1.

CAVITE MUTINY
 1872
A HISTORY YEAR OF TWO EVENTS
CAVITE MUTINY
(A MAJOR FACTOR IN THE AWAKENING OF
NATIONALISM AMONG THE FILIPINO)
MUTINY
 a rebellion against authority
 comes from an old verb, “MUTINE” which means “REVOLT”

CAVITE MUTINY
• uprising of military personnel of Fort San Felipe (the Spanish arsenal in Cavite, Philippines) on
January 20, 1872
• Around 200 soldiers 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.
2. THE MARTYRDOM OF THE THREE PRIESTS
GOMBURZA

• Collective name of the three Martyred priests

• Tagged as the masterminds of the Cavite Mutiny
• They were prominent Filipino priests charged with treason and sedition
• The Spanish clergy connected the priests to the munity as part of a conspiracy to selfie the
movement of secular priests who desired to have their own parishes instead of being assistants
to the regular friars.
FATHER MARIANO GOMEZ

• An old man in his mid- ‘70, Chinese-Filipino, born in Cavite

• He held the most senior position of the three as Archbishop’s Vicar in Cavite
• He was truly nationalistic and accepted the death penalty calmly as though it were his penance
for being pro- Filipinos.
FATHER JOSE BURGOS

• Spanish descent, born in the Philippines. He was a parish priest of the Manila Cathedral and had
been known to be close to the liberal Governor General de la Torre
• He was 35 years old at the time and was active and outspoken in advocating the Filipinization of
the clergy.
FATHER JACINTO ZAMORA

• 37 years old, was also Spanish, born in the Philippines.

• He was the parish priest of Marikina and was known to be
unfriendly to and would not countenance any arrogance or
authoritative behavior from Spaniards coming from Spain.
SPANISH ACCOUNTS OF THE CAVITE MUTINY

1. Montero’s Account of the Cavite Mutiny

2. Official report of Governor Izquierdo on the Cavite Mutiny of
1872
JOSE MONTERO Y VIDAL

• Spanish historian
• His account centered on how the event was an attempt
in overthrowing the Spanish government in the
Philippines
• His account on mutiny was criticized as woefully
biased.
GOVERNOR RAFAEL IZQUIERDO

• Implicated the native clergy, who were active in the

movement towards secularization of parishes
• In a biased report, he highlighted the attempt to overthrow
the Spanish government in the Philippines to install a new
“hari” in the persons of Father Burgos and Zamora
1872
• Was premeditated, a part of a big conspiracy among
educated leaders, mestizos, lawyers and residents of Manila
and Cavite.

• They allegedly plan to liquidate high- ranking Spanish officers

then kill friars.
• JANUARY 20, 1872
- the district of Sampaloc celebrated the feast of the Virgin Loreto, came with it were some
fireworks display.
- the Caviteños mistook this as the signal to commerce with the attack.
- in result, leaders of the plot were killed.
Fathers Gomez, Burgos and Zamora- were tried by a court- martial and sentenced to be executed.

• FEBRUARY 17, 1872

- the GOMBURZA were executed by Garrote in public to serve as a threat to Filipinos never to
attempt to fight the Spaniards again.
- this is a scene purpotedly witnessed by a young Jose Rizal
DIFFERING ACCOUNTS OF THE
EVENTS OF 1872
1. PARDO DE TAVERA’S ACCOUNT OF THE CAVITE MUTINY
2. PLAUCHUT’S ACCOUNT OF THE CAVITE MUTINY
DR. TRINIDAD HERMENEGILDO PARDO DE
TAVERA
• A Filipino scholar and researcher
• Wrote a Filipino version of the bloody incident in Cavite.
• The incident was merely amutiny by Filipino soldiers and
laborers of the Cavite arsenal to the dissatisfaction arising
from the draconian policies of Izquierdo (Abolition of
privileges and prohibition of the founding of the school of
arts and trades).
EDMUND PALUCHUT
• A French writer
• Complemented Tavera’s account and analyzed
the motivation of the 1872 Cavite Mutiny