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Jos Rizal

Jos Protasio Rizal Mercado[7] y Alonso Realonda, popularly known as Jos Rizal (Spanish pronunciation: [xo
se risal]; June 19, 1861 December 30, 1896), was a Filipino nationalist and polymath during the tail end of
the Spanish colonial period of the Philippines. An ophthalmologist by profession, Rizal became a writer and a key
member of the Filipino Propaganda Movement which advocated political reforms for the colony under Spain. He was
executed by the Spanish colonial government for the crime of rebellion after an anti-colonial revolution, inspired in
part by his writings, broke out. Though he was not actively involved in its planning or conduct, he ultimately
approved of its goals which eventually led to Philippine independence. He is widely considered one of the greatest
heroes of the Philippines, and is implied by Philippine law to be one of the national heroes.[8] He was the author of
the novels Noli Me Tngere[9] and El filibusterismo,[10] and a number of poems and essays.
Andrs Bonifacio

Andrs Bonifacio y de Castro (November 30, 1863 May 10, 1897) was a Filipino revolutionary leader and the
president of the Tagalog Republic. He is often called "The Great Plebeian" and "The Father of the Philippine
Revolution". He was one of the founder and later Supremo (Supreme Leader) of the Kataas-taasan,
Kagalanggalangang Katipunan ng mga Anak ng Bayan or simply and more popularly called Katipunan, a movement
which sought the independence of the Philippines from Spanish colonial rule and started the Philippine Revolution.[2]
[3]
He is considered a de facto national hero of the Philippines,[4] and is also considered by some Filipino historians to
be the first President of the Philippines (through the revolutionary government he established), but officially he is not
recognized as such.
Emilio Aguinaldo

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Emilio Aguinaldo y Famy QSC PLH[c] (March 22, 1869[d] February 6, 1964) was a Filipino revolutionary, politician,
and a military leader who is officially recognized as the First President of the Philippines (18991901) and first
president of a constitutional republic in Asia. He led Philippine forces first against Spain in the latter part of
thePhilippine Revolution (18961898), and then in the SpanishAmerican War (1898), and finally against the United
Statesduring the PhilippineAmerican War (18991901). He was captured in Palanan, Isabela by American forces
on March 23, 1901, which brought an end to his presidency.

Gabriela Silang

Mara Josefa Gabriela Cario Silang (19 March 1731 20 September 1763) was a Filipino revolutionary leader
best known as the first female leader of a Filipino movement for independence from Spain. [1] She took over the reins
of her husband Diego Silang's revolutionary movement after his assassination in 1763, leading the Ilocano rebel
movement for four months before she was captured and executed by the colonial government of the Spanish East
Indies.
Marcelo H. del Pilar

Marcelo Hilario del Pilar y Gatmaitn (born Marcelo Hilario y Gatmaytn;[1] August 30, 1850 July 4, 1896),
better known by his pen name Plaridel,[2] was a Filipino writer, lawyer, journalist, and freemason. Del Pilar, along
with Jos Rizal and Graciano Lpez Jaena, became known as the leaders of the Reform Movement in Spain.

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