1897 in the Philippines
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1897 in the Philippines details events of note that happened in the Philippines in the year 1897.
Incumbents
Spanish Colonial Government
- Governor-General:
- until April 15: Camilo de Polavieja
- April 15-April 23: José de Lachambre
- starting April 23: Fernándo Primo de Rivera
Philippine Revolutionary Government (Tejeros Government)
- Vice President:
- March 22-November 2: Mariano Trías
- Captain General: Artemio Ricarte
Republic of Biak-na-Bato
- Vice President:
- March 22-November 2: Mariano Trías
Events
- February 13 – Governor-General Camilo de Polavieja began his campaign with 16,000 Spanish soldiers to regain Cavite from Filipino revolutionaries.
- March 22 – The two factions of the Katipunan convened at the Tejeros Convention to resolve the leadership status in the organization.
- May 10 – Andrés Bonifacio and his brother Procopio Bonifacio were killed in Maragondon, Cavite.
- November 1 – The Republic of Biak-na-Bato was established by Emilio Aguinaldo and his fellow revolutionaries, the first republic to be established in the Philippines.
- December 14 – The Pact of Biak-na-Bato was signed between Governor-General Fernando Primo de Rivera and Emilio Aguinaldo to end the Philippine Revolution.[1]
Births
- January 23 - Ildefonso Santos, Filipino poet, sculptor, and writer
- March 3 - Jose E. Romero, Filipino politician
- June 29 - George J. Willmann, Naturalized Filipino missionary from the United States. (d. 1977)
- December 3 - Elisa Ochoa, first Filipina in the Congress of the Philippines (d. 1978)
Deaths
- January 11 - José Dizon, one of the founders of Katipunan
- February 17 - Edilberto Evangelista, Filipino civil engineer and general (b. 1862)
- May 10 - Andrés Bonifacio, Filipino nationalist and revolutionary; one of the founders of Katipunan (b. 1863)