en leur honneur : the article or possessive adjective

is only used in a few expressions after en ; e.g. en l'absence de . ., en l'honneur de . .

„ 25. l'empire haïtien: Hayti, or Santo Domingo, was discovered in 1492 by Columbus ; the western portion of

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Hayti was in 1607 ceded to France ; in 1804 Dessalines, a[>ing tho exaniple of Napoléon, proclainied himself Emperoi- of Hayti.