Haiti
Country in the CaribbeanHaiti, officially the Republic of Haiti, is a country on the island of Hispaniola in the Caribbean Sea, east of Cuba and Jamaica, and south of The Bahamas. It occupies the western three-eighths of the island, which it shares with the Dominican Republic. Haiti is the third largest country in the Caribbean, and with an estimated population of 11.4 million, is the most populous Caribbean country. The capital and largest city is Port-au-Prince.
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AI Generated- 1492-12-06Navigator Christopher Columbus landed in Haiti, claiming the island for the Crown of Castile.
- 1492-12-25Columbus left 39 men on the island, who founded the settlement of La Navidad.
- 1507The first recorded smallpox epidemic in the Americas erupted on Hispaniola.