GomBurZa's execution

1. GOMBURZA
THE DEATH OF

2. THE DEATH OF
GOMBURZA

3. RAFAEL DE
IZQUIERDO
(30 September 1820 – 9 November 1883)

4. • MUTINY CAME FROM THE
OLD VERB “MUTINE”
WHICH MEANS TO REVOLT.
• JANUARY 20, 1872
• SPANISH PERSPECTIVE
• FILIPINO PERSPECTIVE
CAVITE
MUTINY

5. MARIANO GÓMES DE LOS ANGELES
2 AUGUST 1799 – 17 FEBRUARY 1872
THE MARTYR
PRIESTS
JOSÉ APOLONIO BURGOS Y GARCÍA
9 FEBRUARY 1837 – 17 FEBRUARY 1872
JACINTO ZAMORA Y DEL ROSARIO
14 AUGUST 1835 – 17 FEBRUARY 1872
GomBurZa

6. THE ARREST OF
GOMBURZA
• SECULARES – NATIVE PRIESTS
• REGULARES – SPANISH FRIARS
• SECULARIZATION MOVEMENT (1768)
• ACCORDING TO TRINIDAD PARDO DE
TAVERA, THE OPPOSITION OF
REGULARES TO SECULARIZATION AND
INSTIGATING THEM TO THE MUTINY LED
TO THEIR ARREST AND EXECUTION
EVEN WITH LACK OF EVIDENCE.
• FRACISCO SALDUA WAS SAID TO HAVE
BEEN BRIBED TO IMPICLATE THE
GOMBURZA.

7. • THEY WERE EXECUTED ON FEBRUARY
17, 1872 AT BAGUMBAYAN.
• GOMBURZA WAS CHARGED WITH
TREASON AND SEDITION.
• GARROTE – AN APPARATUS THAT IS
USED TO STRANGLE SOMEONE.
• SALDUA WAS THE FIRST EXECUTED
• THE FIRST OF GOMBURZA TO BE
EXECUTED IS GOMEZ. THEN NEXT IS
ZAMORA AND THE LAST ONE IS
BURGOS.
THE EXECUTION OF
GOMBURZA

8. THE LAST WORDS OF
GOMBURZA
“Father, I know that not a leaf
falls to the ground except by the
will of God. His holy will be done
because He desires that I die
here”
- MARIANO GOMEZ

9. THE LAST WORDS OF
GOMBURZA
JACINTO ZAMORA APPEARED TO
HAVE LOST ITS MIND AND STOOD
MOTIONLESS UNTIL THE SCREW
TURNED AND HE WAS STRANGLED.

10. THE LAST WORDS OF
GOMBURZA
- JOSE BURGOS
“What crime have I committed?
Is it possible that I will die in this
manner? Is there no justice in
this planet? I am not guilty!”

11. THE RISE OF
NATIONALISM
• THE DEATH OF GOMBURZA AWAKENED THE
FILIPINOS WITH A NEW REALIZATION :
LIBERAL NOTIONS OF EQUALITY,
MERITOCRACY, HUMAN DIGNITY COULD NO
LONGER THRIVE UNDER COLONIAL REGIME.
• RIZAL SAW THE TRAGIC EVENT AND HOW IT
AFFECTED HIS PARENTS AND HIS BROTHER,
PACIANO.
• RIZAL’S SECOND NOVEL, EL FILIBUSTERISMO
WAS DEDICATED TO THE THREE MARTYR
PRIESTS.

12. “Mag-aral kayo. Pakinabangan ninyo ang paaralan
ng bayan hanggang sa kung saan ang maibibigay ng
mga ito. LAGING MAGING PILIPINO, ISANG
EDUKADONG PILIPINO”
FR. JOSE BURGOS