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Haiti Timeline Game

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About This Challenge

Experience the history of Haiti through a challenging timeline game!

  • Players must place events in Haiti’s history in their correct chronological order
  • Learn about key moments in Haiti’s past while testing your knowledge and memory
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  • 500 AD: Taino people settle in Haiti
  • 1492: Christopher Columbus lands in Haiti
  • 1496: Spanish colonization of Haiti begins
  • 1625: French colonization of Haiti begins
  • 1791: Haitian Revolution begins
  • 1804: Haiti declares independence from France
  • 1804: Jean-Jacques Dessalines becomes first ruler of independent Haiti
  • 1804: Haiti becomes the first black-led republic in the world
  • 1915: United States occupies Haiti
  • 1934: Haiti gains independence from the United States
  • 1957: Francois Duvalier becomes President of Haiti
  • 1971: Jean-Claude Duvalier becomes President of Haiti
  • 1990: Jean-Bertrand Aristide becomes President of Haiti
  • 2010: Haiti experiences a devastating earthquake
  • 2016: Hurricane Matthew hits Haiti
  • 2017: Jovenel Moise becomes President of Haiti
  • 2019: Protests erupt in Haiti over government corruption
  • 2020: COVID-19 pandemic reaches Haiti
  • 2021: Assassination of President Jovenel Moise
  • 2021: Earthquake hits Haiti

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