| May 1791 | French National Assembly enfranchises free men of color born of two free parents |
| August 1791 | Slave insurrections in Saint-Domingue |
| April 1792 | French National Assembly grants full citizenship rights to free people of color, including the right to vote for men |
| September 1793 | British troops invade Saint-Domingue |
| February 1794 | Abolition of slavery in all French territories |
| 1796 | France regains control of Saint-Domingue under Toussaint L’Ouverture |
| 1803 | Death of Toussaint L’Ouverture in France |
| January 1804 | Declaration of Haitian independence |
| May 1805 | First Haitian constitution |