Ongoing –
COVID-19 pandemic in Haiti January to March • January 14 – Hundreds
demonstrate in
Port-au-Prince,
Cap-Haïtien,
Jacmel,
Saint-Marc, and
Gonaïves against President Jovenel Moïse. Most of the demonstrations are peaceful, but some violence is reported. • February 1 – President Jovenel Moïse says he will stay on until February 22 and urges people to support proposed Constitutional amendments. Opposition leaders step up demands he step down and a transportation strike cripples the country. • February 7 –
Justice Minister Rockefeller Vincent say that a planned
assassination of Moïse and an attempted
coup d'état were frustrated. Twenty-three are arrested. • February 8 – Judge
Joseph Mécène Jean-Louis, 72, is named to lead the opposition to Moïse. • February 10 – Police use
tear gas and shoot into the air to disperse a
rock-throwing crowd of protesters. Twenty-three people are arrested and two journalists are injured during the incident. Protesters shout, "We are back to dictatorship! Down with Moise! Down with Sison," a reference to the U.S. Ambassador,
Michele J. Sison, who supports Moïse. • February 25 – At least 25 dead and many injured during a prison break at Croix-des-Bouquets Civil Prison, during which notorious gang leader Arnel Joseph escaped. Joseph is later found and killed in
L'Estère. • February 28 – Thousands wave tree branches and flags in protests against
kidnappings and Moïse. • March 2 – Haitian-born former
U.S. marine Jacques Duroseau is sentenced to five years of prison for smuggling guns to Haiti in 2019. • March 5 – Lissner Mathieu ("Ti-Nwa"), a U.S. national, and Peterson Benjamin ("Ti Peter Vilaj"), a Haitian national, are
extradited to the United States. Mathieu, 55, is accused on drug
charges, and Benjamin, a leader of the
Village de Dieu gang, faces kidnapping charges. • March 24 – The Supreme Court orders the release of those accused of plotting a coup d'état. • March 28 – Thousands take to the streets in
Port-au-Prince and other cities to reject a proposed
referendum to introduce a new constitution.
April to June • April 2 – Fighting in
Bel Air leads to the burning of houses and at least three deaths.
Jimmy "Barbecue" Chérizier, pro-government leader of the ″G-9 and Family and Allies coalition″ accepts responsibility for the attacks. • June 8 –
Haiti advances to the second round in
FIFA World Cup qualifying by defeating
Nicaragua (2-1) at Port-au-Prince.
July to September • July 7 –
Assassination of Jovenel Moïse • August 14 -
2021 Haiti earthquake kills 2,248 people.
October to December • November 12 - Amid escalating turmoil, protests over fuel price hike and
gang violence, the US and Canada urge their citizens to leave Haiti. • December 6 - Three of 17
missionaries who were kidnapped by a
street gang in October are released. • December 14 -
Cap-Haïtien fuel tanker explosion • December 16 - The remaining missionaries who were kidnapped by a street gang in October are released. ==Scheduled events==