Unsung and Celebrated Heroes of the Philippines

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Heroes that are not given the recognition despite

their contributions to the country

Forgotten People of Philippine History

peripherally discussed or rarely mentioned people

often worked behind prominent heroes, but have

done dangerous and complicated tasks which

made many battles and revolts possible, if not

successful.


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tobacco manufacturer,soldier , and a close aideof General Antonio Luna

during the Revolution. Born 4 October 1869 in

Alcala, Cagayan. volunteered as a

member of the cavalry

during the Revolution of1896 to removesuspicion of hiscomplicity with the

uprising.

He also helped the causeby donating money fromhis own pocket.

5 June 1899 - Romanrushed to Lunas sideafter an assassin stabbedand shot the general. Hewas also stabbed and

shot to death.


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(b. April 5, 1860) a native of SanJacinto, Pangasinan, a revolutionary who

founded an organization under that ofGen. Francisco Makabulos, and was laterelected to the 1898 Malolos Congress.


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In 1896, he participated in the revolt. Two yearsafter, he was elected to the Malolos Congress. Wasnamed the chief of Pangasinan guards. He was later

named to the Malolos Congress. He fought with Gen. Emilio Aguinaldo against the

Americans, unfortunately was captured in the endof 1900. A Spanish friar was killed, he was accussed

of the crime through the falls testimony of the twoformer guards. He was tried and found guilty,sentenced to death by hanging at Dagupan Plaza inPangasinan.


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also known as Mena, was the representative

of Ilocos Sur in the Malolos Congress in 1898, one of

the signatories in the Malolos Constitution in 1899,

and the first governor of Ilocos Sur in 1901. In 1904,

he was sent to St. Louis in the United States for the

World Exposition. When his term as governor

ended, he spent most of his timepromoting Ilocano arts and literature, and forming

band and orchestra.

His komedya and sarsuela continue to entertain

Ilocanos especially during town fiestas.


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was a revolutionary who joined the Katipunan when

the Katipuneros went back

to Bulacan from Balintawak in 1896.

He is commonly known as Apo Ipe among his followers

from

Bulacan, Pampanga, Pangasinan, Tarlac and Nueva

Ecija. By 1910, he was caught by the Americans and was

sentenced to be hanged to death in 1912.


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a national hero of the Philippines, born inCuli-Culi, Makati, Rizal. His real name was Pio

Isidro, forced to adopt his fathers middlename to avoid arrest during the revolution.


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He designed a war flag for their Katipunanchapter which was a blood-red flag and awhite triangle with the capital "K" in eachangle, and in the middle a half sun with sevenrays.

he was the leader of the rebels that

defended Binakayan, Bacoor and LasPias and was able to capture Spanishauthorities, that earned him the rank ofBrigadier-General.


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one of the youngestgenerals in the

Philippine

Revolutionary Forcesduring the Philippine

Revolution and

the Philippine-American War.

"Boy General."

Fernando H. del Pilarand Felipa Sempio

of Bulacan, Bulacan

nephew ofpropagandist Marcelo

H. del Pilar


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December 2, 1899, delPilar led 60 Filipino

soldiers of Aguinaldo's

rear guard in the Battleof Tirad Pass against

the "Texas Regiment",

the 33rd InfantryRegiment of theUnited States led

by Peyton C. March.

Died in the Battle ofTirad Pass

In 1930, del Pilar's body

was exhumed and wasidentified by the gold

tooth and braces he

had installed while inexile in Hong Kong.


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Filipino revolutionaryknown as the Brains ofthe Katipunan.

Trozo, Tondo, Manila Mariano Jacinto and

Josefa Dizon fluent in

Spanish and Tagalog,but preferred to speakin Spanish

attended San Juan deLetran College, andlater transferred to

the University of SantoTomas to study law

at the age of 20, joinedthe secret society

called Katipunan advisor on fiscal

matters and secretaryto Andrs Bonifacio


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also wrote for theKatipunan newspaper

called Kalayaan

Dimasilaw Pingkian

author of the Kartilya

ng Katipunan

contracted malaria anddied in Magdalena,

Laguna, at the age of

24.


