page_title: Philippine Declaration of Independence
hierarchical_section_title: Philippine Declaration of Independence
caption_attribution_description: English: Philippine Declaration of Independence, June 12, 1898 Filipino: Deklarasyon ng Kalayaan ng Pilipinas, ika-12 ng Hunyo 1898
context_page_description: The Philippine Declaration of Independence was proclaimed on 12 June 1898 in Cavite II el Viejo, Philippines. With the public reading of the Act of the Proclamation of Independence of the Filipino People, Filipino revolutionary forces under General Emilio Aguinaldo proclaimed the sovereignty and independence of the Philippine Islands from the colonial rule of Spain.
context_section_description: The Philippine Declaration of Independence (Filipino: Pagpapahayag ng Kasarinlan ng Pilipinas; Spanish: Declaración de Independencia de Filipinas) was proclaimed on 12 June 1898 in Cavite II el Viejo (present-day Kawit, Cavite), Philippines. With the public reading of the Act of the Proclamation of Independence of the Filipino People (Spanish: Acta de la proclamación de independencia del pueblo Filipino; Filipino: Kasulatan ng Pagpapahayag ng Kasarinlan ng Sambayanang Pilipino), Filipino revolutionary forces under General Emilio Aguinaldo proclaimed the sovereignty and independence of the Philippine Islands from the colonial rule of Spain.
caption: Official draft copy of the Declaration of Independence
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