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What Happened In The

Cavite Mutiny?
 1872
A Historic year of two events

Martyrdom of
Cavite
the Three
Mutiny
Priests
Cavite Mutiny
 Uprising of military personnel of Fort San
Felipe on January 20,1872

 Around 200 soldiers 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.
The Martyrdom of the three priests

 Father Mariano Gomez

 Father Jose Burgos
 Father Jacinto Zamora
 Who were executed by garrote in 17 February 1872 in
Bagumbayan
The Two Faces of the 1872 Cavite Mutiny

 Spanish Accounts of the Cavite Mutiny

 Filipino Accounts of the Cavite Mutiny

 Spanish Accounts of the
Cavite Mutiny
Jose Montero y Vidal

 Spanish Historian
 His account states on how the
event was an attempt in
overthrowing the Spanish
Government in the Philippines
Governor Rafael Izquerdo

 Implicated the native clergy who

were active in the movement towards
secularization of parishes
 He highlighted the attempt to
overthrow the Spanish Government
in the Philippines to install a new
“hari” in the persons of Father
Burgos and Zamora
 January 20, 1872

 The district of Sampaloc celebrated the feast of the Virgin Loreto,

came with it were some fireworks display
 The Cavitenos mistook this as a signal to commence with the attack
 February 17, 1872

The GOMBURZA were executed by

garrote in public to serve as a threat to
filipinos never to attempt to fight the
Spaniards again
 Filipino Accounts of the Cavite Mutiny

Dr. Trinidad Hermenegildo Pardo

De Tavera
 A Filipino scholar and researcher
 The incident was merely a mutiny by
Filipino soldiers and laborers in
Cavity arsenal to the dissatisfaction of
Izquierdo’s leadership
Edmond Plauchut

 A French writer
 Complemented the Tavera’s
account and the arrival in Manila
of General Izquerdo put a sudden
end to all dreams of reforms of
filipinos
  Spanish Friars used Cavite Mutiny as a part of
a larger conspiracy to cement their dominance.

 The Friars also showcased the mutiny as part of

a greater conspiracy in the Philippines by
Filipinos to overthrow the Spanish Government

 Unintentionally, it resulted in the martyrdom of

GOMBURZA and paved way to the revolution
culminating in 1898
 REFERENCES:

Cavite Mutiny 1872 | Philippine History (wordpress.com)

The Two Faces of the 1872 Cavite Mutiny - National Historical Commissi
on of the Philippines (nhcp.gov.ph)

The 1872 Cavite Mutiny - Filipino Journal

https://youtu.be/5CwmcUCwuv8

https://youtu.be/cWygJbXEaQs
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