Andres Bonifacio (1863-97)

S. Mart here! Thanks for checking out our website! Jen Amos has been busy with life (or just being lazy - who knows). So Q. Rius Hart, Hayta, Pa Sivv and I thought we'd cover for her for this Friday's cultural presentation. Here's a simple condensed biography of Andres Bonifacio. Hope you don't mind the dryness. Jen doesn't want us to ruin her plans for her third presentation on Fri. Oct. 3rd! Enjoy!

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• Birth
• November 30th, 1863 @ Tutuban (Tondo, Manila)
  
• Parents
• Santiago Bonifaci0 (boatman)
  
• Catalina de Castro (supervisor @ a cigarette factory)
  
• Named after St. Andrew the Apostle
  
• Family
  
• 3 brothers & 2 sisters
• Ciriaco, Procopio, Esperidiona, Troadio & Maxima
  
• Mother died in 1881 by tuberculosis
• Father died w/ same disease a year later
• Andres became an orphan at age 19
• became head of family and moved to his uncles house
  
• Had two wives
• First one died of leprosy
• 2nd wife was Gregoria de Jesus (1894)
• Had a baby boy named Andres
• Died from smallpox
  
• Jobs (gave up school to work full time)
  
• Bodeguero (warehouse keeper)
• Clerk
• Agent for an English firm of J.M Fleming & Company in Binondo
  
• Made & sold
  
• Posters for companies
• Rattan walking canes
• Paper fans
• Bamboo hats
  
• Joined a German firm named Carlos Fressel & Company
• Worked as bodoguero & supply clerk
• Promoted to sales clerk
  
• Education
  
• Learned to read & write the alphabet in Tagalog & Spanish from a primer book
  
• Went to school in Meisic
  
• Gave up studies to support family after parents death
  
• Was capable of speaking little English
• Read
• Foreign novels
• About the French revolution
• Politics
• Law
• Religion
  
• Inspirations
  
• Books inspired him to dream of better lives for Filipinos
• Jose Rizal
• 07/03/1892; started a group called "La Liga Filipina"
• Filipinos from middle class
  
• Read Rizal's books Noli Me Tangere and El Filibusterismo
  
• La Liga Filipina
• Joined this pacifist group
  
• Rizal's group was discovered
• Rizal got arrested & exiled to Dapitan
  
• Time for change
  
• Bonifacio realized peaceful reforms were no longer possible
  
• KKK
  
• Stands for: Kataastaasan Kagalang-galang na Katipunan nang manga Anak nang Bayan
• Katipunan for short
• Showed how Bonifacio was influenced by Rizal
  
• Translation: 'Supreme Worshipful Association of the Sons of the People'
  
• Founded 07/07/1892 by Bonifacio, Ladislao Diwa & Teodora Plata on Azcarraga Street
  
• Secret society aims:
1. Free the Philippines from Spain
• By force of arms if necessary
  
2. Saw all men, rich or poor, as equals
3. Care for one another in times of sickness & need
   
• Members mainly from poor working class
  
• Katipunan was discovered (08/19/1896)
  
• Many Filipinos were arrested, jailed & shot
  
• Andres knew it was time for battle
  
• "Long Live the Philippines"
  
• 08/23/1896
• Bonifacio & Katipunan leaders vowed to fight Spaniards down to the last man
  
• First battle
  
• 08/30/1896
• Bonifacio lead with his best friend, Emilio Jacinto
• Attacked San Juan del Monte's gunpowder store house
• Spaniards retreated to El Deposito, where the Spaniards stored water supply for Intramuros city
  
• Two Rival Katipunan Councils
• Magdalo council
• Led by Emilio Aguinaldo
• Had many successful battles
  
• Believed it was time to form to a new kind of government modeled by the American system
  
• Magdiwang council
• Led by Mariano Alvarez & Bonifacio
• Had many unsuccessful battles
  
• Believed that the Katipunan government was still usedful
  
• How the Rivalry Worsened
  
• Tejeros convention 03/22/1897
  
• Emilio Aguinaldo became president for the new revolutionary government
  
• In refusal to recognize Aguinaldo's government, he formed a new government independent from Aguinaldo's
• Bonifacio had 40 men that came with him to Indang
  
• April 26, 1897
  
• Bonifacio was arrested by Aguinaldo's officers
• Bonifacio's men put up a fight
• His brother Ciriaco died
• Was tried by the military court in Maragondon, Cavite
• Charged with treason and trying to overthrow the new president
  
• May 10, 1897
• Bonifacio and his brother Procopio were led to Mt. Hulog where they were shot and killed
• The soldiers loyal to Aguinaldo dug a shallow grave and covered the bodies with twigs and weeds
  

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This biography looks a lot like the one Jen wrote on her blogspot... Now, I'm kinna getting the idea that she's not being the lazy one...

Shut up, Hayta. Thanks for reading everyone!