THE NEGROS REVOLUTION,

COMMEMORATED AND POPULARLY

KNOWN AS THE FIFTH OF NOVEMBER OR
NEGROS DAY, WAS A POLITICAL
MOVEMENT THAT IN 1898 CREATED A
GOVERNMENT ON NEGROS ISLAND IN THE
PHILIPPINES, ENDING SPANISH CONTROL
OF THE ISLAND AND PAVING THE WAY FOR
A REPUBLICAN GOVERNMENT RUN BY THE
NEGRENSE NATIVES.
POPULARLY KNOWN AS AL CINCO DE
NOVIEMBRE, THIS DAY IS CELEBRATED TO
COMMEMORATE THE NEGRENSES’ REVOLT
AGAINST THE SPANISH COLONIZERS ON
NOVEMBER 5, 1898. THE UPRISING LED TO
THE SURRENDER OF THE SPANISH TROOPS
IN THE PROVINCE AND THE
ESTABLISHMENT OF THE SHORT-LIVED
NEGROS REPUBLIC REUNITING NEGROS
OCCIDENTAL AND ORIENTAL.

AL CINCO
DE NOVIEMBRE
THEME:
REMINISCING
THE PAST