History Kiks.2.0
History Kiks.2.0
History Kiks.2.0
José Protacio Rizal Mercado y Alonso Realonda (June 19, 1861 – December 30, 1896) was a Filipino
nationalist, writer and polymath active at the end of the Spanish colonial period of the Philippines. He is
considered the national hero (pambansang bayani) of the Philippines. An ophthalmologist by profession,
Rizal became a writer and a key member of the Filipino Propaganda Movement, which
advocated political reforms for the colony under Spain. (en.wikipedia.org Article- Jose Rizal)
2. The fiery Tagalog reveal who launched the 1896 Philippine revolution was
3. The Tagalog general who won the early battle of the revolution was
Led by Emilio Aguinaldo (1869-1964), the 1896 revolt carried the Filipinos to an anticipated war
with Spain and an unanticipated war with the United States. Historians suggest that the roots of the
Philippine revolution began with building of the Suez Canal in 1869. (www.pbs.org)
4. The American novel fleet which won the battle of manila bay in 1898 in Spain was led by
Commodore George Dewey achieved a crushing naval victory over the Spanish fleet in the waters
west of the city of Manila in the Philippines on 1 May 1898 during the Spanish-American War (21
April to 13 August 1898). (history.navy.mil Battle of Manila Bay, May 1898)
José Paciano Laurel y García CCLH, KGCR (Spanish: [xoˈse lauˈɾel]; March 9, 1891 –
November 6, 1959) was a Filipino politician and judge, who served as the president of the
Japanese-occupied Second Philippine Republic, a puppet state during World War II, from 1943
to 1945. (en.wikipidea.org Article- Jose P. Laurel)
9. The communist insurgence of the Philippines was called
The CPP-NPA rebellion is the world's longest ongoing communist insurgency and is the largest,
most prominent communist conflict in the Philippines, in contrast to the 1995–present Marxist–
Leninist Revolutionary Workers' Party rebellion and the now-defunct 1942–1954 Hukbalahap
and 1986–2011 Cordillera People’s. (en.wikipedia.org Article- CPP)
10. The dictator and the largest serving president of the Philippines
Ferdinand Emmanuel Edralin Marcos Sr. (September 11, 1917 – September 28, 1989) was a
Filipino politician, lawyer and dictator, who was the 10th president of the Philippines from 1965
to 1986. He ruled under martial law from 1972 until 1981 and kept most of his martial law
powers until he was deposed in 1986. (en.wikipedia.org Article- Ferdinand Marcos)
11. The opposition and the hero of 1986 People Power Revolution
They involved over two million Filipino civilians, as well as several political and military groups,
and religious groups led by Cardinal Jaime Sin, the Archbishop of Manila, along with Catholic
Bishops' Conference of the Philippines President Cardinal Ricardo Vidal, the Archbishop of
Cebu. (en.wikipedia.org Article- People Power Revolution)