07 November, 1898

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TODAY IN PHILIPPINE HISTORY

The liberators of Negros, assembled in Bacolod to promulgate a constitution and establish the Republica Cantonal de Negros (Cantonal Republic of Negros), following the unconditional surrender of the town on November 6, 1898, by the Spanish authorities to the Negrenses.

Earlier, on November 3, 1898, the people of Negros rose in revolt against the Spanish authorities headed by Politico-military Governor Colonel Isidro de Castro. On March 1899, the American forces led by Colonel James G. Smith occupied Bacolod, the revolutionary capital of Republica Cantonal de Negros which lead to the eventual dissolution of the Republic. A historical marker commemorating the surrender of the Spaniards to the Negrenses was installed in Bacolod at the city’s Fountain of Justice in 2007.

(Ref: Pambansan Komisyong Pangkasaysayan; Photo from commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Fountain_of_Justice_Bacolod_City_Philippines.jpg)

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