1898 - Madrid authorities receive a telegram informing them of the critical situation as the revolutionary fire spread in the Southeast Asian archipelago two months into the Philippine Revolution led by Supremo Andres Bonifacio against Spain; the revolution that started with the secret society-turned-revolutionary-government Kagalanggalangang Katipunan nang manga Anak nang Bayan (KKK) came amidst more than three centuries of colonial rule by the Spaniards began colonizing the islands in the mid-16th century following its 1521 "discovery" of by explorer Magellan after later ascertaining that the archipelago lies outside the Portuguese zone in line with the Treaty of Tordesillas.
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Andres Bonifacio - Emilio Aguinald |
1896 - Capt. Emilio Aguinaldo, a local Cavite leader of the secret society-turned-revolutionary-government Kagalanggalangang Katipunan nang manga Anak nang Bayan (KKK), issues two manifestos, foreshadowing his controversial rise to revolutionary leadership via a power grab from Supremo Andres Bonifacio during the Philippine Revolution against Spain; going by the nom de guerre Magdalo, Aguinaldo who is a member of the Katipunan chapter led by his cousin under the same name, issues manifestos (1) defining the revolution's aims under "Liberty, Equality and Fraternity,"and (2) his call for the formation of a central revolutionary government; Aguinaldo will depose Bonifacio from revolutionary leadership through the anomalous Tejeros Convention, subject the same to a kangaroo court martial trial wherein the assigned defense lawyer (Placido Martirez) spoke out against Bonifacio, and have the Supremo executed in his turf province of Cavite.
Photo credit: Aguinaldo by John Wheeler (1899) via http://www.hawaii.edu/cps/aguinaldo.html
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