Philippine Revolution
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Was a war of independence of the Philippines, at the time part of the Spanish East Indies, against the Spanish Empire. However, the Philippine efforts proved useless as the outbreak of Spanish-American War resulted in the U.S. army invading and occupying the Philippines.
Chronology
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Was the first phase of the Philippine Revolution, a revolt against Spanish rule.
June 1897: In May 1897, the Spanish captured Maragondon.
January 1897: By December, there were three major centers of rebellion: Cavite (under Mariano Alvarez, Baldomero Aguinaldo and others), Bulacan (under Mariano Llanera) and Morong (now part of Rizal, under Bonifacio).
November 1897: Aguinaldo and his men retreated northward, from one town to the next, until they finally settled in Biak-na-Bato, in the town of San Miguel de Mayumo in Bulacan. Here they established what became known as the Republic of Biak-na-Bato.
March 1897: In 1897, government troops led by General Camilo Polavieja, with the support of new recruits from Spain, recaptured several towns in Cavite, including Imus, during the Philippine Revolution against Spanish colonial rule.
July 1897: By June, the Spanish had taken Mendez Nunez, Amadeo, Alfonso, Bailen and Magallanes with little resistance.
December 1897: The Pact of Biak-na-Bato, signed on December 15, 1897, created a truce between Spanish colonial Governor-General Fernando Primo de Rivera and the revolutionary leader Emilio Aguinaldo to end the Philippine Revolution.
Was the second phase of the Philippine Revolution, a revolt against Spanish rule. The First Philippine Republic was proclaimed.
May 1898: In the Battle of Alapan, Aguinaldo raided the last remaining stronghold of the Spanish Empire in Cavite.
June 1898: The Philippine rebels captured Imus and Bacoor in Cavite, Parañaque and Las Piñas in Morong, Macabebe, and San Fernando in Pampanga, as well as Laguna, Batangas, Bulacan, Nueva Ecija, Bataan, Tayabas, and the Camarines provinces, were liberated by the Filipinos. They were also able to capture the port of Dalahican in Cavite.
June 1898: The independence was proclaimed in Aguinaldo's house in Kawit, Cavite.