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Filipino pharmacist andgeneral who fought in

the Philippine-American

War. founder of

the Philippines's first

military academy. Urbiztondo,

Binondo, Manila

youngest of seven childrenof Joaqun Luna &

Spanish mestiza Laureana

Novicio older brother, Juan, was an

accomplished painter who

studied inthe Madrid Escuela deBellas Artes de San

Fernando


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At the age of six,Antonio learned reading,writing, and arithmetic

from a teacher knownas Maestro Intong. Hememorized the DoctrinaCristiana (catechism),the first book printed in

the Philippines.

Ateneo Municipal deManila, where hereceived his Bachelor of

Arts degree in 1881 studied literature and

chemistry atthe University of SantoTomas, where he won

first prize for a paper inchemistry titled TwoFundamental Bodies ofChemistry


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also studiedpharmacy,

swordsmanship,

fencing, militarytactics, and became a

sharpshooter

was sent by his dotingparents to Spain, to

acquire a licentiate and

doctorate in Pharmacy

obtained the degree ofLicentiate in Pharmacy

from the University of

Barcelona pursued further studies

and in 1890 obtained

the degree of Doctor ofPharmacy from

the Universidad Central

de Madrid.


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became one of theFilipino expatriateswho mounted the

PropagandaMovement

wrote for LaSolidaridad, published

by the reformistmovement of the eliteFilipino students inSpain.

Impressions which dealtwith Spanish customsand idiosyncrasies

under the pen-name"Taga-ilog

Died due to multipleinjuries; stabbed by

Captain PedroJanolino; shot byJanolinos cohorts

Cowards! Assassins!


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revolutionary leader whoconspiredwith British forces to

overthrow Spanish rule inthenorthern Philippines andestablish anindependent Ilocano

nation

revolt was fueled bygrievances stemmingfrom Spanish taxation

and abuses, and by hisbelief in self-government, that theadministration andleadership of the Roman

Catholic Church andgovernment in the Ilocosbe invested in trainedIlocano officials


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Aringay, Pangasinan(an area in present-day

Caba or Aringay, La

Union) worked as a messenger

for a local Castilian

priest in Vigan, IlocosSur.

Bright, passionate, andfluent in Spanish, he

ferried correspondence

from the Ilocos toManila; journeys that

gave him his first

glimpse of colonialinjustice and that

planted the seed of

rebellion


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killed by one of hisfriends, a Spanish-

Ilocano mestizo named

Miguel Vicos, whomchurch authorities paid

to assassinate Silang

with the help of PedroBecbec.He was 32 years

old.

his Spanish-Ilocana mestiza wife,Josefa

Gabriela, took command of

the revolt and foughtcourageously.

The Spanish sent a strong

force against her. She wasforced to retreat to Abra.


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Gabriela led her troops towards Vigan but was driven

back. She fled again to Abra, where she was captured.

Gabriela and her men were summarily hanged on

September 20, 1763; she being hanged the last.


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Vicente Ola andApolonia Arboleda

joined the local branch

of the Katipunan in hishometown province

of Albay and later

became the leader

promoted to the rankof captain after the

battle of Camalig in

Albay, 1898 and againpromoted to the rank

of major after a daring

ambush mission thatled to the capture of

three Americans


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last general tosurrender to American

forces during

the Philippine-American War, on the

condition that his men

would be grantedamnesty

s put on trial and wasproven guilty of

sedition and was

sentenced to thirtyyears in prison

1904, he was given a

pardon and returned tohis place of birth and

became the municipal

president


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People that are given the recognition for theircontributions to the country

Prominent people that fought for theindependence of our country People whose works had changed the ideals

of the Filipino Nation


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the son of Kapitan Laut Buisan and was known to

the Spaniards as Corralat and to some Dutch writers

as Guserat, was the seventh Sultan of Maguindanao.

He died at the end of 1671 after having ruled forabout half a century. His rule, with varying fortunes

and at different capitals, can, therefore, be fairly

estimated to have taken place from 1619 to 1671.


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By 1645, he was already using the title ofsultan.

As a young man he was entitled Katchil. His regal name was Qudratullah, which

denoted that the bearers power came fromGod. His great grandchildren referred to himas Nasir ud-Din.


