HSO3/JOSERIZ Aoanan, Sedric Jed Reyes, Erico Alfonso Fan, Kevin Andrew

Abiba, Jarhamae Maine San Juan, Jason Mercado, Mark Anthony

Heroes that are not given the recognition despite their contributions to the country

Forgotten People of Philippine History

peripherally discussed or rarely mentioned people

often worked behind prominent heroes, but have

done dangerous and complicated tasks which

made many battles and revolts possible, if not

successful.

tobacco manufacturer, soldier , and a close aide of General Antonio Luna during the Revolution. Born 4 October 1869 in Alcala, Cagayan. volunteered as a member of the cavalry during the Revolution of 1896 to remove suspicion of his complicity with the uprising.

He also helped the cause by donating money from his own pocket. 5 June 1899 - Roman rushed to Lunas side after an assassin stabbed and shot the general. He was also stabbed and shot to death.

(b. April 5, 1860) a native of San Jacinto, Pangasinan, a revolutionary who founded an organization under that of Gen. Francisco Makabulos, and was later elected to the 1898 Malolos Congress.

In 1896, he participated in the revolt. Two years after, he was elected to the Malolos Congress. Was named the chief of Pangasinan guards. He was later named to the Malolos Congress. He fought with Gen. Emilio Aguinaldo against the Americans, unfortunately was captured in the end of 1900. A Spanish friar was killed, he was accussed of the crime through the falls testimony of the two former guards. He was tried and found guilty, sentenced to death by hanging at Dagupan Plaza in Pangasinan.

also known as Mena, was the representative of Ilocos Sur in the Malolos Congress in 1898, one of the signatories in the Malolos Constitution in 1899, and the first governor of Ilocos Sur in 1901. In 1904, he was sent to St. Louis in the United States for the World Exposition. When his term as governor ended, he spent most of his time promoting Ilocano arts and literature, and forming band and orchestra. His komedya and sarsuela continue to entertain Ilocanos especially during town fiestas.

was a revolutionary who joined the Katipunan when the Katipuneros went back

to Bulacan from Balintawak in 1896.

He is commonly known as Apo Ipe among his followers

from
Bulacan, Pampanga, Pangasinan, Tarlac and Nueva Ecija. By 1910, he was caught by the Americans and was sentenced to be hanged to death in 1912.

a national hero of the Philippines, born in Culi-Culi, Makati, Rizal. His real name was Pio Isidro, forced to adopt his fathers middle name to avoid arrest during the revolution.

He designed a war flag for their Katipunan chapter which was a blood-red flag and a white triangle with the capital "K" in each angle, and in the middle a half sun with seven rays. he was the leader of the rebels that defended Binakayan, Bacoor and Las Pias and was able to capture Spanish authorities, that earned him the rank of Brigadier-General.

one of the youngest generals in the Philippine Revolutionary Forces during the Philippine Revolution and the PhilippineAmerican War. "Boy General."

Fernando H. del Pilar and Felipa Sempio of Bulacan, Bulacan nephew of propagandist Marcelo H. del Pilar

December 2, 1899, del Pilar led 60 Filipino soldiers of Aguinaldo's rear guard in the Battle of Tirad Pass against the "Texas Regiment", the 33rd Infantry Regiment of the United States led by Peyton C. March.

Died in the Battle of Tirad Pass In 1930, del Pilar's body was exhumed and was identified by the gold tooth and braces he had installed while in exile in Hong Kong.

Filipino revolutionary known as the Brains of the Katipunan. Trozo, Tondo, Manila Mariano Jacinto and Josefa Dizon fluent in Spanish and Tagalog, but preferred to speak in Spanish

attended San Juan de Letran College, and later transferred to the University of Santo Tomas to study law at the age of 20, joined the secret society called Katipunan advisor on fiscal matters and secretary to Andrs Bonifacio

also wrote for the Katipunan newspaper called Kalayaan Dimasilaw Pingkian author of the Kartilya ng Katipunan

contracted malaria and died in Magdalena, Laguna, at the age of 24.

Filipino pharmacist and youngest of seven children general who fought in of Joaqun Luna & the Philippine-American Spanish mestiza Laureana War. Novicio founder of older brother, Juan, was an the Philippines's first accomplished painter who military academy. studied in Urbiztondo, the Madrid Escuela de Binondo, Manila Bellas Artes de San Fernando

At the age of six, Antonio learned reading, writing, and arithmetic from a teacher known as Maestro Intong. He memorized the Doctrina Cristiana (catechism), the first book printed in the Philippines.

Ateneo Municipal de Manila, where he received his Bachelor of Arts degree in 1881 studied literature and chemistry at the University of Santo Tomas, where he won first prize for a paper in chemistry titled Two Fundamental Bodies of Chemistry

also studied pharmacy, swordsmanship, fencing, military tactics, and became a sharpshooter was sent by his doting parents to Spain, to acquire a licentiate and doctorate in Pharmacy

obtained the degree of Licentiate in Pharmacy from the University of Barcelona pursued further studies and in 1890 obtained the degree of Doctor of Pharmacy from the Universidad Central de Madrid.

became one of the Filipino expatriates who mounted the Propaganda Movement wrote for La Solidaridad, published by the reformist movement of the elite Filipino students in Spain.

