Atlas of Battles

commander, 4 engagements

Battles of Jean-Jacques Dessalines

Battles of Jean-Jacques Dessalines

Leader of Haitian Revolution and first ruler of independent Haiti (1758-1806)

Jean-Jacques Dessalines is recorded as a commander at 4 placed engagements in the atlas between 1802 and 1805: 1 battle and 3 sieges across 2 present-day countries, most in Haiti (3), Dominican Republic (1). Taken in date order, the sites lie 489 km apart end to end, 163 km between engagements on average. Most belong to Haitian Revolution (2).

Battle of Crête-à-PierrotSiege of Port-au-PrinceBattle of VertièresSiege of Santo DomingoBattle of Crête-à-PierrotSiege of Port-au-PrinceBattle of VertièresSiege of Santo DomingoSantiagoSan JuanLes CayesGonaïvesBarahonaMonte CristiBávaroLa VegaSan Francisco de MacorísSan Cristóbal200 km19.105N, 71.297W
4 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1802: 1 engagements1803: 2 engagements2 in 18031805: 1 engagements18021805
4 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Battle of Crête-à-Pierrot, 1802Siege of Port-au-Prince, 1803Battle of Vertières, 1803Siege of Santo Domingo, 180518021805
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 1

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
4 March 1802Battle of Crête-à-PierrotSaint-Marc, HaitiFrench victory
October 1803Siege of Port-au-PrincePort-au-Prince, Haiti74 km SERebel victory
18 November 1803Battle of VertièresCap-Haïtien, Haiti133 km NRebel victory; End of French rule in Saint-Domingue
February 1805Siege of Santo DomingoSanto Domingo, Dominican Republic282 km SEFrench victory; Beheadings of Moca

Sources and method

Commanders come from the commander fields of the English Wikipedia infoboxes of these engagements (CC BY-SA 4.0), resolved to one article each; portrait, dates and description from Wikidata (CC0) and Wikimedia Commons, Louis Rigaud, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.