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The National Heroes Committee was tasked to study, evaluate and recommend Filipino national heroes to recognize their heroic character and remarkable achievements for the country. [ 1 ] On November 30, 1994 (Bonifacio Day), President Ramos issued Proclamation No. 510 which declared the year 1996 (the centennial of the Philippine Revolution) as ...
Filipino painter Juan Luna shot dead his wife Paz Pardo De Tavera. November 24 Ferrocaril de Manila-Dagupan is opened, country's first railroad line with route of Manila–Dagupan, the forerunner of the Philippine National Railways. [34] 1893 El Hogar is established; country's first publication for and by women. [45] [86] March 10
After her stay in the United States from 1922 to 1925, Escoda returned to the Philippines in 1926. She became a lecturer in sociology at the University of the Philippines from 1927 to 1930 and at the University of Santo Tomas from 1930 to 1932. She was appointed as the field secretary of the Philippine Chapter of the American Red Cross from ...
Emilio Aguinaldo y Famy [e] QSC CCLH PMM KGCR [f] (Spanish: [eˈmiljo aɣiˈnaldoj ˈfami]: March 22, 1869 – February 6, 1964) was a Filipino revolutionary, statesman, and military leader who became the first president of the Philippines (1899–1901), and the first president of an Asian constitutional republic.
Gabriela Silang was born in barrio Caniogan, Santa, Ilocos to a Spanish Ilocano father named Anselmo Cariño, [1] a trader who ferried his wares from Vigan to Abra along the Abra River and a descendant of Ignacio Cariño, the first Galician from Spain to arrive in Candon in the late 17th century.
Who's Who in Philippine History. Manila, Philippines: Tahanan Books. ISBN 9716300352. Ricarte, General Artemio (1963). Memoirs of General Artemio Ricarte. Manila, Philippines: Manila : National Heroes Commission. ISBN 9715380484. Root, Elihu & United States (1902). Elihu Root collection of United States documents relating to the Philippine ...
Francisco Dagohoy of Inabanga, Bohol who led the longest Philippine revolt against the Spaniards; Tamblot, babaylan or priest to a local diwata (deity) who stirred up a religiously-motivated uprising against the Spaniards; Datu Sikatuna, Boholano chieftain who was part of the famous blood compact with Miguel Lopez de Legazpi
The National Historical Commission of the Philippines is a government agency of the Philippines whose mission is "the promotion of Philippine history and cultural heritage through research, dissemination, conservation, sites management and heraldry works and aims to inculcate awareness and appreciation of the noble deeds and ideals of our ...