The document discusses two major events that occurred in 1872 in the Philippines: 1) The Cavite Mutiny, an uprising of around 200 soldiers and laborers at Fort San Felipe in Cavite who believed it would spark a national uprising but was unsuccessful, with many participants executed. 2) The martyrdom of Fathers Gomez, Burgos, and Zamora (the Gomburza Fathers), prominent Filipino priests charged with treason and implicated in the mutiny, who were executed by garrote. It provides perspectives on the events from Spanish and Filipino historians and details about the mutiny and executions.

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4. 2 MAJOR EVENTS HAPPENED
IN 1872;
1. Cavite Mutiny 1872
2. Martyrdom of the three priests in the
persons of Father Mariano Gomez,
Jose Burgos, Jasinto Zamora
(GOMBURZA FATHERS)

5. MUTINY
-A rebellion against authority
-Comes from an old verb “MUTINE” which
means “REVOLT”.

6. FILIPINO VERSION

7. - He is a Filipino scholar and researcher.
- He wrote a Filipino version of the incident in
Cavite.
•According to Pardo De Tavera, The incident was
merely amutiny by Filipino soldiers and laborers of
the Cavite arsenal to the dissatisfaction arising from
the draconian policies of Izguerdo (Abolition of
previleges and prohibition of the founding of the
school of arts and trades).
Dr. Trinidad Hermenegildo Pardo De Tavera

8. • 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.
CAVITE MUTINY

9. G O M B U R Z A
• Collective name of the three
martyred priests.
• Tagged as the masterminds of
the Cavite mutiny.

10. • They were prominent Filipino
priests charged with treason and
sedition.
• The Spanish clergy connected the
priest to the mutiny as part of a
conspiracy to stifle the movement of
secular priests who desired to have
their own perishes instead of being
assistants to the regular friars.

11. On February 17,1872
The Gomburza were executed by Garrote to public to serve as a
threat to Filipinos never to attempt to fight the Spaniards again.

12. A garrote can be made out of
many different materials,
including ropes, cloth, cable
ties, fishing lines, nylon, guitar
strings, telephone cord or piano
wire. A stick may be used to
tighten the garrote; the Spanish
word refers to the stick itself. In
Spanish, the term may also
refer to a rope and stick used to
constrict a limb as a torture
device.
G a r r o t e

13. SPANISH VERSION

14. Jose Montero Y Vidal, a prolific Spanish
historian documented the event and
highlighted it as an attempt of the indos
to overthrow the Spanish Government in
the Philippines.
Meanwhile, Gov. General Izquierdo
official report to the King of Spain
magnified the event and made use of it to
implicate the native clergy, which was
then active in the call for secularization.