Mga Gunita ng Himagsikan

ni Emilio Aguinaldo
{ARGENTE•BANTANG•BATAN•FLORES}
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THE AUTHOR:
EMILIO AGUINALDO
[March 22, 1869-February 6, 1964]
Born and grew up in Kawit,
Cavite
Graduated from University of
Santo Tomas in Manila
1896- Became Cabeza de
Barangay at the age of 17

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While serving as the head of
barter in Manila, he was also
the municipal captain of the
Pilar Lodge chapter of the
Freemasonry
(government- and church-
banned resistance
group) in 1895
Assumed total leadership of
the rebellion against the
Spanish rule when Andres
Bonifacio died on 1897

Declared the Philippine

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independence on June 12, 1898

First president under the

Malolos Constitution

Returned to private life as a

farmer after declaring peace
with the United States
Established the Veterans of
the Revolution

Ran for presidency in 1935

against Manuel Quezon but
lost

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Became presidential advisor
on the Council of state in
1950

Died of heart attack at

Veterans Memorial Hospital on
February 6, 1964
CONTEXT
• Autobiography of Emilio Aguinaldo

• First printed: 1964

• Reprinted: 1998

• Compiled by Felisa P. Diokno

• Chapters 19, 23, 38, 42, 43, 44:

highlighted what Aguinaldo did in
the revolution
CONTEXT
1894

• Andres Bonifacio formed the

Katipunan (K.K.K.)

1896

• Spaniards discover the K.K.K.

• Cry of Pugad Lawin

• Start of Philippine
Revolution
EVENTS
ATTACKING THE CONVENT: SEPTEMBER 1, 1896
• Aguinaldo leads the attack of the convent
• Only Padre Buenaventura was at the convent
• Plead for forgiveness
*Provincial soldiers were not against friars

• The priests and guards escaped

• Guillermo Samoy (Cuadrillero)- got shot
• Aguinaldo decided to change strategies

• More people joined Aguinaldo- 2,000 people

PAGKAKAWANGGAWA
G. Candido Tria Tirona
Gng. Marcaria Olaes
Gng. Trinidad Famy
EVENTS
BATTLE OF IMUS: SEPTEMBER 3, 1896

Crossed Presa Talon, but the current was strong

2 wagons of corpse

70 Remington guns

Sable de Mando
- General Aguirre’s gun that Aguinaldo took
- “HECHO EN TOLEDO, ESPAÑA EN 1869”=“YARI SA TOLEDO
ESPANA NG TAONG 1869”
EVENTS
AFTER THE BATTLE
Visited family in Cavite, and showed his mother the sable
Sable- symbol of the start of freedom
News of Cavite in shackles
Dasmarinas rose (Placido Campos and Francisco Barzaga)
SEPTEMBER 5, 1896
Town of Silang rose (ex-gobernadorcillio vito belarmino,
vicente giron at iba pa)
Guardia civil gained 13 remington guns
EVENTS
THE FIRST MEETING OF THE REBELLION
GOVERNMENT: MARCH 22, 1897
• Discussed future plans
• Assign all the commanders to go to Pasong Santol

• Katipunan holds its elections

• Emilio Aguinaldo is elected as president

MARCH 23, 1897

• Magdiwang armies sent by Andres Villanueva came from Naic
• Headed to Pasong Santol
EVENTS
THE FIRST MEETING OF THE REBELLION GOVERNMENT:
MARCH 24, 1897
• More troops of Magdiwang arrived
• Emilio was told to join his brother
• But then Bonifacio did not let the troops continue to
Pasong Santol
• Troops were imprisoned in Malabon
MARCH 25, 1897
• Spaniards got the position in Pasong Santol
• Gen. Crispulo Aguinaldo dies
“Sa kanyang bangkay dumaan ang mga kalaban
bago natirik ang bandila ng mga kastila sa
pook na iyon...”
Gen. Crispulo Aguinaldo
EVENTS
CONSEJO DE GUERRA
• Disagree: Hen. Mariano Noriel, Hen. Pantaleon Garcia,
Hen. Tomas Mascardo
• Reasons for disagreement:
• War is ongoing, and we are not supposed to establish
Consejo De Guerra.
• There is a battle almost everyday; it is still not
the right time.
• Carta Anonima
• Placido Martinez & Koronel Teodoro Gonzales - defendors
of the Bonifacio brothers
EVENTS
NAIC ATTACKED BY THE SPANIARDS
• 1 month of rest until Cazadores and the infantries under
Captain General Don Fernando Prio de Rivera besieged Naic
• Timalan riverside- field where the they fought rigorously
• Aguinaldo made them go to Maragondon to disperse and hide
• Magdalo was left in Naic
• Aguinaldo was tempted to set it all in fire to end it
• Suggested suicide, which they agree
• Armas de Mano
EVENTS
EXECUTION OF THE BONIFACIO BROTHERS

• After the council of war convened, composed of seven

Kagawads, led by Hen. Mariano Noriel, the Bonifacio
brothers were found guilty(traicion, sedicion, and
rebellion)

• Sentenced to death

• Aguinaldo became the Pangulong Hukbo & Pangulong

Pamahalaan Manghihimagsik
EVENTS
• Aguinaldo asked council of war to lower their sentence
from execution to exile

• They made Aguinaldo "Generalisimo ng Hukbong

Manghihimagsik"

• May 10 1897- Komandante L. Macapagal led the two brothers

to Mt. Tala where they were shot
CONTRIBUTION
• Gave an eyewitness account of how these events really
happened

• Proved the rumor that Aguinaldo ordered to execute

Bonifacio false

• Allows us to see a different perspective from Aguinaldo’s

insight since people mostly view him negatively

• We aren’t always the kind of people who can’t find back

• Helped historians in terms of what governmental system

they tried having back then
RELEVANCE
• Aguinaldo set an example of what the leaders of the
nation should be like

• Sometimes, people have to fall to rise back up again

• The people willingly followed Aguinaldo, without him

telling them to come along; reflects on today’s citizens
Unit Reference
Emilio Aguinaldo, Mga Gunita ng Himagsikan,

(pp. 78-82; 95-100;177-188;212-227) (Memoirs)