1896 - The Battle of Binakayan is won by Katipuneros, Filipino revolutionaries, during the Philippine Revolution against Spain; the battle that occurred in Cavite and took many lives but is said to be one of the biggest wins of the Filipinos, would be described by Gen. Santiago Alvarez in his memoirs as, for a time, clearly a Spanish victory, with the fort taken over and many Katipuneros dead until the Spaniards committed the tactical error of not further proceeding to Dalahikan where they could have probably launched a victorious, surprise attack; Binakayan was eventually won when the defenders of Dalahikan moved to attack the enemy and recover the forts earlier seized.
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