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
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
- 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 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 began his campaign with 16,000 Spanish soldiers to regain Cavite from Filipino revolutionaries.
- February 17 – Filipino forces lost 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 22 – The two factions of the Katipunan 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 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.[3]
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 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. 1948)
- Teodoro Plata (b. 1866)
- Vicente Molina[2]
- Hermenegildo de los Reyes[2]
- Jose 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