The ephemeris of the day: national holidays, events marking the history of Haiti, proverbs… the online agency Juno7 brings you a refresher of your memory.
It is Thursday May 2, 2024
May 2, 1493 : The “Inter caetera” bubble Pope Alexander VI, in the “Inter caetera” bubble, reserves for the Portuguese all lands that may be located to the East of a meridian passing one hundred leagues (418 km) to the West of the Azores and Cape Verde, and to the Spanish the lands of the West. Already in the bull “Aeterni regis”, the Pope had given Portugal all the territories of Africa. The Pope and the Catholic Church played the role of real estate agent by distributing territories and peoples to the greatest. The Treaty of Tordesillas between Spain and Portugal in 1494 changed the line of demarcation a little.
May 2, 1868: Sylvain Salnave embarks with his troops on a steamboat towards Gonaïves to fight Nissage-Saget. As soon as they left, the elite of Port-au-Prince attempted a coup d’état. This one fails.
May 2, 1913 : Death of Tancrede Auguste: President of Haiti from August 8, 1912, Tancrède Auguste was one of the rare Haitian Heads of State to die in power. Of his immediate predecessors, one perished in the explosion of his palace (M. Cincinnatus Leconte), the others fled (Antoine Simon, Nord Alexis, Tirésias Simon Sam, etc.).
Me Auguste served as president for less than a year due to his fragile health and died while traveling in the north of the country at the beginning of .
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