María Josefa Gabriela Cariño de Silang was a Filipino military leader who took over leadership of the Ilocano independence movement from Spain after the assassination of her second husband Diego Silang in 1763. She led the movement for four months before being captured and executed by the colonial government of the Philippines.
María Josefa Gabriela Cariño de Silang was a Filipino military leader who took over leadership of the Ilocano independence movement from Spain after the assassination of her second husband Diego Silang in 1763. She led the movement for four months before being captured and executed by the colonial government of the Philippines.
María Josefa Gabriela Cariño de Silang was a Filipino military leader who took over leadership of the Ilocano independence movement from Spain after the assassination of her second husband Diego Silang in 1763. She led the movement for four months before being captured and executed by the colonial government of the Philippines.
20, 1763) was a Filipino military leader best known for her role as the female leader of the Ilocano independence movement from Spain. She took over from her second husband Diego Silang after his assassination in 1763, leading her people for four months before she was captured and executed by the colonial government of the Captaincy General of the Philippines.