# 1897 in the Philippines

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This is a list of notable events that happened in the Philippines in the year 1897.

## Incumbents
### Spanish Colonial Government

* Governor-General:
** Camilo de Polavieja (until April 15)
** José de Lachambre (April 15 – 23)
** Fernándo Primo de Rivera (starting April 23)

### Philippine Revolutionary Government (Tejeros Government)

* Vice President:
** Mariano Trías (March 22 – November 2)
* Captain General: Artemio Ricarte

### Republic of Biak-na-Bato

* Vice President:
** Mariano Trías (starting March 22)

## Events
### January

* January 4 – Eleven of the fifteen Filipinos who would later be called the Fifteen Martyrs of Bicol are executed in Bagumbayan.
* January 11 – Thirteen Filipinos who would later be called the Thirteen Martyrs of Bagumbayan are executed.

### February

* February 6:
** Ten Katipunan members convicted of subversion are executed in Bagumbayan, Manila.
** A revolt in parts of Negros Oriental led by native priests ends in a battle with the defeat of the natives by the Spanish forces.
* February 13 – Governor-General Camilo de Polavieja begins his campaign with 16,000 Spanish soldiers to regain Cavite from Filipino revolutionaries.
* February 17 – Filipino forces win in the Battle of Zapote Bridge at the boundary of Las Piñas and Cavite.
* February 19 – Spaniards recapture Silang, Cavite in a battle.
* February 25 – Spaniards recapture Dasmariñas, Cavite in a battle.

### March

* March 22 – The two factions of the Katipunan convene at the Tejeros Convention to resolve the leadership status in the organization.
* March 23 – Nineteen Filipinos who would later be called the Nineteen Martyrs of Aklan are executed in Kalibo.

### May

* May 10 – Andrés Bonifacio and his brother Procopio Bonifacio are killed in Maragondon, Cavite.

### November

* November 1 – The Republic of Biak-na-Bato is established by Emilio Aguinaldo and his fellow revolutionaries, marking the first republic in the Philippines.

### December

* December 14 – The Pact of Biak-na-Bato is signed between Governor-General Fernando Primo de Rivera and Emilio Aguinaldo, aiming to end the Philippine Revolution.

## Holidays

As a colony of the Spanish Empire and being predominantly Catholic, the following were considered holidays:
* January 1 – New Year's Day
* April 15 – Maundy Thursday
* April 16 – Good Friday
* December 25 – Christmas Day

## Births

* January 23 – Ildefonso Santos, Filipino poet, sculptor, and writer (d. 1984)
* March 3 – José Romero, Filipino politician (d. 1978)
* June 29 – George J. Willmann, naturalized Filipino missionary from the United States (d. 1977)
* September 11 – Francisca Susano, Filipino supercentenarian (d. 2021)
* December 3 – Elisa Ochoa, first Filipina in the Congress of the Philippines (d. 1978)

## Deaths

* January 4 – Eleven of the Fifteen Martyrs of Bicol are executed.
* January 11 – The Thirteen Martyrs of Bagumbayan are executed.
** José Dizon, one of the founders of Katipunan
* February 6 – Members of the Katipunan are executed:
** Román Basa (b. 1848)
** Teodoro Plata (b. 1866)
** Vicente Molina
** Hermenegildo de los Reyes
** José Trinidad
** Pedro Nicodemus
** Feliciano del Rosario
** Gervasio Samson
** Doroteo Dominguez
** Apolonio de la Cruz
* February 17 – Edilberto Evangelista, Filipino civil engineer and general (b. 1862)
* March 23 – The Nineteen Martyrs of Aklan are executed.
* May 10 – Andrés Bonifacio, Filipino nationalist and revolutionary; one of the founders of Katipunan (b. 1863)

### Unknown dates

* Those executed after January 11, 1897:
** Hugo Perez
** Pedro Joson
** Marcello de los Santos Esguerra
** Eugenio de los Reyes y Herrera
** Valentin Matias Lagasca y Cruz