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The Code of Kalantiaw Site of the first mass on March 31, 1521, Easter
Sunday, by Father Pedro de Valderrma
Is a mythical legal code in the epic history Maragtas Located at the Southern Leyte
In 1968 it was proved a hoax when William Henry Jaime de Veyra stated that the first mass was
Scott defended his research on pre-Hispanic sources celebrated in Limasawa not in Butuan
in the Philippine History Historian Pablo Pastell stating by the footnote to
Francisco Colin’s Labor Evangelica that Magellan did
not go to Butuan but from Limasawa to Cebu
Francisco Albo(pilot of Magellan’s flagship) does not analyzed the motivations of the 1872 Cavity
mention the first mass but he writes that they Mutiny
erected a cross on a mountain which overlooked
three islands the west and the southwest Case Study 3: Did Rizal Retract?
James Robertson agreed with Pastells in a footnote
Jose Rizal
that Mazua was actually Limasawa
In the authentic sccount of Pigafetta, the port was -identified as a hero of the revolution for his writings that
not in Butuan but an island named Mazua (Masawa) center on ending colonialism and liberating Filipino minds to
Father Bernard studied all the Pigafetta’s maps, contribute to creating the Filipino nation.
which place in Mazua off the southern tip of the
larger island of Leyte., a check with the modern -Two important novel of Rizal was Noli Me Tangere and El
maps will show that this jibes with Limasawa and not Filibusterismo
Masao or Butuan
The Retraction- the document that declares Rizal’s belief in
Evidence for Limasawa the Catholic faith, and retracts everything he wrote against
the Church
1. The evidence of Albo’s Log-Book
2. The evidence of Pigafetta Case Study 4: Where did the cry of rebellion happen?
a. Pigaffeta’s testimony regarding the
El Grito de Rebelion/Cry of Rebellion, prominent Filipino
route
Historian Teodoro Agoncillo emphasizes the event when
b. The evidence of pigaffeta’s map
Bonifacio tore the Cedula or tax receipt before the
c. The two native kings
Katipuneros who also did the same.
King of Mazaua who guided
the Magellan expedition to Different Dates and Places of the Cry
Cebu
King of Butuan- brother of the Lt. Olegario Diaz a guardia civil identified the Cry to have
King of Mazaua acoording to happened in Balintawak on August 25 1986
PIgaffeta
Teodoro Kalaw a Filipino Historian mark the place to be in
d. The seven days at “Mazaua”
Kangkong, Balintawak on the last week of August
e. An argument from omission
3. Summary of the evidence of Albo and Pigafetta Santiago Alvarez a Katipunero and son of Mariano
4. Confirmatory evidence from Legazpi expedition Alvarez,leader of the Magdiwang Faction in Cavite, put the
cry in Bahay Toro in Quezon city on August 24, 1896.
Case Study 2: What happened in the Cavite Mutiny?
Pio Valenzuela known Katipunero and privy to many events
1872- a historic year of two events: the Cavite Mutiny
concerning the Katipunan stated that the Cry happened in
and the martyrdom of the three priest. Mariano Gomez,
Pugad Lawin on August 23, 1896.
Jose Burgos, and Jacinto Zamora (GOMBURZA-is the
collective name of the three martyred priests.) Teodora Agoncillo put it at Pugad Lawin on August 23, 1896
Cavity Mutiny- a major factor in the awakening of Guillermo Masangkay a Katipunan General, Bonifacio’s
nationalism among the Filipinos childhood friend and eyewitness , the rebellion was held on
August 26, 1896 in Balintawak at the House of Apolonio
Four Accounts of the Cavity Mutiny
Samson.
1. Excerpts from Montero’s Account
2. Excerpts from the Official report of Milagros Guerrero, Emmanuel Encarnacion and Ramon
Governor Izquerdo Villegas claim that the event took place in Tandang Sora’s
3. Excerpts from Pardo de Tavera barn in Gulod, Barangay Banlat, Quezon City, on August 24,
4. Excerpts from Edmund Plauchut 1896.
Jose Montero Y Vidal- a profile Spanish
historian documented the event and Gregoria De Jesus-wife of Supremo Andress Bonifacio and the
highlighted it is an attempt the indios to “Lakambini of the Katipunan”,custudian of the secret
overthrow the Spanish government in the documents, seal and some weapons of the Katipunan.
Philippines According to her version the First Cry occurred near Caloocan,
Gov. Gen. Rafael Izquerdo’s official report on August 25, 1896.
magnified the event and made use of it to
Four Places of the Cry
implicate the native clergy
Dr. Trinidad Hermenigildo Pardo de Tavera- 1. Balintawak
a Filipino scholar and researcher wrote the 2. Pugad Lawin
Filipino version of the bloody incident in 3. Kangkong
Cavite 4. Bahay Toro
Edmund Plauchut a French writer
complemented with Tavera’s account and The dates of the cry vary : 23, 24, 25, or 26 August 1896
According to Milagros Guerrero, Emmanuel Encarnacion and
Ramon Villegas all these are in Balintawak then part of
Caloocan now in Quezon city.
As for the dates, Bonifacio and his troops may have been
moving from one place to another to avoid being located by
the Spanish government, which could explain why there are
several accounts of the cry.