1897 in the Philippines

This is a list of notable events that happened in the Philippines in the year 1897.

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See also:	List of years in the Philippines

Incumbents

Camilo Polavieja y del Castillo, Marques de Polavieja.

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

References

1. Reyno, Ma. Cielito (Sep 7, 2012). "Events of February 1897". NHCP. Retrieved Mar 16, 2018.
2. "Philippine History – Martyrs of the Philippine Revolution". Filipino.biz.ph. 2009. Retrieved Mar 16, 2018.
3. Aguinaldo 1899 harvnb error: no target: CITEREFAguinaldo1899 (help)