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In France, and throughout the Francophone world, the day is known as La Toussaint. Flowers (especially chrysanthemums), or wreaths called couronnes de toussaints, are placed at each tomb or grave. The following day, 2 November (All Souls' Day) is called Le jour des morts, the Day of the Dead. [21] November 1 is a public holiday.
François-Dominique Toussaint Louverture (French: [fʁɑ̃swa dɔminik tusɛ̃ luvɛʁtyʁ], English: / ˌ l uː v ər ˈ tj ʊər /) [2] also known as Toussaint L'Ouverture or Toussaint Bréda (20 May 1743 – 7 April 1803), was a Haitian general and the most prominent leader of the Haitian Revolution.
Toussaint Rouge (French: [tusɛ̃ ʁuʒ], "Red All Saints' Day"), also known as Toussaint Sanglante ("Bloody All-Saints' Day") is a series of 70 attacks [2] committed by militant members of the Algerian National Liberation Front (FLN) that took place on 1 November 1954—the Catholic festival of All Saints' Day—in French Algeria.
Toussaint (name) Toussaint, Seine-Maritime, a commune in the arrondissement of Le Havre in the Seine-Maritime département of France; Toussaint hierarchy, a mathematical hierarchy of graphs devised by Godfried Toussaint. Akl–Toussaint heuristic, part of the Toussaint hierarchy; Toussaint, a 2009 film about Haitian liberator Toussaint Louverture
The War of Knives (French: Guerre des couteaux), also known as the War of the South, was a civil war from June 1799 to July 1800 between the Haitian revolutionary Toussaint Louverture, a black ex-slave who controlled the north of Saint-Domingue (modern-day Haiti), and his adversary André Rigaud, a mixed-race free person of color who controlled the south. [1]
Moyse (Moïse, Moise) Hyacinthe L'Ouverture (1773 – 1801) was a military leader in Saint-Domingue during the Haitian Revolution.Originally allied with Toussaint L'Ouverture, Moyse grew disillusioned with the minimal labor reform and land distribution for black former slaves under the L'Ouverture administration and lead a rebellion against Toussaint in 1801.
Lorraine Toussaint (/ t uː ˈ s ɑː n t / [2] [3] born April 4, 1960) is a Trinidadian–born actress based in the United States. She is the recipient of various accolades , including a Black Reel Award , a Critics' Choice Television Award and a Screen Actors Guild Award .
Anniversaire de la mort de Dessalines: Commemorates the death of Jean-Jacques Dessalines. 1 November: All Saints Day: La Toussaint: Roman Catholic holiday; commemorates the sainthood. 2 November: All Souls' Day: Jour des Morts: Roman Catholic holiday; commemorates the faithful departed. 18 November: Battle of Vertières Day: Vertières