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Ahmad Shah Durrani (1723–1773) unified the Afghan tribes and founded Afghanistan in 1747. [39] His mausoleum is next to the Shrine of the Cloak in Kandahar, Afghanistan, where he is fondly known as Ahmad Shah Baba (Ahmad Shah the Father). However, the founding father of modern Afghanistan is Mohammad Zahir Shah, the last King of Afghanistan ...
The Revolution of 1946 was a novel development in Haiti's history, as the Garde assumed power as an institution, not as the instrument of a particular commander. The members of the junta, known as the Military Executive Committee (Comité Exécutif Militaire), were Garde commander Colonel Franck Lavaud , Major Antoine Levelt , and Major Paul E ...
Following the Third Anglo-Afghan War in 1919, Afghanistan became free of foreign political hegemony, and emerged as the independent Kingdom of Afghanistan in June 1926 under Amanullah Khan. This monarchy lasted almost half a century, until Zahir Shah was overthrown in 1973 , following which the Republic of Afghanistan was established.
A squadron of French ships arrives in Haiti to deliver the news of Charles X's ordinance of 17 April to President Boyer 1831: 22 September: The city of Pétion-Ville, a suburb of Port-au-Prince named for Alexandre Pétion, is founded by Boyer 1838: Haiti's remaining debt to France, 120 million francs, is reduced to 60 million francs 1842: 7 May
North Haiti and South Haiti: Haiti: Haiti reunified after division following the death of Jean-Jacques Dessalines. Initial independence from France declared in 1804. January 24, 1859 Moldavia and Principality of Wallachia: Romania: Ottoman vassal until 1877. March 3, 1861 Kingdom of Sardinia, United Provinces of Central Italy and Kingdom of the ...
Haiti is the only country in the Western Hemisphere to undergo a successful slave revolution; however, a long history of oppression by dictators such as François Duvalier and his son Jean-Claude Duvalier has markedly affected the republic's governance and society. Since the end of the Duvalier era Haiti has been transitioning to a democratic ...
The Kingdom of Haiti, [1] or Kingdom of Hayti [2] (French: Royaume d'Haïti; [3] [4] Haitian Creole: Wayòm an Ayiti), was the state established by Henri Christophe on 28 March 1811 when he proclaimed himself King Henri I after having previously ruled as president of the State of Haiti, in the northern part of the country.
Bush and wife visited Afghanistan to inaugurate the renovated Embassy of the United States in Kabul. 2007: 13 May: Afghanistan–Pakistan border skirmishes: Skirmishes began with Pakistan. [27] 2010: U.S. President Barack Obama sent additional 33,000 U.S. soldiers to Afghanistan, with the total international troops reaching 150,000. 2011