Cavite mutiny

The Cavite mutiny of 1872 was an uprising of Filipino military personnel of Fort San Felipe, the
Spanish arsenal in Cavite,[1]:107 Philippine Islands (then also known as part of the Spanish East
Indies) on 20th day of January year 1872. Around 200 locally recruited colonial troops and laborers
rose up in the belief that it would elevate to a national uprising. The mutiny was unsuccessful, and
government soldiers executed many of the participants and began to crack down on a
burgeoning Philippines nationalist movement. Many scholars believed that the Cavite Mutiny of 1872
was the beginning of Filipino nationalism that would eventually lead to the Philippine Revolution of
1896.[2]

Cavite Mutiny, (January 20, 1872), brief uprising of 200 Filipino troops and workers
at the Cavite arsenal, which became the excuse for Spanish repression of the
embryonic Philippine nationalist movement. Ironically, the harsh reaction of the
Spanish authorities served ultimately to promote the nationalist cause.
The mutiny was quickly crushed, but the Spanish regime under the reactionary
governor Rafael de Izquierdo magnified the incident and used it as an excuse to clamp
down on those Filipinos who had been calling for governmental reform. A number of
Filipino intellectuals were seized and accused of complicity with the mutineers. After
a brief trial, three priests—José Burgos, Jacinto Zamora, and Mariano Gómez—were
publicly executed. The three subsequently became martyrs to the cause of Philippine
independence.
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Mutiny, any overt act of defiance or attack upon military (including naval) authority by two or
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nonmilitary instances of defiance or attack—such as mutiny on board a merchant ship or a
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Mutiny, any overt act of defiance or attack upon military (including naval)
authority by two or more persons subject to such authority. The term is
occasionally used to describe nonmilitary instances of defiance or attack—
such as mutiny on board a merchant ship or a rising of slaves in a state in
which slavery is recognized by law or custom. Mutiny should be distinguished
from revolt or rebellion, which involve a more widespread defiance and which
generally have a political objective.
Mutiny was regarded as a most serious offense, especially aboard ships at
sea. Because the safety of the ship was thought to depend upon the
submission of all persons on board to the will of the captain, wide disciplinary
powers were given to the commanding officer, including the power to inflict
the death penalty without a court-martial. With the development of radio
communications, however, such stringent penalties have become less
necessary, and, under many current military codes, sentences for mutiny can
be passed only by court-martial.

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