Cavite mutiny | |||||||
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Part of the Philippine revolts against Spain and the aftermath of Spanish Revolution of 1868 | |||||||
A historical marker installed in 1972 by the National Historical Commission at Samonte Park to commemorate the mutiny | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
Filipino mutineers | |||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Felipe Ginovés | Fernando La Madrid | ||||||
Strength | |||||||
One regiment, four cannons | Around 200 soldiers and laborers |
The Cavite mutiny (Spanish: Motín de Cavite; Filipino: Pag-aaklas sa Kabite) was an uprising of Filipino military personnel of Fort San Felipe, the Spanish arsenal in Cavite,[2]: 107 Philippine Islands (then also known as part of the Spanish East Indies) on January 20, 1872. Around 200 locally recruited colonial troops and laborers rose up in the belief that it would elevate to a national uprising. The mutiny was unsuccessful, and government soldiers executed many of the participants and began to crack down on a burgeoning Philippines nationalist movement. Many scholars believed that the Cavite mutiny was the beginning of Filipino nationalism that would eventually lead to the Philippine Revolution.[3]
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