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Independence Day [1] (Filipino: Araw ng Kasarinlán; also known as Araw ng Kalayaan, "Day of Freedom") is a national holiday in the Philippines observed annually on June 12, [2] commemorating the declaration of Philippine independence from Spain in 1898. [2] Since 1978, it has been the country's National Day.
Emilio Aguinaldo declared independence for the Philippines from Spain on June 12, 1898. [2] Months after the independence proclamation, Manila fell to the Americans on August 13. The Spanish government fled Manila and established their new capital for the country in Iloilo City with Diego de los Rios as governor-general.
President Diosdado Macapagal moved it to June 12, the date in 1898 on which Emilio Aguinaldo issued the Philippine Declaration of Independence from Spain. Philippine Republic Day was created in its place and kept as a holiday under Macapagal, [ 5 ] coinciding with the United States's own Independence Day .
The Philippine Centennial primarily commemorates the 100th anniversary of the Philippine Declaration of Independence on June 12, 1898. It also commemorates other events in the Philippine Revolution and the earlier part of the Philippine-American war including the execution of José Rizal (1896), the Cry of Pugad Lawin, the death of Andres Bonifacio, the exile of Emilio Aguinaldo in 1897 (See ...
By June, the rebels had gained control of nearly the entirety of the countryside, while the cities remained under Spanish control. On June 12, Aguinaldo issued the Philippine Declaration of Independence in Kawit. [11] Although this signified the end date of the revolution, neither Spain nor the United States recognized Philippine independence. [12]
Our list of the best songs for your Independence Day playlist aren't just full of references to red, white and blue (though we do have those, too!). They're also songs with messages about what ...
June 12 is the 163rd day of the year ... Independence Day, celebrates the independence of the Philippines from Spain in 1898. June 12 Commemoration (Lagos State)
The day specifically commemorates Union soldiers enforcing the Emancipation Proclamation in Texas on June 19, 1865 — freeing the remaining enslaved African Americans at the end of the Civil War.