Diego Silang y Andaya (December 16, 1730 – May 28, 1763)

...Born in Aringay, Pangasinan (an area in present-day Caba or Aringay, La Union)

...His mother was Ilocano; his father was Pangasinense.

...Young Diego worked as a messenger for a local Castilian priest in Vigan, Ilocos Sur.

...Bright, passionate, and fluent in Spanish, he ferried correspondence from the Ilocos to Manila

...The journey gave him his first glimpse of colonial injustice and planted the seed of rebellion.

Heroic Acts...

...was a revolutionary leader who conspired with British forces to overthrow Spanish rule in the northern Philippines

...established an independent Ilocano nation

...revolt was fueled by grievances stemming from Spanish taxation and abuses

...belief in self-government that the administration and leadership of the Roman Catholic Church and government in the Ilocos be invested in trained Ilocano officials.

Death...

...killed by one of his friends, a Spanish-Ilocano mestizo named Miguel Vicos, whom church authorities paid to assassinate Silang with the help of Pedro Becbec.

...was only 32 years old.

Melchora Aquino de Ramos (January 6, 1812 – March 2, 1919)...

...was a Filipina revolutionary who became known as "Tandang Sora" in the history of the Philippines because of her age when the Philippine Revolution broke out in 1896 (she was already 84 at the time).

...gained the titles "Grand Woman of the Revolution" and the "Mother of Balintawak" for her heroic contributions to Philippine history.

...was born on January 6, 1812 in Balintawak.

...was a daughter of a peasant couple, Juan and Valentina Aquino

...never attended school. However, she was apparently literate at an early age and talented as a singer and performed

at local events as well as at Mass for her Church.

Later in life...

...married to Fulgencio Ramos, a cabeza de barrio (village chief), and bore six children. Ramos died when their youngest child was seven and she was left as a single parent for their children. Aquino continued her life as an hermana mayor active in celebrating fiestas, baptisms, and weddings.[1] She worked hard in order to give her children an education.

Heroic Act...

...operated a store, which became a refuge for the sick and wounded revolutionaries. She fed, gave medical attention to and encouraged the revolutionaries with motherly advice and prayers. Secret meetings of the Katipuneros (revolutionaries) were also held at her house.

Andrés Bonifacio y de Castro (November 30, 1863 – May 10, 1897)...

...was a Filipino nationalist and revolutionary.

...considered a de facto national hero of the Philippines.

...is also considered by some Filipino historians to be the first president of the Philippines, but he is not officially recognized as such.

Family Background...

... Bonifacio was born to Santiago Bonifacio and Catalina de Castro in Tondo, Manila and was the eldest of six children.

... father was a tailor who served as a teniente mayor of Tondo while his mother worked in a cigarette factory.

...formal schooling was cut short after his parents both died of illness.

...dropped out of school to earn a living by selling canes and paper fans he made himself. He also made posters for business firms.

...worked as a mandatorio for the English trading firm Fleming and Company, where he rose to become a corredor of tar, rattan and other goods.

...later transferred to Fressell and Company, a German trading firm, where he worked as a bodeguero

was also a part-time actor who performed in moro-moro plays.

Heroic Act...

...established the Katipunan("Kataastaasang Kagalanggalangang Katipunan ng mga Anak ng Bayan")

...worked for La Liga Filipina

...organized a group that fought for independence in the Philippines

Antonio Luna y Novicio (October 29, 1866 - June 5, 1899)

... was a Filipino pharmacist and general who fought in the Philippine-American War

... founder of the Philippines's first military academy

Family Background

…was born in Urbiztondo, Binondo, Manila

… was the youngest of seven children

… His father was a traveling salesman of the products of government monopolies

…was an accomplished painter who studied in the Madrid Escuela de Bellas Artes de San Fernando

Antonio Luna’s residence

Apolinario 'Lumpo' Mabini y Maranan (July 23, 1864 — May 13, 1903)

… was a Filipino political philosopher and revolutionary who wrote a constitutional plan for the first Philippine republic of 1899-1901

…served as its first prime minister in 1899

… is often referred to as "the Sublime Paralytic", and as "the Brains of the Revolution."

Family Background

…as the second of eight children of Dionisia Maranan, a vendor in the Tanauan market, and Inocencio Mabini, an unlettered peasant

…received a scholarship to go to the Colegio de San Juan de Letran in Manila

…receiving his Bachilles en Artes with highest honors and the title Professor of Latin from Letran

…moved on to the University of Santo Tomas, where he received his law degree in 1894

Apolinario Mabini’s Residence

References:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melchora_Aquino

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diego_Silang

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andres_Bonifacio

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antonio_Luna

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