Mostly unknown facts of the Philippines Options

[islander]

Following is mostly unknown facts about nations gotten from this site which contains info. supposedly not known by many ppl.: They say

The nations you didn't learn about in high school.

http://www.buckyogi.com/footnotes/index.htm

Philippines, Empire of the- The Emperor of the Philippines was named Florencio Entrencherado, a fish merchant from the central province of Iloilo on Panay. In 1925, he declared himself monarch of the archipelago. While his declaration was treated as a joke at first, within a year his stand against heaxy taxation and foreign interference had gained him thousands of peasant followers. In late 1926, he was brought to trial on a variety of charges. The presiding judge lost patience with the royal pomp which Florencio I insisted upon, and declared the Emperor insane.

An appeal to the Philippine Supreme Court failed, and a ship was sent in May of 1927 to bring Entrencherado to Manila. Armed followers of the Emperor staged an uprising, however, and burned land records and landowners' villas in several towns. Hundreds of Entrencheradistas protected the Emperor's compound with bolos, knives, and guns. Fortunately for everyone involved, the Philippine governor tactfully sent a team of officials to negotiate with Florencio on a diplomatic level. The Emperor quietly agreed to commitment at Manila, and died peacefully two years later. Entrencherado's followers, however, were tracked down and sentenced to long jail terms for their part in the uprising.

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Negros Republic- During the last years of Spanish rule in the Philippines, the southern island of Negros became the center of a millenarian peasant movement led by Dionosio Sigobela. The wealthy landowners of Negros feared both Sigobela's followers and the disorder caused by the American invasion of 1898. They decided to take action to protect their plantations, and overthrew the Spanish governor in November of 1898. The next day, Negros was declared an independent republic, allied with Emilio Aguinaldo's Biaknabato. On February 2, 1899, American warships appeared off the coast of Negros. The President rushed to arrange a conference with the commanding officer, and happily ceded control when guarantees of property rights were made. By this time, the peasants were on the brink of rebellion against the patrician government. Several thousand guerrillas had joined Sigobela's movement. After the arrival of the Americans, Sigobela declared himself the head of the Revolutionary Government of Negros. He was forced to go underground by Captain John White, the American commander on Negros. White took pains to establish trust and respect between the U.S. administration and the peasants. As his appeal to the peasants was thus defused and a coordinated manhunt began, Sigobela finally acknowledged his defeat and surrendered in 1907.

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Biaknabato Republic- The Biaknabato Republic was established at Bulacan in the Philippines in November of 1897. Led by the Filipino patriot Emilio Aguinaldo, Biaknabato's army fought the Spanish to a stalemate. A truce required Aguinaldo to go into exile at Hong Kong. He returned amid the chaos of the Spanish-American War and declared the Philippines independent in May of 1898. However, he was declared an outlaw by William H. Taft, who was then merely governor of the Philippines. The subsequent guerrilla war cost over a million Filipino lives, ending when Aguinaldo swore loyalty to the United States.

Seems China did once annex the Philippines.

Chinese Ceylon- In 1405, the Chinese Emperor Zhu Di sent a vast fleet to explore the Indian Ocean and assert his dominance there. The fleet consisted of over five hundred ships, and carried 28,000 troops. It explored the Indian coast and East Africa, bringing ostriches and giraffes back to China. A larger fleet would not sail until the First World War. The Admiral of the Treasure Fleet, as it was called, was Zheng He. Among such insignificant exploits as annexing the Phillipines for China, Zheng made contact with most of the monarchs along the Indian Ocean’s coast. Following a breach of protocol at the court of Ceylon’s dominant ruler in 1411, Zheng landed his troops, removed the king and installed his own candidate, declaring him a Chinese vassal and requiring him to send tribute to the Emperor. In 1459, a newly acceeded king of Ceylon repudiated the tribute to China. (Footnote: Chinese Ceylon - The Emperor of China later determined that since China was the richest and most civilized nation on Earth, maintaining the Treasure Fleet would be pointless. The ships were burned at anchor; after all, selling them raised the specter of the magnificent warships falling into pirate hands.)

