1897_in_the_Philippines
1897 in the Philippines
Philippine-related events during the year of 1897
This is a list of notable events that happened in the Philippines in the year 1897.
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 (March 22 – November 2)
January
- January 4 – Eleven of fifteen Filipinos which would be called the Fifteen Martyrs of Bicol are executed in Bagumbayan.[1][2]
- January 11 – Thirteen Filipinos which would be called the Thirteen Martyrs of Bagumbayan are executed.[1][2]
February
- February 6:
- Ten Katipunan members convicted of subversion are executed in Bagumbayan, Manila.[1]
- A revolt in parts of Negros Oriental led by native priests ends in a battle with the defeat of the natives from the Spanish forces.[1]
- 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 occurred in the boundary of Las Piñas and Cavite.[1]
- February 19 – Spaniards recaptures Silang, Cavite in a battle.[1]
- February 25 – Spaniards recaptures Dasmariñas, Cavite in a battle.[1]
March
- March 22 – The two factions of the Katipunan are convened at the Tejeros Convention to resolve the leadership status in the organization.
- March 23 – Nineteen Filipinos which would be called the Nineteen Martyrs of Aklan are executed in Kalibo.[2]
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, the first republic to be established in the Philippines.
December
- December 14 – The Pact of Biak-na-Bato is signed between Governor-General Fernando Primo de Rivera and Emilio Aguinaldo to end the Philippine Revolution.[3]
As a colony of Spanish Empire and being a catholic, the following were considered holidays:
- January 1 – New Year's Day
- April 15 – Maundy Thursday
- April 16 – Good Friday
- December 25 – Christmas Day
- 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)
- January 4 – Executed eleven of the Fifteen Martyrs of Bicol.[1][2]
- January 11 – Executed Thirteen Martyrs of Bagumbayan.[1][2]
- José Dizon, one of the founders of Katipunan[2]
- February 6 – Executed members of Katipunan:[1]
- Román Basa (b. 1848)
- Teodoro Plata (b. 1866)
- Vicente Molina[2]
- Hermenegildo de los Reyes[2]
- José Trinidad[2]
- Pedro Nicodemus[2]
- Feliciano del Rosario[2]
- Gervasio Samson[2]
- Doroteo Dominguez
- Apolonio de la Cruz
- February 17 – Edilberto Evangelista,[1] Filipino civil engineer and general (b. 1862)
- March 23 – Executed Nineteen Martyrs of Aklan.[2]
- May 10 – Andrés Bonifacio, Filipino nationalist and revolutionary; one of the founders of Katipunan (b. 1863)
Unknown dates
- Those executed after January 11, 1897:[2]
- Hugo Perez
- Pedro Joson
- Marcello de los Santos Esguerra
- Eugenio de los Reyes y Herrera
- Valentin Matias Lagasca y Cruz
- Reyno, Ma. Cielito (September 7, 2012). "Events of February 1897". NHCP. Retrieved March 16, 2018.
- "Philippine History – Martyrs of the Philippine Revolution". Filipino.biz.ph. 2009. Retrieved March 16, 2018.
- Don Emilio Aguinaldo y Famy (September 23, 1899), "Chapter II. The Treaty of Biak-na-bató", True Version of the Philippine Revolution, Authorama: Public Domain Books, retrieved September 23, 2008