Maria Josefa Gabriela, also known as Gabriela Silang was born on March 19, 1731 in Caniogan, Santa, Ilocos Sur. She was married to Don Tomas Millan a wealthy and known businessman in Ilocos. Shortly, after their marriage, Millan died of old age. Gabriela met Diego Silang, a man of great intelligence, courage and determination who believed and fought towards the independence of the Filipino people. The two wed in 1757 and in 1762, she joined the revolt against the Spaniards alongside Diego. His revolt was successful at first but was derailed by fellow locals, Pedro Becbec and Miguel Vicos, who sided with the Spaniards. Miguel Vicos, along with the hated and dreaded Spanish officials, orchestrated Diego’s assassination on May 28, 1763.
After Diego was assassinated, Gabriela vowed to avenge his death, and to continue the struggle. She was in great affliction, but had no time to lose. The rebels lost hope after the death of their leader. None of the men stepped up to be the new face of the rebellion. So Gabriela did something very heroic, and took her husband’s place as the leader of the rebellion. She greatly armed herself and informed the people that the struggle was far from over. She soon gained more followers. Gabriela began to assist people living in other cities. The people began to call her “Henerala” which meant woman general and were gratified that Diego’s fighting spirit was continued with Gabriela.
Silang Revolt
Gabriela Silang successfully led her men through their first battle in her hometown, Santa. After the Spaniards devastating loss against Gabriela, the Spanish were insistent on defeating Gabriela. They had never before felt threatened by a Filipina woman. Gabriela and her men then traveled to Pidigan, Abra to establish a new base. Pidigan was not too far from Santa, but the Spanish could not track down the rebels due to the land’s rocky soil. In Pidigan, Gabriela was reunited with her mother after being parted since her childhood.
She was joined by Diego’s uncle, Nicolas Cariño who temporarily took command of the rebel forces gathering 2,000 men loyal to her husband. Gabriela and her troops descended on Vigan on September 10, 1763 then took lead on several attacks against Spanish forces; some won but others lost with many casualties on both sides. When the attacks were over, Gabriela’s forces were overwhelmed and as a result, she was captured later in the mountains of Abra and taken prisoner by Spanish forces led by her husband’s assassin, Miguel Vicos. Some ninety of her lieutenants were caught. One by one, each lieutenant was lined along the coastal towns and paraded in front of the townspeople to gawk. As a result, they were hanged publicly.
Due to resistance among the rebels, the Spanish authorities prepared a special kind of death for her. Gabriela was brought to the town plaza one morning and hanged before a curious crowd of Spaniards. The brave Gabriela, then only 32 years old, went calmly and courageously to her death. To this day, the final resting place of Gabriela Silang remains unknown. Her undaunted determination, along with her skill and strength is what the people of the Philippines will never forget, and why she is regarded as the pioneering female Bayani. Today her courageous leadership became a symbol for the importance of women in Filipino society, and their struggle for liberation during colonization.
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Nice! If I could get my dad to listen to any of this stuff it'd be great but he'd prefer not to because he believes his 1970s high school wducation is totally enough and anything someone says that may contradict it is crap. Dude fought back on me against the McDonald's coffee thing cause he heard what he heard in the 90s and wouldn't budge s bit despite overwhelming evidence. My mom didn't comment when I asked if she'd sue if a cup of coffee melted her vsgina shut.
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You must also either already be a trekkie or for dome readon want me to explain every aspect of every episode
First black panther: “time to go after some crakkkers”
Second black panther: “time to go after all the crakkkers”
:no: How bout we maintain proper monarchy instead, and help the most dispossessed nation in the world - amerikkka.
Well, at least in second movie one (1) character doing something in haiti :edgeworth-shrug:
I finished the latest marvel slop over the last three weeks :desolate:
Thought this was about the party at first and felt very confused once I hit the part about monarchism.
At least the :france-cool: defense minister is pissed about the second movie because the white guys who got owned at the beginning are French?
internet leftists when told the price of things varies by location :rage-cry:
Today at Target, the self checkout line was about 20 people deep, to the point where nobody really knew where the line ended. There was only 1 or 2 checkstands with employees. I said to the person next to me, "if we all make a run for it, they can't stop us all" in jest. No joke, two minutes later, there were still 20 people in line, but Target somehow found 5 people to stand by the exit door, flanking both sides. Two of them in OD and plate carriers, the rest just the run of the mill capo looking mfs. Love living in the future
Tomorrow I have my 6 month post surgery check in (GCS). We're going to schedule a revision (nothing major) and begin that process with insurance and all again
I'm still kind of in a bad headspace, so I hope I can get through this okay. It won't be as intense as the main surgery, but I'm nervous regardless. Maybe this is too serious for the mega haha, but I need to say it somewhere :<
Self-serious liberal: "Should the president be allowed to commit crimes?"
Republican: "If they're a republican."
Leftist: "If they're funny."
Self-serious liberal: "The two of you are exactly alike!"
I'm culturally European in the sense that I'm a high functioning alcoholic
I also feel like taking the middle of the day off. Cause of being an alcohol. Europe seems built sound people's drinking problems .
I went to guitar center yesterday and they sold me about $750 worth of gear for less than 250. they fucked up but i dont care
closest thing i've gotten lately is the 7-11 giving me $11.80 in change rather than $1.18
It's ur civic duty as an American to go back and ask to pay for the whole thing
You have no idea how funny this is to me considering what went down, might dox me though.
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Me and mr. softie when he decides purina sucks and he wants iams now, and then flip back and forth then back then forth :meow-melt: