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| Gen. Santiago Alvarez |
1872 - Santiago Alvarez, who would become one of the most valiant generals of the Philippine Revolution against Spain, is born in Imus, Cavite to Gen. Mariano Alvarez and Nocilasa Virata; Alvarez will be dubbed the Hero of the Battle of Dalahican when he engaged the Spanish troops under Gen. Ramon Blanco in the bloody 36-hour battle, successfully repulsing the enemy forces; however, during the United States invasion of the Philippines, Alvarez will become an American 'collaborator' of sorts, to be appointed by William Howard Taft as presiding officer of the imperialist civil government body, the so-called Great Council of Peace Commision in 1902, three years into the protracted and very bloody Philippine-American War.
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