Impressions which dealt with Spanish customs and idiosyncrasies under the pen-name "Taga-ilog Died due to multiple injuries; stabbed by Captain Pedro Janolino; shot by Janolinos cohorts Cowards! Assassins!

revolutionary leader who conspired with British forces to overthrow Spanish rule in the northern Philippines and establish an independent Ilocano nation

revolt was fueled by grievances stemming from Spanish taxation and abuses, and by his belief in selfgovernment, that the administration and leadership of the Roman Catholic Church and government in the Ilocos be invested in trained Ilocano officials

Aringay, Pangasinan (an area in present-day Caba or Aringay, La Union) 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; journeys that gave him his first glimpse of colonial injustice and that planted the seed of rebellion

killed by one of his his Spanishfriends, a SpanishIlocana mestiza wife,Josefa Ilocano mestizo named Gabriela, took command of Miguel Vicos, whom the revolt and fought church authorities paid courageously. to assassinate Silang The Spanish sent a strong with the help of Pedro force against her. She was Becbec. He was 32 years forced to retreat to Abra. old.

Gabriela led her troops towards Vigan but was driven back. She fled again to Abra, where she was captured.

Gabriela and her men were summarily hanged on

September 20, 1763; she being hanged the last.

Vicente Ola and Apolonia Arboleda joined the local branch of the Katipunan in his hometown province of Albay and later became the leader

promoted to the rank of captain after the battle of Camalig in Albay, 1898 and again promoted to the rank of major after a daring ambush mission that led to the capture of three Americans

last general to surrender to American forces during the PhilippineAmerican War, on the condition that his men would be granted amnesty

s put on trial and was proven guilty of sedition and was sentenced to thirty years in prison 1904, he was given a pardon and returned to his place of birth and became the municipal president

People that are given the recognition for their contributions to the country Prominent people that fought for the independence of our country People whose works had changed the ideals of the Filipino Nation

the son of Kapitan Laut Buisan and was known to the Spaniards as Corralat and to some Dutch writers as Guserat, was the seventh Sultan of Maguindanao. He died at the end of 1671 after having ruled for about half a century. His rule, with varying fortunes and at different capitals, can, therefore, be fairly estimated to have taken place from 1619 to 1671.

By 1645, he was already using the title of sultan. As a young man he was entitled Katchil. His regal name was Qudratullah, which denoted that the bearers power came from God. His great grandchildren referred to him as Nasir ud-Din.

Filipino nationalist and revolutionary founder and later the supreme leader of the Katipunan which sought the independence of the Philippines from Spanish colonial rule and started the Philippine Revolution.

Tondo, Manila Santiago Bonifacio and Catalina de Castro executed on May 10, 1897 in the mountains of Maragondon, Cavite.

Filipino political philosopher and revolutionary who wrote a constitutional plan for the first Philippine republic of 1899-1901, and served as its first prime minister in 1899

often referred to as "the Sublime Paralytic", and as "the Brains of the Revolution." To his enemies and detractors, he is referred to as the "Dark Chamber of the President."

Brgy. Talaga in Tanauan, Batangas. second of eight children of Dionisia Maranan, a vendor in the Tanauan market, and Inocencio Mabini, an unlettered peasant

Believing that the Reform Movement still had a chance to achieve success, Mabini did not immediately support the revolution of 1896

When Jos Rizal was executed in December that year, however, he changed his mind and gave the revolution his wholehearted support. i was most active in the revolution in 1898, when he served as the chief adviser for General Aguinaldo

drafted decrees and crafted the first ever constitution in Asia for the First Philippine Republic, including the framework of the revolutionary government which was implemented in Malolos in 1899.

appointed prime minister and was also foreign minister of the newly independent dictatorial government of Aguinaldo on January 2, 1899.

Eventually, the government declared the first Philippine republic in appropriate ceremonies on January 23, 1899. Mabini then led the first cabinet of the republic.

Infighting among members of the Malolos congress led to the spread of rumors saying that Mabini's paralysis had by caused by venereal disease specifically, syphilis. debunked only in 1980, when Mabini's bones were exhumed and the autopsy proved once and for all that the cause of his paralysis was Polio.

May 13, 1903 Mabini

died of cholera in Manila, at the age of 38.

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).

