• THE 12TH OF JUNE OF EVERY YEAR SINCE 1898 IS A VERY IMPORTANT

EVENT FOR ALL THE FILIPINOS. IN THIS PARTICULAR DAY, THE ENTIRE
FILIPINO NATION AS WELL AS FILIPINO COMMUNITIES ALL OVER THE
WORLD GATHERS TO CELEBRATE THE PHILIPPINES’ INDEPENDENCE
DAY. 1898 CAME TO BE A VERY SIGNIFICANT YEAR FOR ALL OF US— IT IS
AS EQUALLY IMPORTANT AS 1896—THE YEAR WHEN THE PHILIPPINE
REVOLUTION BROKE OUT OWING TO THE FILIPINOS’ DESIRE TO BE FREE
FROM THE ABUSES OF THE SPANISH COLONIAL REGIME. BUT WE SHOULD
BE REMINDED THAT ANOTHER YEAR IS AS HISTORIC AS THE TWO—1872.
• TWO MAJOR EVENTS HAPPENED IN 1872, FIRST WAS THE 1872 CAVITE MUTINY AND
THE OTHER WAS THE MARTYRDOM OF THE THREE MARTYR PRIESTS IN THE
PERSONS OF FATHERS MARIANO GOMES, JOSE BURGOS AND JACINTO ZAMORA
(GOMBURZA). HOWEVER, NOT ALL OF US KNEW THAT THERE WERE DIFFERENT
ACCOUNTS IN REFERENCE TO THE SAID EVENT. ALL FILIPINOS MUST KNOW THE
DIFFERENT SIDES OF THE STORY—SINCE THIS EVENT LED TO ANOTHER TRAGIC YET
MEANINGFUL PART OF OUR HISTORY—THE EXECUTION OF GOMBURZA WHICH IN
EFFECT A MAJOR FACTOR IN THE AWAKENING OF NATIONALISM AMONG THE
FILIPINOS.
 1872 CAVITE MUNITY: SPANISH PERSPECTIVE

THE ATTEMPT OF THE INDIOS TO

OVERTHROW THE SPANISH
GOVERNMENT IN THE PHILIPPINES
CONSPIRATORS OF MANILA AND CAVITE PLANS:
• LIQUIDATE HIGH-RANKING SPANISH OFFICERS
• MASSACRE OF FRIARS
• ALLEGED PRE-CONCERTED SIGNAL
• FIRING OF ROCKETS FROM THE WALLS OF INTRAMUROS
• FEAST OF THE VIRGIN OF LORETO (JANUARY 20, 1872)
• FIREWORKS AS THE SIGN FOR THE ATTACK
• AGREED BY THE 200-MEN CONTINGENT HEADED BY SERGEANT LAMADRID
• WHEN THE NEWS REACHED THE IRON-FISTED GOV. IZQUIERDO, HE READILY ORDERED THE
REINFORCEMENT OF THE SPANISH FORCES IN CAVITE TO QUELL THE REVOLT. THE “REVOLUTION”
WAS EASILY CRUSHED WHEN THE EXPECTED REINFORCEMENT FROM MANILA DID NOT COME
ASHORE. MAJOR INSTIGATORS INCLUDING SERGEANT LAMADRID WERE KILLED IN THE
SKIRMISH, WHILE THE GOMBURZA WERE TRIED BY A COURT-MARTIAL AND WERE SENTENCED TO
DIE BY STRANGULATION. PATRIOTS LIKE JOAQUIN PARDO DE TAVERA, ANTONIO MA. REGIDOR,
JOSE AND PIO BASA AND OTHER ABOGADILLOS WERE SUSPENDED BY THE AUDENCIA (HIGH
COURT) FROM THE PRACTICE OF LAW, ARRESTED AND WERE SENTENCED WITH LIFE
IMPRISONMENT AT THE MARIANAS ISLAND. FURTHERMORE, GOV. IZQUIERDO DISSOLVED THE
NATIVE REGIMENTS OF ARTILLERY AND ORDERED THE CREATION OF ARTILLERY FORCE TO BE
COMPOSED EXCLUSIVELY OF THE PENINSULARES.
•ON 17 FEBRUARY 1872 IN AN ATTEMPT OF THE
SPANISH GOVERNMENT AND FRAILOCRACIA TO
INSTILL FEAR AMONG THE FILIPINOS SO THAT THEY
MAY NEVER COMMIT SUCH DARING ACT AGAIN, THE
GOMBURZA WERE EXECUTED. THIS EVENT WAS
TRAGIC BUT SERVED AS ONE OF THE MOVING
FORCES THAT SHAPED FILIPINO NATIONALISM.
 A RESPONSE TO
INJUSTICE: THE FILIPINO
VERSION OF THE INCIDENT
UNRAVELING THE TRUTH