[flipcombatmedic]

i know Ceylon/Sri Lanka was raided by Zheng He but I think that article was referring to a local chief of the one of the Philippine tribe who went to China to do the kowtow to the emperor and ended up living the rest of his life in China. i think there was a news several years ago of how some of his descendants came to China to visit distant relatives and his tomb.

but the biak na bato isn't a "you didn't know fact".

also islander is that site good?

[santoloco]

Following is mostly unknown facts about nations gotten from this site which contains info. supposedly not known by many ppl.: They say http://www.buckyogi.com/footnotes/index.htm
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Seems China did once annex the Philippines.

cool

thnx man!

[Torete_ako_sa_yo]

Footnote: Chinese Ceylon - The Emperor of China later determined that since China was the richest and most civilized nation on Earth, maintaining the Treasure Fleet would be pointless. The ships were burned at anchor; after all, selling them raised the specter of the magnificent warships falling into pirate hands.

China could have been a great Eastern power rival to all the Western powers, but this Emperor's superiority complex led the empire to degrade inwards.


The first Republic in Asia was the Malalos Republic of the Philippines



Started from June 12 1898. It lasted until Aguinaldo's Capture on 1901, however, power was already lost since May of 1899 in the capture of Malolos. I think we all know this.

[azrach187]

Well, the problem is that historical facts were subdued by Spain for nearly 300 years, including a book published by Jose Rizal (our national hero) based on a book by Dr. Antonio De Morga, published in 1609 in Mexico titled Sucesos de las Islas Filipinas to show the world that the history of the Philippines did not start when Magellan landed in Limasawa.

There were well meaning Spaniards who catalogued most of the historical happenings during the occupation, but the absence of a structured educational system, sent most of the books back to Spain or just rotted into oblivion.

Islander, you must come visit the Philippines. You'll be surprised. It's like Puerto Rico minus the Merengue music and much friendlier. Bigger too!

Hell, Menudo was a huge hit in the Philippines. We even have a dish named after them. Just kidding! But we do have a menudo dish.

[Torete_ako_sa_yo]

Well, the problem is that historical facts were subdued by Spain for nearly 300 years, including a book published by Jose Rizal (our national hero) based on a book by Dr. Antonio De Morga, published in 1609 in Mexico titled Sucesos de las Islas Filipinas to show the world that the history of the Philippines did not start when Magellan landed in Limasawa.

There were well meaning Spaniards who catalogued most of the historical happenings during the occupation, but the absence of a structured educational system, sent most of the books back to Spain or just rotted into oblivion.

Islander, you must come visit the Philippines. You'll be surprised. It's like Puerto Rico minus the Merengue music and much friendlier. Bigger too!

Hell, Menudo was a huge hit in the Philippines. We even have a dish named after them. Just kidding! But we do have a menudo dish.

Oh yeah. Menudo and pescado, I never fail to see them at gatherings.

[azrach187]

Oh yeah. Menudo and pescado, I never fail to see them at gatherings.

I was refering to the band Menudo, where the young Ricky Martin started out with.





Neways, back to the topic...

[islander]

Well, the problem is that historical facts were subdued by Spain for nearly 300 years, including a book published by Jose Rizal (our national hero) based on a book by Dr. Antonio De Morga, published in 1609 in Mexico titled Sucesos de las Islas Filipinas to show the world that the history of the Philippines did not start when Magellan landed in Limasawa.

There were well meaning Spaniards who catalogued most of the historical happenings during the occupation, but the absence of a structured educational system, sent most of the books back to Spain or just rotted into oblivion.

Islander, you must come visit the Philippines. You'll be surprised. It's like Puerto Rico minus the Merengue music and much friendlier. Bigger too!

Hell, Menudo was a huge hit in the Philippines. We even have a dish named after them. Just kidding! But we do have a menudo dish.

Merengue is the national music of the Dominican Republic. Ours is Salsa, these days also Reggaeton. That would be good to go to the Philippines but chances are that if I haven't been to the Dominican Republic which is only 54 miles (87 km) away from my current location I won't get to the Philippines which is on the other side of the planet. Would be easy to get a visa for the Philippines since they have a consulate located near the Capital.
See list: http://www.rootsweb.com/~prsanjua/consu.htm

Think the weather would be the same, including Hurricanes (Typhoons), since we are located on the same latitude has extreme Northern Luzon.

