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Caquenga's Revolt
Caquenga's Revolt occurred in 1607 in the area of modern-day Rizal, Cagayan. The leader of the revolt was Andrés Caquenga, an animist priestess in the Malaueg community. The arrival of Fray Pedro, a Dominican friar, triggered a revolt that spread throughout the surrounding region. Background With the creation of the Nueva Segovia diocese in 1595 in the Cagayan Valley, Catholic missionaries from Europe began flooding into the region to convert the indigenous inhabitants to Catholicism. According to the Dominican account, Pagulayan, the chief of Nalfotan, tried contacting Catholic missionaries for years. Fray Pedro accepted the invitation and went to Nalfotan to visit Pagulayan and the Malaueg people, finding a church erected and the people waiting to adopt the religion. However, Caquenga, an indigenous animist leader, stopped the friar. Christianity posed a threat to her indigenous animism, and Catholic missionaries and Spanish officials worked to eradicate their beliefs. In re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rizal, Cagayan
Rizal, officially the Municipality of Rizal, is a municipality in the province of Cagayan, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 19,077 people. In the 21st century, the town grew notorious for the multiple incidents of assassinations among local politicians, with three mayors being killed since the 1980s. History Spanish regime The incorporation of the town was dated early 1500s during the Spanish era in the Philippines. At that time, the town was called "Malaueg", from the word "''ueg''" that means creek or river. The name was used until 1903 when the town was renamed in honor of Filipino nationalist José Rizal. During the Spanish regime, the town was said to be the rest spots of the Spanish Authorities, friars and some locals, because of its cool environmental climate. Malaueg people build the largest stone convents for the friars, some nipa hut houses for Spanish Authorities and some ordinary houses for the locals. Malaueg became a center of C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Diego Aduarte
Diego Aduarte OP (1570–1636; born in Zaragoza) was a Spanish Dominican friar and historian. He was a missionary to the Philippine Islands and arrived there in 1595 with Blancas de San Jose. In 1632 was made Prior of Manila. He died in 1636. Aduarte's works include an account of the difficulties and problems faced by Spanish missionaries introducing Christianity into Cambodia Cambodia, officially the Kingdom of Cambodia, is a country in Southeast Asia on the Mainland Southeast Asia, Indochinese Peninsula. It is bordered by Thailand to the northwest, Laos to the north, and Vietnam to the east, and has a coastline .... He also made a biography of the missionary Juan Cobo. References External links * * 1570 births 1636 deaths People from Zaragoza Spanish Dominicans Roman Catholic missionaries in the Philippines Spanish people in the colonial Philippines 17th-century Spanish historians Spanish Roman Catholic missionaries Dominican missionaries 17th-c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
History Of Cagayan Valley
Cagayan Valley (; ), designated as Region II, is an Regions of the Philippines, administrative region in the Philippines. Located in the northeastern section of Luzon, it is composed of five Provinces of the Philippines, Philippine provinces: Batanes, Cagayan, Isabela (province), Isabela, Nueva Vizcaya, and Quirino. The region hosts four chartered cities: Cauayan, Isabela, Cauayan, Ilagan, Santiago, Isabela, Santiago, and Tuguegarao (the regional center and largest city). Most of its land area lies in the valley between the Cordillera Central (Luzon), Cordilleras and the Sierra Madre (Philippines), Sierra Madre mountain ranges. The eponymous Cagayan River, the country's largest and longest, runs through the region, flows from the Caraballo Mountains, and ends in Aparri. Cagayan Valley is the second-largest Philippine administrative region by land area. According to a literacy survey in 2019, 93% of Cagayan Valley's citizens (ages 10 to 64) are Functional literacy, functionally ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
