Haiti Independence Day

The Haitian Declaration of Independence was proclaimed on 1 January 1804 in the port city of Gonaïves by Jean-Jacques Dessalines, marking the end of 13-year long Haitian Revolution. The declaration marked Haiti’s becoming the first independent nation of Latin America and only the second in the Americas after the United States.

Notably, the Haitian declaration of independence signaled the culmination of the only successful slave revolution in history. On 1 January 1804, Dessalines, the new leader under the dictatorial 1801 constitution, declared Haiti a state in the name of the Haitian people.

Source : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haitian_Declaration_of_Independence