1897 in the Philippines

Incumbents

Spanish Colonial Government

• Governor-General:
• * until April 15: Camilo de Polavieja
• * April 15-April 23: José de Lachambre
• * starting April 23: Fernándo Primo de Rivera

  Philippine Revolutionary Government (Tejeros Government)

• Vice President:
• * March 22-November 2: Mariano Trías
• Captain General: Artemio Ricarte

  Republic of Biak-na-Bato

• Vice President:
• * March 22-November 2: Mariano Trías

  Events

• January 4 – Eleven of fifteen Filipinos which would be called the Fifteen Martyrs of Bicol are executed in Bagumbayan.
• January 11 – Thirteen Filipinos which would be called the Thirteen Martyrs of Bagumbayan are executed.
• February 6
• * Ten Katipunan members convicted of subversion are executed in Bagumbayan, Manila.
• * 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.
• February 13 – Governor-General Camilo de Polavieja began his campaign with 16,000 Spanish soldiers to regain Cavite from Filipino revolutionaries.
• February 17 – Filipino forces lost in the Battle of Zapote Bridge occurred in the boundary of Las Piñas and Cavite.
• February 19 – Spaniards recaptures Silang, Cavite in a battle.
• February 25 – Spaniards recaptures Dasmariñas, Cavite in a battle.
• March 22 – The two factions of the Katipunan 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.
• May 10 – Andrés Bonifacio and his brother Procopio Bonifacio were killed in Maragondon, Cavite.
• November 1 – The Republic of Biak-na-Bato was 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 was signed between Governor-General Fernando Primo de Rivera and Emilio Aguinaldo to end the Philippine Revolution.

  Births

• January 23 - Ildefonso Santos, Filipino poet, sculptor, and writer
• March 3 - Jose E. Romero, Filipino politician
• June 29 - George J. Willmann, Naturalized Filipino missionary from the United States.
• December 3 - Elisa Ochoa, first Filipina in the Congress of the Philippines

  Deaths

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

  Unknown dates

• Those executed after January 11, 1897:
• *Hugo Perez
• *Pedro Joson
• *Marcello de los Santos Esguerra
• *Eugenio de los Reyes y Herrera
• *Valentin Matias Lagasca y Cruz