Side by side
France and Haiti compared
Two sourced records set beside each other — the figures each nation publishes, and the events each chronicle records of the other. Compared, never graded.
10 August 843 — The Treaty of Verdun gives Charles the Bald West Francia
- Shared indicators
- 36
- Domains
- 9
- Crossed events
- 4
- Data through
- 2026-08-11
The figures, side by side
Each figure is the same observation, with the same source, as on the two dossiers. Every value shows the year it was observed — vintages differ by indicator and nation. A “—” is an absence in the source data, never a zero. Metric names link to the world ranking; values open the figure on its own dossier.
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Entangled histories
4 events in which either nation’s sourced chronicle names the other — including under earlier names of the same state. Each is the same record, with the same sources, as on its own chronicle; nothing here was written for this page.
- 1697 CE
France gains Saint-Domingue
The Treaty of Rijswijk transfers the western third of Hispaniola from Spain to France, creating the colony of Saint-Domingue.
Colonisation · from the Haiti chronicle · Saint-Domingue: The Richest Colony on Earth · Treaty of Rijswijk, Saint-Domingue
- by 1789
World's richest colony
Saint-Domingue, with roughly half a million enslaved Africans, has become the leading producer of sugar and coffee and France's most valuable colony.
Economy & Trade · from the Haiti chronicle · Saint-Domingue: The Richest Colony on Earth · Saint-Domingue, Haitian Revolution
- 1802 CE
Napoleon's expedition; Toussaint deported
Napoleon sends an army to restore slavery; Toussaint Louverture is seized and deported to France, where he dies in 1803.
War & Rupture · from the Haiti chronicle · The Haitian Revolution and Independence · Toussaint Louverture, Haitian Revolution
- 1825 CE
The French indemnity
France recognises Haitian independence only in exchange for an indemnity of 150 million francs, burdening Haiti with crippling debt.
Economy & Trade · from the Haiti chronicle · Kingdom, Republic, and the Indemnity · History of Haiti