Atlas of Battles

commander, 4 engagements

Battles of Toussaint Louverture

Battles of Toussaint Louverture

Haitian national hero (1743–1803)

Toussaint Louverture is recorded as a commander at 4 placed engagements in the atlas between 1794 and 1802: 4 battles, all in present-day Haiti. Taken in date order, the sites lie 129 km apart end to end, 43 km between engagements on average. Most belong to War of the Pyrenees (2), Haitian Revolution (1).

Battle of GonaïvesBattle of Saint-RaphaëlBattle of Ravine-à-CouleuvresBatalla de Plaisance (1802)Battle of GonaïvesBattle of Saint-RaphaëlBattle of Ravine-à-CouleuvresBatalla de Plaisance (1802)Santo DomingoPort-au-PrinceSantiagoCap-HaïtienGuantánamoSan JuanLes CayesBarahonaMonte CristiLa Vega200 km19.458N, 72.442W
4 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1794: 2 engagements2 in 17941802: 2 engagements2 in 180217941802
4 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Battle of Gonaïves, 1794Battle of Saint-Raphaël, 1794Battle of Ravine-à-Couleuvres, 1802Batalla de Plaisance (1802), 180217941802
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 2

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
5 May 1794Battle of GonaïvesGonaïves, HaitiFrench victory
20 October 1794Battle of Saint-RaphaëlSaint-Raphaël, Haiti51 km EFrench victory
23 February 1802Battle of Ravine-à-CouleuvresArtibonite, Haiti44 km SWFrench victory
5 March 1802Batalla de Plaisance (1802)Plaisance, Haiti34 km NFrench victory

Sources and method

Commanders come from the commander fields of the English Wikipedia infoboxes of these engagements (CC BY-SA 4.0), resolved to one article each; portrait, dates and description from Wikidata (CC0) and Wikimedia Commons, Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.