Port-au-Prince: All Data
Port-au-Prince is a city in Haiti. This page covers its chronology of mentions across 5,500 years of history, including capitals, battles, events and subdivisions. Part of Phersu Atlas.
1. Lists and Timelines
Port-au-Prince: Chronology of Mentions
Note: For polities of antiquity, the listed capital or subdivision capital may also represent one or several of the most important cities of the region.
1770 AD
Capital of Saint Domingue (France)
1793 AD
Mentioned in: Siege of Port-au-Prince (1793), part of Haitian Revolution
1794 AD
Mentioned in Event: Haitian Revolution
1794 AD
Mentioned in: Battle of Port-Républicain, part of Haitian Revolution
1798 AD
Mentioned in Event: Haitian Revolution
1803 AD
Mentioned in: Siege of Port-au-Prince (1803), part of Haitian Revolution
1804 AD
Capital of First Empire of Haiti
1804 AD
Capital of Haiti
1806 AD
Capital of Republic of Haiti (1806-1849)
1849 AD
Capital of Second Empire of Haiti
1859 AD
Capital of Republic of Haiti
1915 AD
Mentioned in Event: United States occupation of Haiti
1916 AD
Mentioned in Event: United States occupation of Haiti
1924 AD
Mentioned in Event: United States occupation of Haiti
1934 AD
Mentioned in Event: United States occupation of Haiti
2022 AD
Mentioned in: 2022 Port-au-Prince gang battles
2025 AD
Subdivision Capital of the Department of Ouest, part of Republic of Haiti