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February Revolution, in French history

(Encyclopedia)February Revolution, 1848, French revolution that overthrew the monarchy of Louis Philippe and established the Second Republic. General dissatisfaction resulted partly from the king's increasingly rea...

February Revolution, in Russian history

(Encyclopedia)February Revolution, 1917, in Russian history: see The February Revolution under Russian Revolution. ...

Natural History, American Museum of

(Encyclopedia)Natural History, American Museum of: see American Museum of Natural History. ...

Gonaïves

(Encyclopedia)Gonaïves gōnäēvˈ [key], city (1995 est. pop. 59,000), W Haiti, a port on the Gulf of Gonâve and capital of Artibonite dept. The region's agricultural products (including coffee, cotton, sugar, a...

Les Cayes

(Encyclopedia)Les Cayes ō kā [key], town (1990 est. pop. 37,600), SW Haiti, on the Caribbean Sea. Haiti's chief southern port, it handles exports, mainly sugar and coffee. Hurricanes have devastated the city seve...

Ogé, Vincent

(Encyclopedia)Ogé, Vincent văNsäNˈ ōzhāˈ [key], c.1750–1791, Haitian revolutionist and national hero. A free mulatto, well educated and comparatively wealthy, he was sent to plead before the National Assem...

Duvalier, Jean-Claude

(Encyclopedia)Duvalier, Jean-Claude düvälyāˈ [key], 1951–2014, president of Haiti (1971–86). At age 19, he was proclaimed “president for life” upon the death of his father, Francois Duvalier. Under gre...

Soulouque, Faustin Élie

(Encyclopedia)Soulouque, Faustin Élie fōstăNˈ ālēˈ so͞olo͞okˈ [key], c.1785–1867, emperor of Haiti (1849–59). An illiterate former slave, he became president in 1847 and then declared himself emperor ...