State · 1849 – 1859

Second Empire of Haiti

A state of 1849 – 1859 — 10 years in the Americas and Oceania. It replaced Republic of Haiti (1820–1849). It was replaced by Haiti. Its line of rulers holds 1 person.

For the full story, the article on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0); this page holds what the record says of the state.

Stood: 10 years; 1849 – 1859
Rulers: 1; the Emperor of Haiti
Most ground: 31,400 km²; in 1849
Symbols: 2; on record, with years

Map: Second Empire of Haiti in 1849, its borders in gold among its neighbours — Second Empire of Haiti in 1849, when it held the most ground the borders dataset draws for it: 31,400 km². Its neighbours wear their tints, as on the atlas's own map. Borders from Cliopatria (CC BY 4.0), coast and rivers from Natural Earth, cities from Reba, Reitsma & Seto 2016 (CC BY 4.0), each city under the name it bore that year.

Where it sits in time

Five thousand years, 3000 BCE to 2026; the state in gold, what it replaced or followed and what replaced or followed it in grey.

Before and after

The states the record files it as replacing or following, and those that replaced or followed it - Wikidata's own statements, each read from this state's side.

Before it

Republic of Haiti (1820–1849) · replaces · 1820 – 1849

After it

Haiti · replaced by · 1804 – present

Rulers

The line of Emperor of Haiti.

deposed, abdicated, exiled or removed

Ruler	Reign	Length	How it ended · source	To the ruler before
Faustin Soulouque	1849 – 1859	10 years	abdicated, the article saysread from the ruler's own article

1 rulers, 1 with terms dated as terms, covering 1849 – 1859. Only 10 years of the line are dated - too short for a median. A blank in the last column means no kin on record, which is coverage, never “unrelated”.

Ground held, by year

km² inside its borders as the borders dataset draws them, measured on an equal-area grid; a step series, held between the years the dataset maps.

31,400 km² in 1849, 31,400 km² in 1859; at its largest 31,400 km² in 1849. Cliopatria, CC BY 4.0.

Flags and arms, in order

Each symbol with the years its own statement gives; the timeline flies the one of the year on screen.

flag, undatedImperial Flag of Haiti (1849-1859) · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Baselle
coat of arms, undatedImperial Coat of Arms of Haiti (1849-1859) · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Baselle , Elements by: Heralder , and Sodacan

Among all states

Each measure against the states that carry it, never against all of them: a bar is the share of those states below this one.

How long it stood10 years
stood longer than 17% of 3,187 states with a recorded end or still standing.
The most ground it held31,400 km²
held more ground at its peak than 28% of 1,465 states with a border in Cliopatria.
Wars recorded per centurynone
had more wars on record per century than 44% of 3,187 states, counting the wars the atlas hosts under each.
Rulers on record1
has more rulers on record than 13% of 1,968 states with a line of rulers.

What led to it, and what came of it

The investigation's own picture: 2 causes the record names and 1 result, the strongest six of each at their own years, joined to the state by the kind of claim - a recorded statement solid, the article's sentence dashed, a theory dash-dot.

in the articlelinked

Open the investigation: every row with its evidence, the conditions at the time, the theories condition by condition, and the succession analysed.

Open in the atlas

On the timeline, 1839 – 1869, with everything that stood beside it.
On the map in 1849, live: scrub the year and watch its borders move.
Investigate it: what led to it, what came of it, and its succession analysed.

Wikidata Q2979717 (CC0) · borders Cliopatria, CC BY 4.0 · coast and rivers Natural Earth · symbols from Wikimedia Commons, each credited above · data built 2026-10-06 · Pastlas v2.9.1, by Oleh Voronko. The published atlas and its data are for non-commercial use.