Philippine History June 5-6

June 5

1899 - Assassination of General Antonio Luna and Colonel Francisco Roman his aide-de-camp, at Cabanatuan, Nueva Ecija, by the bodyguards of General Emilio Aguinaldo.

1899 - Reestablishment in Manila of the court of first instance and the court of the justice of peace, which were suspended on August 13, 1898.

1898 - Emilio Aguinaldo is visited by a youthful pianist and composer Julian Felipe, who is asked to play on the piano the "Himno de Balintawak", a musical composition which Aguinaldo has brought from Hongkong.

1888 - Valerio Weyler assumes office as governor-general. He issues a decree prohibiting the use of any language or dialect, other than Spanish, in all education institutions in the country.

1754 - A Royal Cedula of Ferdinand VI is received in the Philippines providing for the compulsory teaching of Spanish in all the schools for boys and girls.

June 6

1953 - President Elpidio Quirino signs Proclamation No. 394, fixing June 12, 1953 as the organiztion day of the City of Tacloban, Leyte. He also appoints six city officials for the new chartered city.

1952 – Republic Act No. 711 is enacted dividing the province of Zamboanga into Zamboanga del Norte and Zamboanga del Sur.

1899 - Upon learning of General Antonio Luna’s death in Cabanatuan, President Aguinaldo wires all the military chiefs in the provinces of Tarlac, Pangasinan, Ambos Ilocos, Cagayan, and Isabela to the effect that he is taking active direction of the military operations and that he is establishing his temporary headquarters at Bamban, Tarlak.

1898 - Apolinario Mabini submits to the revolutionary government of the Philippines his “constitutional program of the Philippine Republic

1898 - With his troops surrounding the City of Manila, General Aguinaldo demands from Governor-General Basilio Agustin his honorable surrender, which the latter refuses.

1636 - Archbishop Hernando Guerrero returns to Manila from his 26-day exile in Mariveles amid the rejoicing of the populace. Provoked by his disputes with Governor Sebastian Hurtado de Corcuera, who tried to govern both state and church, the controversy reached scandalous proportions.

Source:
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