@ flipcombatmedic - In answer to your question, site is ok. Contains many unknown facts on nations that still or once existed even for only a short time.

This post has been edited by islander: Aug 6 2006, 06:16 PM

[tunay_na_tao]

Merengue is the national music of the Dominican Republic. Ours is Salsa, these days also Reggaeton. That would be good to go to the Philippines but chances are that if I haven't been to the Dominican Republic which is only 54 miles (87 km) away from my current location I won't get to the Philippines which is on the other side of the planet. Would be easy to get a visa for the Philippines since they have a consulate located near the Capital.
See list: http://www.rootsweb.com/~prsanjua/consu.htm

Think the weather would be the same, including Hurricanes (Typhoons), since we are located on the same latitude has extreme Northern Luzon.

Do u know that a well respected singer in the Phillippines is part boricua

[islander]

Do u know that a well respected singer in the Phillippines is part boricua

No didn't know that.

[tunay_na_tao]

No didn't know that.

Born in the suburb of Sta. Mesa in Manila on August 6, 1964, he is the sixth of Vicente Valenciano and Grimilda Santiago Ortiz’s seven children. Santiago Ortiz is an Italian-Puerto Rican woman who became a popular opera singer in Manila during the 1960s, and her love for music passed down to her son, Gary. He took his primary and secondary studies in La Salle Greenhills. It was during his high school days, while being on a brief stint the musical group Kundirana, that he devoted himself to music

[oanari]

The first Republic in Asia was the Malalos Republic of the Philippines

Started from June 12 1898. It lasted until Aguinaldo's Capture on 1901, however, power was already lost since May of 1899 in the capture of Malolos. I think we all know this.

If you are referring to the first Republic in Asia that still exist today then the answer would be the Philippines. However, if you are referring to the first republic in Asia that was established, I don't think the correct answer is the Philippines.

The first established republic in Asia was the Vaishali Republic in the present day Bihar, India. Vaishali was established in 600 B.C. and ceased to exist in the 3rd century when it was conquered by King Ashoka the Great of Mauryan Empire.

Another republic that was established before Philippines was the Lan Fang Republic in the present day Kalimantan Barat (West Kalimantan) in the Indonesian part of Borneo. It was established in 1777 when Hakka Chinese overthrew the local sultan but it ceased to exist when the Dutch occupied it in 1884.

The Republic of Ezo was established by Admiral Enomoto Takeaki in December 1868 in the Japanese island of Hokkaido, but ceased to exist when Admiral Takeaki surrendered to Emperor Meiji in May 1869.

The pro-Qing officials established the Republic of Formosa in May 1895 but the republic collapsed when the Japanese completed their conquest of the island five months later.

Then comes the Philippines, Emilio Aquinaldo declared Philippine Independence in June 12, 1898 but become a dictator. The First Philippine Republic was established when they ratified the Malolos Constitution in January 1899. This lasted in May 1901 when Aquinaldo was captured. Aguinaldo was no leader but a power hungry SOB. It would have been nice if he was murdered when he set foot in the Ilocano country. He was lucky because he had Gregorio Aglipay on his side. When his men assassinated General Antonio Luna, the Ilocanos are thinking of avenging Luna's death, and they could have ambush Aguinaldo when he set foot even in Pangasinan. With Luna is gone, the Republic Army can no longer fight the Americans in a conventional warfare so they resorted to guerrilla, which they should have done before when Gen. Luna suggested it. The assassination of Gen. Luna, the republic crumbled, soon Luna's men started to surrender to the Americans because they no longer trust Aquinaldo. I wouldn't be surprised if those people who help Gen. Funston to capture Aguinaldo were Luna's men. I think the Macabebe Scouts were former Spanish Civil Guards, and when the Spanish were drove back to Manila, they offered their service to General Antonio Luna which Luna accepted it. I also read in a book (forgot the book't title) that some Spanish officers who sided with the Filipinos during the Philippine-American war are under Gen. Luna.

Anyways, I don't agree with the claimed that the Philippines is the first republic in Asia because there are republics that were established before the
Philippines became a republic in January 1899. However I agree with the claimed that the Philippines is one of the first established republics in Asia that is still exist today.

