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Graciano López y Jaena (December 18, 1856 – January 20, 1896), commonly known as Graciano López Jaena (Tagalog pronunciation: [ˈlopes ˈhaɪna]), was a Filipino journalist, orator, reformist, and national hero who is well known for his newspaper, La Solidaridad (December 13,1888.
La Solidaridad (lit. The Solidarity) was an organization created in Spain on December 13, 1888. Composed of Filipino liberals exiled in 1872 and students attending Europe's universities, the organization aimed to increase Spanish awareness of the needs of its colony, the Philippines, and to propagate a closer relationship between the Philippines and Spain.
Lopez Jaena Day is a public holiday to celebrate the birth of Philippine national hero Graciano López Jaena. It was declared a holiday by the Philippine National Government only for Iloilo Province and Iloilo City .
He was a contributor to La Solidaridad and one of the members of the Propaganda Movement in Spain along with Jose Rizal, Marcelo H. del Pilar, Mariano Ponce and Graciano Lopez Jaena; He was part of Aguinaldo's Hong Kong Junta, the exiled Revolutionary Government of the Philippines
The most prominent ilustrados were Graciano López Jaena, Marcelo H. del Pilar, Mariano Ponce, Antonio Luna and José Rizal, the Philippine national hero.Rizal's novels Noli Me Tangere ("Touch Me Not") and El Filibusterismo ("The Subversive") "exposed to the world the injustices imposed on Filipinos under the Spanish colonial regime".
Baptisms of notable people - national hero, journalist and , and co-founder of the Propaganda Movement, Graciano Lopez Jaena, who was born in Jaro was baptized on December 20, 1856, in Jaro Cathedral. Ilonggo senator Grace Poe, a foundling herself, was found and baptized in Jaro Cathedral.
The renaming of Jaro Plaza to "Graciano Lopez Jaena Park" is a tribute to the notable Jaro-born journalist, reformist, and founder of La Solidaridad, Graciano Lopez Jaena. It also commemorates the friendship between Lopez Jaena and General Martin Delgado, who were both students at the nearby San Vicente de Ferrer Seminary and were known to ...
It was established by Graciano López Jaena in Barcelona and was recognized in April 1889. It did not last long after he resigned from being its Worshipful Master on 29 November 1889. In December 1889, Marcelo H. del Pilar established the Solidaridad in Madrid with the help of Julio Llorente, its first Worshipful Master