1896 - Antonio San Agustin Salazar, Filipino mason and revolutionary and one of the Bagumbayan Martyrs during the Spanish colonial rule, confesses that he knows Andres Bonifacio, the founder and leader of the revolutionary society-turned-rebel-government Kagalanggalangang Katipunan nang manga Anak nang Bayan (KKK), because he was supposedly present during Bonifacio's initiation into the Masonic lodge "Taliba"; Salazar would be one of the 13 so-called Bagumbayan martyrs to be shot on January 11, 1897 during a period later described by historians as "period of terror" when the Spanish colonial authorities resorted to terrifying acts in the bid to quell the Philippine Revolution that began in August 1896.
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| All-American, the imperialist body Philippine Commission |
1900 - One year and seven months into the bloody and protracted Philippine-American War (1899-1914), the imperialist body Philippine Commission [translation: United States colonial commission to help colonize the Philippines] adopts a system of civil service wherein government service appointments are based on competitive test results.
1862 - The Spanish colonial Royal Commissary is created in the bid to conduct extensive survey of conditions in the colony, the Philippine Islands, particularly with regards problems concerning local civil administration.
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