“It was only after the train left that we realized it was gone,”
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Emilio Aguinaldo
Emilio Aguinaldo y Famy was a Filipino revolutionary, statesman, and military leader who was the first president of the Philippines from 1899 to 1901, and the first president of an Asian constitutional republic. He led the Philippine forces first against Spain in the Philippine Revolution (1896–1898), then in the Spanish–American War (1898), and finally against the United States during the Philipp…
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politics · Filipino revolutionary leader (1869–1964) · politician · autobiographer · military personnel · revolutionary · also Emilio Aguinaldo, Emilio Aguinaldo y Famy, General Emilio Aguinaldo, President Emilio Aguinaldo, Gen. Emilio Aguinaldo, Aguinaldo
Born 22 March 1869 · Died 6 February 1964 · Q188939
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2026· 4 entries
“Felipe Buencamino is detained without ordering the formation of the case. I await your reply to my previous telegram where I request the basis for your accusation. Beseech urgency.”
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Daily Tribune: Residents brave heavy habagat rains along Emilio Aguinaldo Highway
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manilatimes: NHCP observes 62nd death anniversary of Emilio Aguinaldo
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2025· 5 entries
“And my wife and I. Just grateful to be beside him today. It's simple,”
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“Grateful to have INDEPENDENCE DAY as a Family tradition. The thing with tradition, it seems the same old thing but not. I love how today is not rushed and savored every moment from being greeted by Tatay Ver to seeing our Aguinaldo cousins (Chirpy and Sarah Datiles, Kuya Jay and Ate Ems Abaya). Having our photo with Barbers (husband's Barber whose Lolo is also the barber of Lolo Miong!!!) I miss Papa Boon most especially as I went to the Kitchen outdoor area,”
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“We went to World Bex - a favorite of his, heard mass with Uni and cooked corned beef for husband,”
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“It was really fast. It's like there was no courtship... I can't explain that connection, it's like I've known him for a long time when we talked.”
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“I'm still grateful to all the people I've been with in the past. I personally have nothing to be sorry for.”
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2023· 1 entry
GMA Network: Sparkle Caravan goes to Emilio Aguinaldo College
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2022· 2 entries
“And everything you've been through, I feel like it's contributed to who you are.”
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“Honestly, I don't feel like I've ever had any enemies. In fact, when I see them, I still have full respect for them.”
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2019· 1 entry
Philippine Daily Inquirer: Aguinaldo kin: Recent portrayals of Emilio Aguinaldo ‘degrade’ his image
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2018· 2 entries
GMA Network: Emilio Aguinaldo’s telegram to Antonio Luna fetches P3.74M at auction
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President Rodrigo Duterte declared March 22, 2019, as "Emilio Aguinaldo Day" to commemorate Aguinaldo's birth anniversary
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2017· 1 entry
Andres Bonifacio officially replaced Aguinaldo on the same coin
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1999· 1 entry
Aguinaldo International School Manila was established as a private school in Ermita, Manila and is named after Aguinaldo
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1998· 1 entry
For the 100th anniversary of Philippine Independence
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1985· 3 entries
Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas issued a new 5-peso bill depicting a portrait of Aguinaldo on the obverse side
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Aguinaldo Museum was established as history museum in Baguio by Cristina Suntay
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BRP General Emilio Aguinaldo was launched and became the lead ship of the General Emilio Aguinaldo class patrol vessel of the Philippine Navy
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1965· 2 entries
Camp Murphy, a military general headquarters (GHQ) of the Armed Forces of the Philippines, was legally renamed after Aguinaldo
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President Diosdado Macapagal signed Republic Act No
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1964· 3 entries
Died 1964-02-06.
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At 3:05 am PHT, one month before his 95th birthday
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After 2 months, 15 days of The Assassination of John F
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1963· 2 entries
A year before Aguinaldo himself
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She died on May 29, 1963, a year before Aguinaldo himself.
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1962· 1 entry
President Diosdado Macapagal changed the celebration of Independence Day from July 4 to June 12 to honor Aguinaldo and the Revolution of 1898, rather than the establishment of the Insular Government of the Philippine Isl
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1958· 1 entry
When asked by the Filipino journalist Guillermo Gómez Rivera if he regretted anything in his life, Emilio Aguinaldo stated:"Yes
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1957· 1 entry
Emilio Aguinaldo College was established as a private, non-sectarian institute of education and named after Aguinaldo
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1950· 1 entry
President Elpidio Quirino appointed Aguinaldo as a member of the Philippine Council of State, where he served a full term
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1948· 1 entry
Philippine president Manuel Roxas granted amnesty to all accused political and economic collaborators and, as a result, charges against Aguinaldo were dropped and he was never tried
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1946· 1 entry
In accordance with the Tydings–McDuffie Act of 1934
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1943· 1 entry
Raising the flag with Artemio Ricarte, who had returned to the Philippines from Japan at the request of Japanese Prime Minister Hideki Tojo
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1941· 1 entry
When Quezon moved Flag Day to June 12 to commemorate the proclamation of Philippine independence
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1939· 1 entry
Aguinaldo vigorously expressed his antisemitism by echoing bigoted notions that Jewish people were "dangerous" and "selfishly materialistic"
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1935· 3 entries
Election lost: 1935 Philippine presidential election.