Grand Woman of the Revolution and the Mother of Balintawak for her heroic contributions to Philippine history. operated a store, which became a refuge for the sick and wounded revolutionari es.

a celebrated figure in the Philippine Revolution and a leading propagandist for reforms in the Philippines

helped the Propaganda Movement through his speeches and liberal writings on the plight of the Filipinos as a result of the abuses of the Spanish friars in the country

editor and copublisher of La Solidaridad (The Solidarity), a newspaper advocating reforms for the Philippines

Cupang, Bulacan, Bulacan youngest son of Julin H. del Pilar, a gobernadorcillo and Blasa Gatmaitn.

took a Latin course in the school of Jos Flores and then transferred at the Colegio de San Jos, where he finished his Bachiller en Artes

studied at the Universidad de Santo Tomas, where he earned his licenciado en jurisprudencia (equivale nt to a Bachelor of Laws) in 1880

Diariong Tagalog featured in his newspaper the poem of Jos Rizal, El Amor Patrio (The Love of Country), which del Pilar translated into Tagalog language

wrote articles against the friars, such as:

Dasalan at Tocsohan Pasing Dapat Ipag-alab

nang Puso nang Tauong Babasa Cadaquilaan ng Dios Sagot ng Espaa sa Hibic ng Filipinas Dudas La Frailocracia Filipina Caiigat Cay

arrived in Spain on January 1, 1889, leaving his family behind

headed the political section of the Asociacin Hispano-Filipina de Madrid (Hispanic Filipino Association of Madrid) founded by Filipino ilustrados and Spanish sympathizers, the purpose of which was to agitate for reforms from Spain

succeeded Graciano Lpez Jaena as editor of the Filipino reformist periodical La Solidaridad on December 15, 1889.

Even before he had chief burden of the editorship, and when he assumed the post, he transferred the editorial office from Barcelona to Madrid.

aims of the newspaper were:

removal of the friars and

the secularization of the parishes; active Filipino participation in the affairs of the government; freedom of speech, of the press, and of assembly; wider social and political freedoms; equality before the law; assimilation; representation in the Spanish Parliament.

rejected the assimilationist stand and began planning an armed revolt. conceived the Katipunan, a secret revolutionary organization. tried to establish it in 1890 but succeeded only in July, 1892 with the help of Andrs Bonifacio and Deodato Arellano. died of tuberculosis in Barcelona on July 4, 1896

Ilocano Filipino painter, sculptor and a political activist of the Philippine Revolution during the late 19th century became one of the first recognized Philippine artists

His winning the gold medal in the 1884 Madrid Exposition of Fine Arts, along with the silver win of fellow Filipino painter Flix Resurreccin Hidalgo, prompted a celebration which was a major highlight in the memoirs of members of the Propaganda Movement, with the fellow Ilustrados toasting to the two painters' good health and citing their win as evidence that Filipinos and Spaniards were equals.

Badoc, Ilocos Norte in the northern Philippines, Juan Luna was the third among the seven children of Don Joaquin Luna and Doa Laureana Novicio y Ancheta. went to Ateneo Municipal de Manila where he obtained his Bachelor of Arts degree. He excelled in painting and drawing, and was influenced by his brother, Manuel Luna, who, according to Filipino patriot Jos Rizal, was a better painter than Juan himself.

enrolled at Escuela Nautica de Manila (now Philippine Merchant Marine Academy) and became a sailor took drawing lessons under the illustrious painting teacher Lorenzo Guerrero of Ermita, Manila also enrolled in the Academy of Fine Arts (Academia de Dibujo y Pintura) in Manila where he was influenced and taught how to draw by the Spanish artist Agustin Saez

1877 Manuel and Juan Luna traveled to Europe, where Manuel studied music and Juan painting entered the Escuela de Bellas Artes de San Fernando, where he befriended the painter Don Alejo Vera 1878 when his artistic talents was established with the opening of the first art exposition in Madrid which was called the Exposicin Nacional de Bellas Artes (National Demonstration of Beautiful Arts)

Notable works include:

Spolarium (1884)

La Muerte de Cleopatra (1881)

El Pacto de Sangre (1885) La Batalla de Lepanto (1887)

On December 8, 1886, Luna married Maria de la Paz Pardo de Tavera, a

sister of his friend Felix and Trinidad Pardo de Tavera. The couple traveled to Venice and Rome and settled in Paris.

had one son, whom they named Andrs, and a daughter nicknamed Bibi
who died in infancy.

was fond of painting his wife. However, the jealous Luna frequently

accused Paz of having an affair with a certain Monsieur Dussaq.

he killed his wife and mother-in-law and wounded his brother-in-law, Felix, on September 23, 1892. He was arrested and murder charges were

filed against him.

In 1891 Luna moved back to the Philippines and traveled to Japan in 1896, returning during the Philippine Revolution of the Cry of Balintawak. September 16, 1896, he and his brother Antonio Luna were arrested by Spanish authorities for being involved with the Katipunan rebel army. Despite his imprisonment, Luna was still able to produce a work of art which he gave to a visiting priest pardoned by the Spanish courts on May 27, 1897 and was released from prison and he traveled back to Spain. 1898 - was appointed by the executive board of the Philippine revolutionary government as a member of the Paris delegation which was working for the diplomatic recognition of the Repblica Filipina 1899 -upon the signing of the Treaty of Paris (1898), Luna was named a member of the delegation to Washington, D.C. to press for the recognition of the Philippine government.

He traveled back to the Philippines in December 1899 upon hearing of the murder of his brother Antonio by the Kawit Battalion in Cabanatuan. On December 7, 1899, Luna suffered a heart attack and died there. His remains were buried in Hong Kong and in 1920 were exhumed and kept in Andrs Luna's house, to be later transferred to a niche at the Crypt of the San Agustin Church in the Philippines. Unfortunately some of his paintings were destroyed by fire in World War II.