Monday, May 10, 2010

10 MAY

1897 - The execution of Andres Bonifacio the founder and Supremo of the the Kataastaasan Kagalang-galang na Katipunan nang manga Anak nang Bayan (KKK), the secret revolutionary movement  in the Philippines aiming to overthrow Spanish colonial rule, along with his brother Procopio, is carried out by men of power-grabber Emilio Aguinaldo in Mt. Nagpatong, Cavite; the tragic murder-by-execution of Bonifacio, the revolutionary leader until the anomalous and Tejeros Convention subsequently led to his arrest, Kangaroo Court trial (with his own lawyer, Placido Martinez attacking him), and sentence of "guilty" of treason and sedition by men of Emilio Aguinaldo, came one day after the 22nd birthday of his wife, Gregoria de Jesus.

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