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1897 in the Philippines
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This is a list of notable events that happened in the Philippines in the year 1897.
Incumbents
thumb|120px|Camilo Polavieja y del Castillo, Marqués de Polavieja.
Spanish Colonial Government
Governor-General:
Camilo de Polavieja (until April 15)
José de Lachambre (April 15 – 23)
Fernándo Primo de Rivera (starting April 23)
Philippine Revolutionary Government (Tejeros Government)
Vice President:
Mariano Trías (March 22 – November 2)
Captain General: Artemio Ricarte
Republic of Biak-na-Bato
Vice President:
Mariano Trías (starting March 22)
Events
January
January 4 – Eleven of the fifteen Filipinos who would later be called the Fifteen Martyrs of Bicol are executed in Bagumbayan.http://filipino.biz.ph/history/bagumbayan.html Philippine History – Martyrs of the Philippine Revolution 2009 Filipino.biz.ph March 16, 2018
January 11 – Thirteen Filipinos who would later be called the Thirteen Martyrs of Bagumbayan are executed.
February
February 6:
Ten Katipunan members convicted of subversion are executed in Bagumbayan, Manila.http://nhcp.gov.ph/events-of-february-1897/ Events of February 1897 Reyno Ma. Cielito September 7, 2012 NHCP March 16, 2018
A revolt in parts of Negros Oriental led by native priests ends in a battle with the defeat of the natives by the Spanish forces.
February 13 – Governor-General Camilo de Polavieja begins his campaign with 16,000 Spanish soldiers to regain Cavite from Filipino revolutionaries.
February 17 – Filipino forces win in the Battle of Zapote Bridge at the boundary of Las Piñas and Cavite.
February 19 – Spaniards recapture Silang, Cavite in a battle.
February 25 – Spaniards recapture Dasmariñas, Cavite in a battle.
March
March 22 – The two factions of the Katipunan convene at the Tejeros Convention to resolve the leadership status in the organization.
March 23 – Nineteen Filipinos who would later be called the Nineteen Martyrs of Aklan are executed in Kalibo.
May
May 10 – Andrés Bonifacio and his brother Procopio Bonifacio are killed in Maragondon, Cavite.
November
November 1 – The Republic of Biak-na-Bato is established by Emilio Aguinaldo and his fellow revolutionaries, marking the first republic in the Philippines.
December
December 14 – The Pact of Biak-na-Bato is signed between Governor-General Fernando Primo de Rivera and Emilio Aguinaldo, aiming to end the Philippine Revolution.http://www.authorama.com/true-version-of-the-philippine-revolution-1.html True Version of the Philippine Revolution Don Emilio Aguinaldo y Famy http://www.authorama.com/true-version-of-the-philippine-revolution-3.html Chapter II. The Treaty of Biak-na-bató September 23, 1899 Authorama: Public Domain Books Aguinaldo 1899 September 23, 2008
Holidays
As a colony of the Spanish Empire and being predominantly Catholic, the following were considered holidays:
January 1 – New Year's Day
April 15 – Maundy Thursday
April 16 – Good Friday
December 25 – Christmas Day
Births
January 23 – Ildefonso Santos, Filipino poet, sculptor, and writer (d. 1984)
March 3 – José Romero, Filipino politician (d. 1978)
June 29 – George J. Willmann, naturalized Filipino missionary from the United States (d. 1977)
September 11 – Francisca Susano, Filipino supercentenarian (d. 2021)
December 3 – Elisa Ochoa, first Filipina in the Congress of the Philippines (d. 1978)
Deaths
January 4 – Eleven of the Fifteen Martyrs of Bicol are executed.
January 11 – The Thirteen Martyrs of Bagumbayan are executed.
José Dizon, one of the founders of Katipunan
February 6 – Members of the Katipunan are executed:
Román Basa (b. 1848)
Teodoro Plata (b. 1866)
Vicente Molina
Hermenegildo de los Reyes
José Trinidad
Pedro Nicodemus
Feliciano del Rosario
Gervasio Samson
Doroteo Dominguez
Apolonio de la Cruz
February 17 – Edilberto Evangelista, Filipino civil engineer and general (b. 1862)
March 23 – The Nineteen Martyrs of Aklan are executed.
May 10 – Andrés Bonifacio, Filipino nationalist and revolutionary; one of the founders of Katipunan (b. 1863)
Unknown dates
Those executed after January 11, 1897:
Hugo Perez
Pedro Joson
Marcello de los Santos Esguerra
Eugenio de los Reyes y Herrera
Valentin Matias Lagasca y Cruz
References