Pont Rouge, near Port-au-Prince, Haiti

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Pont Rouge, near Port-au-Prince, Haiti, is a historically significant site known as the location where Haiti’s first emperor, Jean-Jacques Dessalines (Emperor Jacques I), was assassinated.

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Pont Rouge, near Port-au-Prince, Haiti canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf assassination ⓘ
emperor ⓘ
historical site ⓘ
location ⓘ
person ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Emperor Jacques I ⓘ
associatedWith Haitian Revolution ⓘ
Haitian independence ⓘ
Jean-Jacques Dessalines ⓘ
commemoratedBy annual ceremonies honoring Jean-Jacques Dessalines ⓘ
country Haiti ⓘ
Haiti ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Haiti ⓘ
deathPlace Pont Rouge ⓘ
event assassination of Jean-Jacques Dessalines ⓘ
hasHeritage symbol of political betrayal in Haitian history ⓘ
symbol of the end of the First Empire of Haiti ⓘ
hasNameMeaning Red Bridge ⓘ
hasNameOrigin French language ⓘ
linked to: French
hasVictim Jean-Jacques Dessalines ⓘ
locatedIn Ouest department, Haiti ⓘ
locatedNear Port-au-Prince ⓘ
location Pont Rouge ⓘ
notableFor role in early 19th-century Haitian politics ⓘ
site of a major turning point in post-independence Haiti ⓘ
partOf greater Port-au-Prince urban area ⓘ
positionHeld Emperor of Haiti ⓘ
significance marked the end of the First Empire of Haiti ⓘ
site of the assassination of Jean-Jacques Dessalines ⓘ
usedFor political gatherings ⓘ
public commemorations ⓘ

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Emperor Jacques I → deathPlace → Pont Rouge, near Port-au-Prince, Haiti ⓘ