1896 - The trial of Filipino polymath and patriot Dr. Jose Mercado Rizal for charges of sedition, rebellion and conspiracy by a Spanish military court commences; Rizal was implicated in the Philippine Revolution against Spain that erupted in August 1896 led by Kagalanggalangang Katipunan nang manga Anak nang Bayan Supremo Andres Bonifacio y de Castro; Rizal will plead innocence, disowning the Katipunan himagsikan, but will still be found guilty of all charges.
1898 - Debates in the Senate hall of the imperialist United States begin on the issue of American 'authority' to acquire territories and the right of the people of the fledgling Philippine Republic to live independently and freely; a day earlier, William McKinley claimed with evil-level gall before the US Congress that they own the Philippines by force of law and equity ; some two weeks earlier, the government of Gen. Emilio Aguinaldo y Famy appointed a diplomat "to seek official recognition of the independence and government of the Philippines and to prepare the establishment of relations with them" but as Felipe Agoncillo y Encarnacion found no signs of the Bald Eagle moving to recognize the sovereignty of the country, he helped form a Commission that would travel to Washington and work at seeking American recognition of Filipino independence.
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