Alipin, Zariuz James L.

HISTORY

BSIT GT 3-B

 Historical Interpretation
The history we read, though based on facts, is strictly speaking, not factual at all, but
a series of accepted judgments (Barraclough). Such judgments of historians on how the
past should be seen make the foundation of historical interpretation. Historians utilize
facts collected from the primary sources of history and then draw their own reading, so
that their intended audience may understand the historical event, a process that in
essence is making sense of the past.

 Multiperspectivity
According to Ann Low-Beer, Multiperspectivity is a significant tool for stimulating
historical understanding and thinking and a necessary precondition for all citizens that
live in a multicultural society. Because essentially, there is no one special and superior
culture.

 The First Catholic Mass in the Philippines

 “On March 28, 1521, there is an island lies on a latitude of 9 and 2/3 towards the Arctic
pole and in a longitude 100 and 62 degrees from the line of demarcation. It is
named as Mazaua which is 25 leagues from the Acquada. On April 4, 1521, they left
Mazaua bound for Cebu and guided by their King who sailed on his own boat.”
Diary of Antonio Pigafetta

Limasawa island in Southern Leyte was,

- recognized by the government as the actual site of the first mass;
- recognized by the Catholic Church as the sire where Magellan and his crew landed
and held the first mass; and
- embassies of Spain and Portugal recognize it as the site of Magellan’s landfall.

 The Cavity Mutiny

 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.

 The Rizal’s Retraction

Those who strongly believed the faking of the Rizal retraction document, reported that
the forger of Rizal’s signature was Roman Roque, the man who also forged the signature
of Urbano Lacuna, which was used to capture Aguinaldo. The mastermind, they say, in
both Lacuna’s and Rizal’s signature forging was Lazaro Segovia. They were approached
by Spanish friars during the final day of the Filipino-American war to forge Rizal’s
signature.

This story was revealed by Antonio K. Abad, who heard the tale from Roman Roque
himself, them being neighbours.

 The Cry of Rebellion

The “Cry of Pugad Lawin” was an event that officially marked the start of the Philippine
Revolution against Spain. The revolt later grew in strength and spread to 8 provinces
including Manila, Bulacan, Cavite, Pampanga, Tarlac, Laguna, Batangas, and Nueva
Ecija — which were eventually represented by the eight rays of the sun in the present
Filipino flag.

REFERENCES:

https://www.studocu.com/ph/document/velez-college/readings-of-philippine-history/readings-of-philippine-history-
rph-lecture-03/16716848

THE RIZAL RETRACTION AND OTHER CASES by Peter Jaynul V. Uckung

Britannica, The Editors of Encyclopaedia. "Cavite Mutiny". Encyclopedia Britannica, 6 Sep. 2023,
https://www.britannica.com/event/Cavite-Mutiny. Accessed 5 November 2023.

https://kidskonnect.com/history/cry-of-pugad-
lawin/#:~:text=The%20Cry%20of%20the%20Rebellion,Emilio%20Aguinaldo%20continued%20the%20rev
olution.