1897 in the Philippines

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This is a list of notable events that happened in the Philippines in the year 1897.

Incumbents edit

Camilo Polavieja y del Castillo, Marques de Polavieja.

Governor-General:
- Camilo de Polavieja (until April 15)
- José de Lachambre (April 15 – 23)
- Fernándo Primo de Rivera (starting April 23)

January 4 – Eleven of fifteen Filipinos which would be called the Fifteen Martyrs of Bicol are executed in Bagumbayan.^[1]^[2]
January 11 – Thirteen Filipinos which would be called the Thirteen Martyrs of Bagumbayan are executed.^[1]^[2]

February 6:
- Ten Katipunan members convicted of subversion are executed in Bagumbayan, Manila.^[1]
- A revolt in parts of Negros Oriental led by native priests ends in a battle with the defeat of the natives from the Spanish forces.^[1]
February 13 – Governor-General Camilo de Polavieja begins his campaign with 16,000 Spanish soldiers to regain Cavite from Filipino revolutionaries.
February 17 – Filipino forces win in the Battle of Zapote Bridge occurred in the boundary of Las Piñas and Cavite.^[1]
February 19 – Spaniards recaptures Silang, Cavite in a battle.^[1]
February 25 – Spaniards recaptures Dasmariñas, Cavite in a battle.^[1]

March 22 – The two factions of the Katipunan are convened at the Tejeros Convention to resolve the leadership status in the organization.
March 23 – Nineteen Filipinos which would be called the Nineteen Martyrs of Aklan are executed in Kalibo.^[2]

November 1 – The Republic of Biak-na-Bato is established by Emilio Aguinaldo and his fellow revolutionaries, the first republic to be established in the Philippines.

December 14 – The Pact of Biak-na-Bato is signed between Governor-General Fernando Primo de Rivera and Emilio Aguinaldo to end the Philippine Revolution.^[3]

As a colony of Spanish Empire and being a catholic, the following were considered holidays:

January 23 – Ildefonso Santos, Filipino poet, sculptor, and writer (d. 1984)
March 3 – José Romero, Filipino politician (d. 1978)
June 29 – George J. Willmann, Naturalized Filipino missionary from the United States. (d. 1977)
September 11 - Francisca Susano, Filipino supercentenarian, (d. 2021)
December 3 – Elisa Ochoa, first Filipina in the Congress of the Philippines (d. 1978)

January 4 – Executed eleven of the Fifteen Martyrs of Bicol.^[1]^[2]
January 11 – Executed Thirteen Martyrs of Bagumbayan.^[1]^[2]
- José Dizon, one of the founders of Katipunan^[2]
February 6 – Executed members of Katipunan:^[1]
- Román Basa (b. 1848)
- Teodoro Plata (b. 1866)
- Vicente Molina^[2]
- Hermenegildo de los Reyes^[2]
- José Trinidad^[2]
- Pedro Nicodemus^[2]
- Feliciano del Rosario^[2]
- Gervasio Samson^[2]
- Doroteo Dominguez
- Apolonio de la Cruz
February 17 – Edilberto Evangelista,^[1] Filipino civil engineer and general (b. 1862)
March 23 – Executed Nineteen Martyrs of Aklan.^[2]
May 10 – Andrés Bonifacio, Filipino nationalist and revolutionary; one of the founders of Katipunan (b. 1863)

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k Reyno, Ma. Cielito (September 7, 2012). "Events of February 1897". NHCP. Retrieved March 16, 2018.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ "Philippine History – Martyrs of the Philippine Revolution". Filipino.biz.ph. 2009. Retrieved March 16, 2018.
^ Don Emilio Aguinaldo y Famy (September 23, 1899), "Chapter II. The Treaty of Biak-na-bató", True Version of the Philippine Revolution, Authorama: Public Domain Books, retrieved September 23, 2008