battle, Revolutionary and Napoleonic
Batalla de Plaisance (1802)
Batalla de Plaisance (1802) was a battle fought on 5 March 1802 at Plaisance, in what is now Haiti. It was part of the Saint-Domingue expedition, which ran from 1801 to 1803. The recorded result: French victory. Recorded strength: 1,500 men against around 1500 men.
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Record
| Date | 5 March 1802 | |
|---|---|---|
| Place | Plaisance, Haiti 19.600N, 72.467W | |
| Kind | Battle, Revolutionary and Napoleonic | |
| Strength | 1,500 men | around 1500 men |
| Casualties and losses | 267 killed or wounded | |
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Nearest engagements
- Battle of Ennery 1793, 13 km S
- Battle of Marmelade 1793, 15 km SE
- Battle of Dondon (1794) 1794, 26 km E
- Battle of Dondon (1795) 1795, 26 km E
- Battle of La Tannerie 1793, 26 km E
In the same war
- After: Battle of Vertières 18 November 1803
Elsewhere in 1802
Batalla de Plaisance (1802) is one of 3,507 engagements of the 19th century in the atlas and one of 48 in present-day Haiti.
Sources
Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q2889619, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Battle of Plaisance (1802), revision 1380102563, read 2026-11-14, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the article's text is not reproduced here. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.