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1820-10-08

1820-10-08: (Christophe Shoots Himself in Sans-Souci Palace After a Stroke Leaves Him Unable to Maintain Control of His Kingdom, His Heir Killed Ten Days Lat…

Haitian

1820-10-08: (Christophe Shoots Himself in Sans-Souci Palace After a Stroke Leaves Him Unable to Maintain Control of His Kingdom, His Heir Killed Ten Days Later by Revolutionaries, the Northern Kingdom Collapsing Within Weeks): On October 8, 1820, following a stroke that left him physically diminished and politically vulnerable, Henri Christophe shot himself in the palace he had built to rival Versailles. Legend holds that the bullet was silver. Ten days later, his heir was killed in the same palace by revolutionaries. On October 26, Boyer’s troops marched north and reunited Haiti under a single government for the first time since Dessalines’s assassination in 1806. The Citadel that Christophe had built to defend against a French invasion now stood guard over an empty kingdom. Sans-Souci, the palace without worry, became a ruin.