1897 in the Philippines

This is a list of notable events that happened in the Philippines in the year 1897.

Spanish Colonial Government

 * Governor-General:
 * Camilo de Polavieja (until April 15)
 * José de Lachambre (April 15 – 23)
 * Fernándo Primo de Rivera (starting April 23)

Philippine Revolutionary Government (Tejeros Government)

 * Vice President:
 * Mariano Trías (March 22 – November 2)
 * Captain general: Artemio Ricarte

Republic of Biak-na-Bato

 * Vice President:
 * Mariano Trías (March 22 – November 2)

January

 * January 4 – Eleven of fifteen Filipinos which would be called the Fifteen Martyrs of Bicol are executed in Bagumbayan.
 * January 11 – Thirteen Filipinos which would be called the Thirteen Martyrs of Bagumbayan are executed.

February

 * February 6:
 * Ten Katipunan members convicted of subversion are executed in Bagumbayan, Manila.
 * A revolt in parts of Negros Oriental led by native priests ends in a battle with the defeat of the natives from the Spanish forces.
 * February 13 – Governor-General Camilo de Polavieja begins his campaign with 16,000 Spanish soldiers to regain Cavite from Filipino revolutionaries.
 * February 17 – Filipino forces win in the Battle of Zapote Bridge occurred in the boundary of Las Piñas and Cavite.
 * February 19 – Spaniards recaptures Silang, Cavite in a battle.
 * February 25 – Spaniards recaptures Dasmariñas, Cavite in a battle.

March

 * March 22 – The two factions of the Katipunan are convened at the Tejeros Convention to resolve the leadership status in the organization.
 * March 23 – Nineteen Filipinos which would be called the Nineteen Martyrs of Aklan are executed in Kalibo.

May

 * May 10 – Andrés Bonifacio and his brother Procopio Bonifacio are killed in Maragondon, Cavite.

November

 * November 1 – The Republic of Biak-na-Bato is established by Emilio Aguinaldo and his fellow revolutionaries, the first republic to be established in the Philippines.

December

 * December 14 – The Pact of Biak-na-Bato is signed between Governor-General Fernando Primo de Rivera and Emilio Aguinaldo to end the Philippine Revolution.

Holidays
As a colony of Spanish Empire and being a catholic, the following were considered holidays:
 * January 1 – New Year's Day
 * April 15 – Maundy Thursday
 * April 16 – Good Friday
 * December 25 – Christmas Day

Births

 * January 23 – Ildefonso Santos, Filipino poet, sculptor, and writer (d. 1984)
 * March 3 – José Romero, Filipino politician (d. 1978)
 * June 29 – George J. Willmann, Naturalized Filipino missionary from the United States. (d. 1977)
 * September 11 - Francisca Susano, Filipino supercentenarian, (d. 2021)
 * December 3 – Elisa Ochoa, first Filipina in the Congress of the Philippines (d. 1978)

Deaths

 * January 4 – Executed eleven of the Fifteen Martyrs of Bicol.
 * January 11 – Executed Thirteen Martyrs of Bagumbayan.
 * José Dizon, one of the founders of Katipunan
 * February 6 – Executed members of Katipunan:
 * Román Basa (b. 1848)
 * Teodoro Plata (b. 1866)
 * Vicente Molina
 * Hermenegildo de los Reyes
 * José Trinidad
 * Pedro Nicodemus
 * Feliciano del Rosario
 * Gervasio Samson
 * Doroteo Dominguez
 * Apolonio de la Cruz
 * February 17 – Edilberto Evangelista, Filipino civil engineer and general (b. 1862)
 * March 23 – Executed Nineteen Martyrs of Aklan.
 * May 10 – Andrés Bonifacio, Filipino nationalist and revolutionary; one of the founders of Katipunan (b. 1863)

Unknown dates

 * Those executed after January 11, 1897:
 * Hugo Perez
 * Pedro Joson
 * Marcello de los Santos Esguerra
 * Eugenio de los Reyes y Herrera
 * Valentin Matias Lagasca y Cruz