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Siege of Port-au-Prince

Siege of Port-au-Prince was a siege conducted in October 1803 at Port-au-Prince, in what is now Haiti. It was part of the Haitian Revolution, which ran from 1791 to 1804. The recorded result: Rebel victory. Recorded strength: 22,000 against 1,000.

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FoughtOctober 1803
WherePort-au-Prince, Haiti18.543N, 72.339W
OutcomeRebel victory
BelligerentsIndigenous ArmyagainstFrance
Casualties and lossesUnknownandUnknown
Part ofHaitian Revolution1791 to 1804

Where it sits in the Haitian Revolution

Siege of Cap‑Français, 1791Battle of Croix-des-Bouquets, 1792Batalla de Morne Pelé, 1793Siege of Port-au-Prince, 1793Battle of Cap-Français, 1793Battle of Irois, 1797Batalla de Kellola, 1802Battle of Ravine-à-Couleuvres, 1802Battle of Crête-à-Pierrot, 1802Siege of Port-au-Prince, 180317911803Siege of Port-au-Prince, 1803
10 placed engagements of the Haitian Revolution in time order; taller ticks are more widely documented. Each tick is a link.

Record

DateOctober 1803 (month precision)
to November 1803
PlacePort-au-Prince, Haiti
18.543N, 72.339W
KindSiege, Revolutionary and Napoleonic
Strength22,0001,000
Casualties and lossesUnknownUnknown
Commanders
  • Jean-Pierre Marie Lavalette du Verdier
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The recorded site, with the nearest other engagements in the atlas. Present-day coastlines, rivers and borders; towns from Natural Earth.

Nearest engagements

Contested ground: this site was fought over 6 times between 1793 and 1920.

In the same war

Elsewhere in 1803

Siege of Port-au-Prince 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 Q3485996, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Siege of Port-au-Prince (1803), revision 1370744541, 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.