[Datu Mandub]

Here is another one :

Magellan's expedition was financed by the German. When he reached the Philippine archipelago the Spanish King is a German Emperor ;-)


The only Noble Estate in the Philippines was granted to Don Antonio Tuason in 1782, the Tuason Family at the same time was elevated to the Status of Spanish Nobility, but the Tuason's themselves are Chinese descent (Son Tua). Attached to their titles of Nobility was the land grant called "Mayorazgo", now part of Cainta stretching to Marikina.

[ham_let]

Hell, Menudo was a huge hit in the Philippines. We even have a dish named after them. Just kidding! But we do have a menudo dish.

oh my god.

altohugh these days spanish things like telenovelas are losing populaity. everyone is obsessed with korea these days. i don't blame them though. the only filipino movies that i like a dolpy ones, and all the teleseryes are the same.


imaginewhat it would be like if there was a nation today called 'negros'.

This post has been edited by ham_let: Aug 7 2006, 08:22 AM

[Datu Mandub]

i know Ceylon/Sri Lanka was raided by Zheng He but I think that article was referring to a local chief of the one of the Philippine tribe who went to China to do the kowtow to the emperor and ended up living the rest of his life in China. i think there was a news several years ago of how some of his descendants came to China to visit distant relatives and his tomb.

but the biak na bato isn't a "you didn't know fact".

also islander is that site good?

Sultan Paduka Pahala (Batara Shah) the Sultan of Sulu died in 1417 at Dezhou, Shandong Province,

his eldest son went back to Sulu to assume the throne..however, some of his heirs stayed in China and lived there and now on their 21st generation. It was only last year that the descendants of the Sultan finally set foot in Sulu again to meet their long lost relatives.

In 1743 another Sultan of Sulu appeared, Sultan Mohammad Amirudin. He appeals to Emperor Qian Long to include the territory of the Sultanate of Sulu as part of the Chinese Empire. The Chinese Emperor denied the Sultan's request.

If only the Emperor granted the Sultan's request we could have been Chinese Nationals 250 years ago..;-)

[oanari]

The most unknown fact of the Philippines that majority of Filipinos don't know about is the three stars of the Philippine flag. On the 'original' document of the Declaration of the Philippine Independence, the three stars represent the islands of Luzon, Mindanao, and Panay. NOT Luzon, Visayas, Mindanao.

[Sonofvisayas]

The most unknown fact of the Philippines that majority of Filipinos don't know about is the three stars of the Philippine flag. On the 'original' document of the Declaration of the Philippine Independence, the three stars represent the islands of Luzon, Mindanao, and Panay. NOT Luzon, Visayas, Mindanao.

What !?? if wat ur saying is true then it is one of the most unknown facts of the Philippines cos not alot of people knew about dis..

This post has been edited by Sonofvisayas: Aug 7 2006, 08:33 PM

[flipcombatmedic]

Sultan Paduka Pahala (Batara Shah) the Sultan of Sulu died in 1417 at Dezhou, Shandong Province,

his eldest son went back to Sulu to assume the throne..however, some of his heirs stayed in China and lived there and now on their 21st generation. It was only last year that the descendants of the Sultan finally set foot in Sulu again to meet their long lost relatives.

In 1743 another Sultan of Sulu appeared, Sultan Mohammad Amirudin. He appeals to Emperor Qian Long to include the territory of the Sultanate of Sulu as part of the Chinese Empire. The Chinese Emperor denied the Sultan's request.

If only the Emperor granted the Sultan's request we could have been Chinese Nationals 250 years ago..;-)

i was looking in fact at some sites about jolo a month ago, and there's tons of chinese over there. some Tausug have chinese names etc.

[ham_let]

my dad lived in jolo during his teenage years. his dad was an immigrant though.

my dad says jolo is dangerous and he never wants me to go there. zamboanga city maybe (although i don't have any relatives there) but jolo? NOOOOO

[Torete_ako_sa_yo]

Agapito Flores, a Cebuano, invented the Flourescent light we know today.

Actually, it will say that General Electric built the modern Flourescent light. However, a pattent for a Flourescent light was bought by GE from Mr. Agapito Flores and some other German dude, independently. The GE company made a Flourescent light based on these two designs. Flores actually got rich off of his invention.