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4 unusual facts about Andrés Bonifacio


Andrés Bonifacio

The commanding officer of the execution party, Lazaro Macapagal, said in two separate accounts that the Bonifacio brothers were shot to death, which is the orthodox interpretation.

In his late teens, he worked as a mandatorio for the British trading firm Fleming and Company, where he rose to become a corregidor of tar, rattan and other goods.

As was custom, upon baptism he was named for the saint on whose feast he was born, Andrew the Apostle.

Community Tax Certificate

The cédula would play an important role in the Philippine Revolution, when Andrés Bonifacio and fellow members of the Katipunan tore up their residence certificates in defiance of Spanish rule during a meeting in Balintawak (present-day Quezon City).


Department of the Interior and Local Government

The leader of Katipunan's Magdiwang faction, Andres Bonifacio, was originally elected Director of the Interior in the convention, but a controversial objection to his election led to the Magdiwang's walk-out and his refusal to accept the position.

Henry Ware Lawton

In Manila in the Philippines, the plaza fronting the Manila Central Post Office building was named "Plaza Lawton" before it was renamed in 1963 as Liwasang Bonifacio after the Philippine hero Andrés Bonifacio.

Heroes' Day

Following certain criteria, they found a select group of people who, they believed, should be honoured for their deeds: Jose Rizal, Andres Bonifacio, Emilio Aguinaldo, Apolinario Mabini, Marcelo H. del Pilar, Sultan Dipatuan Kudarat, Juan Luna, Melchora Aquino, and Gabriela Silang.

Juan Nakpil

He was one of eight children of the Philippine Revolution veterans Julio Nakpil and Gregoria de Jesús (who married the former after the death of her first husband Andrés Bonifacio).

Marangal na Dalit ng Katagalugan

Filipino revolutionary Andres Bonifacio ordered a hymn to be composed to celebrate the founding of the Katipunan.

Samson Road

Samson Road is named for Apolonio Samson, a Katipunan barrio lieutenant from Sitio Kangkong, Balintawak, Caloocan (now Quezon City) who fought alongside Andres Bonifacio during the Philippine Revolution.

Samson Road, the main road in South Caloocan, officially begins at the Andres Bonifacio Monument Roundabout (Monumento) and ends in Malabon at the junction with Letre Road.

Valentín Díaz

Being a resident of Tondo in Manila, he joined the La Liga council that was headed by Andrés Bonifacio, who founded the Katipunan.


see also

Fort Andres Bonifacio

Fort Andres Bonifacio (formerly named as Fort William McKinley), Fort William McKinley is the national headquarters of the Philippine Army (AFP) and is located in Makati City.

Fort Bonifacio

Fort Andres Bonifacio is the national headquarters of the Philippine Army (AFP), Southern Police District and the marine base of Philippine Navy and Philippine Marine Corps located in this district.