Florvil Hyppolite
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Louis Mondestin Florvil Hyppolite (1828–1896) was the President of Haiti
from 17 October 1889 to 24 March 1896. He was a career soldier, a general. He was installed as president by a constitutional council.
Hyppolite died of a heart attack while in office, while traveling to address a civilian revolt in the city of Jacmel
. A tale of Haitian folklore describes how Hyppolite's hat fell off his head before arriving to Jacmel that day, something that was considered a bad omen among everyday Haitians. The incident is remembered in the Haitian children song "Panama M' Tombé", which is still sung to this day.
Haiti
Haiti , officially the Republic of Haiti , is a Caribbean country. It occupies the western, smaller portion of the island of Hispaniola, in the Greater Antillean archipelago, which it shares with the Dominican Republic. Ayiti was the indigenous Taíno or Amerindian name for the island...
from 17 October 1889 to 24 March 1896. He was a career soldier, a general. He was installed as president by a constitutional council.
Hyppolite died of a heart attack while in office, while traveling to address a civilian revolt in the city of Jacmel
Jacmel
Jacmel, also known by its indigenous Taíno name of Yaquimel, is a town in southern Haiti founded in 1698. It is the capital of the department of Sud-Est and has an estimated population of 40,000, while the municipality of Jacmel had a population of 137,966 at the 2003 Census.The buildings are...
. A tale of Haitian folklore describes how Hyppolite's hat fell off his head before arriving to Jacmel that day, something that was considered a bad omen among everyday Haitians. The incident is remembered in the Haitian children song "Panama M' Tombé", which is still sung to this day.