with three 2. Landesliga West titles.