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Campaign: 1935 Philippine presidential election.
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The Philippines became a commonwealth, and presidential elections were held as part of a ten-year transition to complete independence
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1931· 1 entry
An American Pre-Code documentary film, Around the World in 80 Minutes with Douglas Fairbanks, had Douglas Fairbanks pose and speak for the camera as he talked with Aguinaldo
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1930· 1 entry
Aguinaldo married his second wife, Maria Agoncillo (1879–1963), at Barasoain Church
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1921· 1 entry
That he was verbally ordered by Aguinaldo to conduct the assassination of Luna at Cabanatuan
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1901· 3 entries
Aguinaldo took an oath of allegiance to the United States, formally ending the First Republic and recognizing the sovereignty of the United States over the Philippines
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With the aid of Macabebe Scouts forces led by General Frederick Funston, Aguinaldo was captured in his headquarters in Palanan, Isabela
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As well as his allegations in the deaths of Bonifacio and Luna had since made him an unpopular figure among the Filipino people, and he lost to Quezon in a landslide, gaining only 17
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1899· 4 entries
Aguinaldo issued an order disbanding the remnants of the Filipino national army; in the same order, he formulated a strategy of guerrilla warfare
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Luna received one telegram (he failed to receive two others) sent by Aguinaldo himself
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In Malolos, Bulacan and endured until capture of Aguinaldo by the American forces on March 23, 1901, in Palanan, Isabela, which effectively dissolved the First Republic
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Career landmark: President of the Philippines (1899–1901).
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1898· 4 entries
The Treaty of Paris had been signed; it transferred the Philippines from Spain to the United States for the sum of $20 million
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American forces had captured Manila during the "mock" Battle of Manila and on August 14, 1898, established the United States Military Government of the Philippine Islands, with Major-General Wesley Merritt as the first A
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Aguinaldo gathered a force of about 18,000 troops and fought against a small garrison of Spanish troops in Alapan, Imus, Cavite
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In Cavite, Aguinaldo issued a proclamation upon the advice of his war counselor Ambrosio Rianzares Bautista, and Aguinaldo assumed the command of all Philippine forces and established a dictatorial government with himsel
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1897· 6 entries
Aguinaldo arrived at Biak-na-Bato, San Miguel, Bulacan, and established a headquarters there in what is now called "Aguinaldo Cave" in Biak-na-Bato National Park
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Near Mount Nagpatong, Mount Buntis, Mount Pumutok, and Maragondon, Cavite
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Several complaints were sent to Aguinaldo, notably by Severino de las Alas, a known supporter and loyalist of Bonifacio, along with Jose Coronel, and many others, that Bonifacio and his men ransacked, pillaged and burned
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In Tejeros, San Francisco de Malabon, Cavite
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The Spaniards launched the powerful Cavite Offensive to drive out and crush Filipino revolutionaries under Aguinaldo and his Magdalo forces, who had won numerous victories against the Spanish in the early stages of the r
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Aguinaldo ordered soldiers to plant dynamite along the bridge and to place pointed bamboo sticks in the river beds below the bridge
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1896· 3 entries
The battalion arrived carrying a squadron of 1,328 men and some 55 officers
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Aguinaldo started the assault by beginning as a skirmish to the full-blown revolt Kawit Revolt
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Married his first wife, Hilaria del Rosario (1877–1921)
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1895· 2 entries
Santiago Alvarez, whose father was a Capitan Municipal (Mayor) of Noveleta, encouraged Aguinaldo to join the "Katipunan", a secret organization led by Andrés Bonifacio that was dedicated to the expulsion of the Spanish a
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Aguinaldo became a Freemason, joining Pilar Lodge No
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1893· 1 entry
Before the Maura Law called for the reorganization of local governments
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1888· 1 entry
Entered the lottery of the Spanish auxiliary conscription with number 221
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1869· 2 entries
In Cavite el Viejo (present-day Kawit) in the province of Cavite to Carlos Aguinaldo y Jamir and Trinidad Famy y Villanueva, a couple that had eight children, the seventh of whom was Emilio
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Born 1869-03-22.
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