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The Katipunan (lit. ' Association '), officially known as the Kataastaasang Kagalanggalangang Katipunan ng mga Anak ng Bayan [6] [7] [8] [a] (lit. ' Supreme and Venerable Association of the Children of the Nation '; Spanish: Suprema y Venerable Asociación de los Hijos del Pueblo) and abbreviated as the KKK, was a revolutionary organization founded in 1892 by a group of Filipino nationalists ...
The initials are read as "Kataastaasang Kagalanggalangang Katipunan ng mga Anak ng Bayan." Filipino: Sagisag ng Katipunan. Ang mga inisyal ay nangunguhulugang "Kataastaasang Kagalanggalangang Katipunan ng mga Anak ng Bayan."
The Katipunan was a nationalistic secret society founded in the Philippines in 1892 to oust the Spanish colonial government in Manila. The name Katipunan is actually a shorter version of the official name, which is in Tagalog : Kataastaasang, Kagalanggalangang Katipunan ng mga Anak ng Bayan (roughly translated as Supreme and Venerable Society ...
The society was called Katipunan or officially known as Katastaasang Kagalanggalangang Katipunan ng mga Anak ng Bayan. The movement reached to 20,000 from Luzon and Visayas Islands, upon its discovery Bonifacio gathered all his members and organized an army armed with Bolo, Lancers, Archers, and amulets.
The Cry of Pugad Lawin (Filipino: Sigaw sa Pugad Lawin, Spanish: Grito de Pugad Lawin) was the beginning of the Philippine Revolution against the Spanish Empire. [1]In late August 1896, members of the Katipunan [a] led by Andrés Bonifacio revolted somewhere around Caloocan, which included parts of the present-day Quezon City.
With the establishment of the Katipunan, Andrés Bonifacio requested his wife, Gregoria de Jesús, to create a flag for the society. De Jesús devised a simple red flag bearing the society's acronym, KKK, in white and arranged horizontally at the center. It became the society's first flag. Some Katipunan members used other variations.
The Katipunan movement spread throughout Luzon, to Panay in the Visayas and even as far as Mindanao. [64] From less than 300 members in January 1896, [55] it had 30,000 to 40,000 by August 1896. [64] The rapid increase in Katipunan activity drew the suspicion of the Spanish authorities. By early 1896, Spanish intelligence was aware of the ...
In 1896, Tecson co-founded the Arao (Balangay Arao) branch of a secret society-turned-revolutionary government, the Katipunan (Kataastaasang Kagalanggalangang Katipunan, or KKK)(Filipino: nang mga anak nang bayan), which operated out of San Miguel. On December 14, 1897, the Pact of Biak-na-Bato, was signed in Tecson's residence.