The Philippine Revolution was an armed uprising against Spanish colonial rule, led at first by the secret society known as the Katipunan, founded by Andres Bonifacio. It broke out in August 1896 after the Spanish authorities discovered the society, and spread from Manila to nearby provinces. Emilio Aguinaldo emerged as the leading figure, and he took over the movement after Bonifacio was executed by rival revolutionaries. A truce, the Pact of Biak-na-Bato, ended the first phase. The Spanish-American War brought the fighting back, and Aguinaldo declared independence in June 1898, but Spain handed the islands to the United States under the Treaty of Paris, leading to the Philippine-American War.
Before and after
- 8 November 1895Roentgen discovers X-rays
- 15 November 1895Founding of Clube de Regatas do Flamengo
- 14 December 1895Birth of George VI
- 28 December 1895The Lumiere brothers hold the first public film screening
- from 1896 to 1898Philippine Revolution
- 1896Svante Arrhenius calculates how carbon dioxide warms the planet
- from 11 February 1896 to 20 February 1897Gojong's internal exile to the Russian legation
- 1 March 1896Battle of Adwa
- from 6 April 1896 to 15 April 18961896 Summer Olympics
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The era
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