Port-au-Prince Timeline of Events

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Port-au-Prince

Port-au-Prince is the capital and largest city of the Caribbean nation of Haiti. The city's population was 704,776 as of the 2003 census, and was officially estimated to have reached 897,859 in 2009....

Timeline of Events

1794

6.4.1794

British troops capture Port-au-Prince in Haiti.

1988

9.11.1988

The St Jean Bosco massacre takes place in Port-au-Prince, Haiti.

2010

1.12.2010

The 2010 Haiti earthquake occurs killing at least 230,000 and destroying the majority of the capital Port-au-Prince.