1897 In The Philippines

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

Incumbents

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)''

Events

January

* January 4 – Eleven of fifteen Filipinos which would be called the ''Fifteen Martyrs of Bicol'' are executed in Bagumbayan.
* January 11 – Thirteen Filipinos which would be called the ''Thirteen Martyrs of Bagumbayan'' are executed.

February

* February 6:
** Ten ''Katipunan'' members convicted of subversion are executed in Bagumbayan, Manila.
** 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.
* 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.
* February 19 – Spaniards recaptures Silang, Cavite in a battle.
* February 25 – Spaniards recaptures Dasmariñas, Cavite in a battle.

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.

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.

Holidays

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

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 – Executed eleven of the ''Fifteen Martyrs of Bicol''.
* January 11 – Executed ''Thirteen Martyrs of Bagumbayan''.
**José Dizon, one of the founders of Katipunan
* February 6 – Executed members of ''Katipunan'':
**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 – Executed ''Nineteen Martyrs of Aklan''.
* 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

{{Years in the Philippines