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Teodoro Plata (1866 – February 6, 1897) was a Filipino patriot, and a co-founder of the Katipunan, the secret society which sparked the Philippine Revolution against Spanish rule in 1896. He met Andrés Bonifacio at a boarding house in Manila along with Ladislao Diwa who was then a law student at the University of Santo Tomas .
The story said that Carreon offered Rizal the 40-hectare (99-acre) land as a way to repay him. Dr. Rizal accepted Calixto's offer, but insisted on a payment of ₱200, which he had won in a lottery organized by the Spanish. [2] Rizal planted coconuts, hemp, sugar cane, and fruit trees on his farm. [2]
The purpose of La Liga Filipina was to build a new group that sought to involve the people directly in the reform movement. [ 5 ] The league was to be a sort of mutual aid and self-help society dispensing scholarship funds and legal aid, loaning capital and setting up cooperatives, the league became a threat to Spanish authorities that they ...
The Katipunan obtained overwhelming number of members and attracted the lowly classes. In June 1896, Bonifacio sent an emissary to Dapitan to obtain Rizal's support, but Rizal refused to participate in an armed revolution. On August 19, 1896, Katipunan was discovered by a Spanish friar, which resulted in the start of the Philippine Revolution.
Rizal's Spanish biographer Wenceslao Retana and Filipino biographer Juan Raymundo Lumawag saw the formation of the Katipunan as del Pilar's victory over Rizal: "La Liga dies, and the Katipunan rises in its place. Del Pilar's plan wins over that of Rizal. Del Pilar and Rizal had the same end, even if each took a different road to it." [190]
The Katipunan (lit. ' Association '), officially known as the Kataastaasang Kagalanggalangang Katipunan ng mga Anak ng Bayan [6] [7] [8] [a] (lit. ' Supreme and Venerable Association of the Children of the Nation '; Spanish: Suprema y Venerable Asociación de los Hijos del Pueblo) and abbreviated as the KKK, was a revolutionary organization founded in 1892 by a group of Filipino nationalists ...
1 January 1892 – The Katipunan idea was conceived. 26 June 1892 – Rizal arrives in the Philippines via Hong Kong. 3 July 1892 – Shortly after his arrival, Rizal established the reformist society, La Liga Filipina. 6 July 1892 – Spanish authorities arrested Rizal for organizing La Liga Filipina. 7 July 1892 – The Katipunan was established.
Rizal's numerous skills and abilities was described by his German friend, Adolf Bernhard Meyer, as "stupendous." [note 5] Documented studies show Rizal to be a polymath with the ability to master various skills and subjects. [24] [26] [27] He was an ophthalmologist, sculptor, painter, educator, farmer, historian, playwright and journalist.