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Filipino nationalist andrevolutionary

founder and later the

supreme leader ofthe Katipunan whichsought theindependence ofthe Philippines

from Spanish colonialrule and startedthe PhilippineRevolution.

Tondo, Manila Santiago Bonifacio and

Catalina de Castro

executed on May 10,1897 in the mountainsof Maragondon, Cavite.


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Filipino politicalphilosopher and

revolutionary who

wrote a constitutionalplan for the first

Philippine republic of

1899-1901, and servedas its first prime

minister in 1899

often referred to as"the Sublime Paralytic",

and as "the Brains of

the Revolution." To his enemies and

detractors, he is

referred to as the "DarkChamber of the

President."


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Brgy. Talaga in Tanauan,Batangas.

second of eight children

of Dionisia Maranan, avendor in the Tanauan

market, and Inocencio

Mabini, an unletteredpeasant

Believing that theReform Movement still

had a chance to

achieve success,Mabini did not

immediately support

the revolution of 1896


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When Jos Rizal wasexecuted in Decemberthat year, however, he

changed his mind andgave the revolution hiswholehearted support.

i was most active in

the revolution in 1898,when he served as thechief adviser forGeneral Aguinaldo

drafted decrees andcrafted the first everconstitution in Asia for

the First PhilippineRepublic, including theframework of therevolutionary

government which wasimplementedin Malolos in 1899.


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appointed primeminister and was

also foreign minister of

the newly independentdictatorial government

of Aguinaldo on

January 2, 1899.

Eventually, thegovernment declared

the first Philippine

republic in appropriateceremonies on January

23, 1899. Mabini then

led the first cabinet ofthe republic.


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Infighting amongmembers of the Maloloscongress led to thespread of rumors saying

that Mabini's paralysishad by caused byvenereal disease -specifically, syphilis.

debunked only in 1980,

when Mabini's boneswere exhumed andthe autopsy proved onceand for all that the causeof his paralysis was

Polio.

May 13, 1903 Mabini

died of cholera in Manila,

at the age of 38.


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Filipina revolutionarywho became known as"Tandang Sora" in the

history of thePhilippines because ofher age whenthe Philippine

Revolution broke out in1896 (she was already84 at the time).

Grand Woman ofthe Revolution andthe Mother

of Balintawak for herheroic contributionsto Philippine history.

operated a store, which

became a refuge forthe sick andwounded revolutionaries.


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a celebrated figure inthe Philippine

Revolution and a

leading propagandistfor reforms in

the Philippines

helpedthe Propaganda

Movement through his

speeches and liberalwritings on the plight

of the Filipinos as a

result of the abuses ofthe Spanish friars in the

country


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editor and co-publisher ofLa

Solidaridad(The

Solidarity), anewspaper advocating

reforms for

the Philippines

Cupang,Bulacan, Bulacan

youngest son of Julin

H. del Pilar,agobernadorcillo and

Blasa Gatmaitn.


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Diariong Tagalog featured in his

newspaper the poemof Jos Rizal, El AmorPatrio (The Love ofCountry), which del Pilartranslated into Tagaloglanguage

wrote articles againstthe friars, such as: Dasalan at Tocsohan

Pasing Dapat Ipag-alabnang Puso nang TauongBabasa

Cadaquilaan ng Dios

Sagot ng Espaa sa Hibic ng

Filipinas Dudas

La Frailocracia Filipina

Caiigat Cay


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arrived in Spain onJanuary 1, 1889, leavinghis family behind

headed the politicalsection of theAsociacinHispano-Filipina de

Madrid(Hispanic FilipinoAssociation of Madrid)

founded by Filipinoilustrados and Spanish

sympathizers, thepurpose of which was toagitate for reforms fromSpain


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succeeded GracianoLpez Jaena as editor

of the Filipino

reformist periodical LaSolidaridad on

December 15, 1889.

Even before he hadchief burden of the

editorship, and when

he assumed the post,he transferred the

editorial office

from Barcelona toMadrid.


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aims of the newspaperwere: removal of the friars and

the secularization of theparishes;

active Filipino participation inthe affairs of thegovernment;

freedom of speech, of thepress, and of assembly;

wider social and politicalfreedoms;

equality before the law; assimilation; representation in the Spanish

Parliament.

rejected the assimilationiststand and began planningan armed revolt.

conceived the Katipunan, a

secret revolutionaryorganization. tried to establish it in 1890

but succeeded only in July,1892 with the helpof Andrs

Bonifacio and DeodatoArellano.

died of tuberculosis inBarcelona on July 4, 1896


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Ilocano Filipino painter, sculptor and apolitical activist of the Philippine

Revolution during the late 19th century became one of the first recognized Philippine

artists


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His winning the gold medal in the 1884Madrid Exposition of Fine Arts, along with thesilver win of fellow Filipino painter Flix

Resurreccin Hidalgo, prompted acelebration which was a major highlight inthe memoirs of members of the Propaganda

Movement, with thefellow Ilustrados toasting to the two painters'good health and citing their win as evidencethat Filipinos and Spaniards were equals.


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Badoc, Ilocos Norte in the northernPhilippines, Juan Luna was the third amongthe seven children of Don Joaquin Luna and

Doa Laureana Novicio y Ancheta. went to Ateneo Municipal de Manila where he

obtained his Bachelor of Arts degree. He

excelled in painting and drawing, and wasinfluenced by his brother, Manuel Luna, who,according to Filipino patriot Jos Rizal, was abetter painter than Juan himself.


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enrolled at Escuela Nautica de Manila(now Philippine Merchant Marine Academy)and became a sailor

took drawing lessons under the illustriouspainting teacher Lorenzo Guerrero of Ermita,Manila

also enrolled in the Academy of FineArts (Academia de Dibujo y Pintura) in Manilawhere he was influenced and taught how todraw by the Spanish artist Agustin Saez


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1877 Manuel and Juan Luna traveled to Europe,where Manuel studied music and Juan painting

entered the Escuela de Bellas Artes de SanFernando, where he befriended the painterDon Alejo Vera

1878 when his artistic talents was established

with the opening of the first art expositionin Madrid which was called the ExposicinNacional de Bellas Artes (NationalDemonstration of Beautiful Arts)


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Notable works include:

Spolarium (1884)

La Muerte de Cleopatra (1881) El Pacto de Sangre (1885)

La Batalla de Lepanto (1887)


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On December 8, 1886, Luna married Maria de la Paz Pardo de Tavera, a

sister of his friend Felix and Trinidad Pardo de Tavera. The couple traveled

to Venice and Rome and settled in Paris.

had one son, whom they named Andrs, and a daughter nicknamed Bibi

who died in infancy.

was fond of painting his wife. However, the jealous Luna frequently

accused Paz of having an affair with a certain Monsieur Dussaq.

he killed his wife and mother-in-law and wounded his brother-in-law,

Felix, on September 23, 1892. He was arrested and murder charges were

filed against him.


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In 1891 Luna moved back to the Philippines and traveledto Japan in 1896, returning during the Philippine Revolution ofthe Cry of Balintawak.

September 16, 1896, he and his brother Antonio Luna werearrested by Spanish authorities for being involved with

the Katipunan rebel army. Despite his imprisonment, Luna wasstill able to produce a work of art which he gave to a visiting priest

pardoned by the Spanish courts on May 27, 1897 and was releasedfrom prison and he traveled back to Spain.

1898 - was appointed by the executive board of the Philippinerevolutionary government as a member of the Paris delegation

which was working for the diplomatic recognition of the RepblicaFilipina

1899 -upon the signing of the Treaty of Paris (1898), Luna wasnamed a member of the delegation to Washington, D.C. to pressfor the recognition of the Philippine government.


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He traveled back to the Philippines in December1899 upon hearing of the murder of his brotherAntonio by the Kawit Battalion in Cabanatuan.

On December 7, 1899, Luna suffered a heartattack and died there. His remains were buried in Hong Kong and in

1920 were exhumed and kept in Andrs Luna'shouse, to be later transferred to a niche at the

Crypt of the San Agustin Church in thePhilippines.

Unfortunately some of his paintings weredestroyed by fire in World War II.

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