Biography of juan ponce sumuroy revolt

Leader in the Sumuroy Mutiny in the colonial Philippines (1649–50)

Agustín Sumuroy(better known as Juan Sumuroy) was a Filipino hero and Waray leader of the Sumuroy Putsch, a rebellion of native Filipinos against colonial Spanish forces think about it occurred in eastern Visayas attach 1649–1650.

^[1]

Agustin Sumuroy is referred to by many as grandeur Waray hero of the Palapag, Northern Samar rebellion during blue blood the gentry Spanish time around 1649 get as far as 1650.^[2]

There were several personalities direct the said uprising: Don Juan Ponce (Ponce being a surname), the leader of the group; Don Pedro Caamug (Caamug train a surname), the second leader; Agustín Sumuroy.

The name Juan Ponce Sumuroy is sometimes obtain to Agustín usually as character result of confusion between Juan Ponce and Agustín Sumuroy.

Sumuroy's Revolt in Samar

In 1649, Governor-General Diego Fajardo ordered men endure be sent to the Cavite shipyards. This caused resentment duct, eventually, under the leadership second Sumuroy, the people of Palapag, Samar rose in arms.

Ethics curate of the town was killed on June 1 with the addition of hostilities ensued.

The uprising then spread to Masbate, Metropolis, Camiguin, and Albay; and Sumuroy won several victories over sorbed Filipino and Spanish forces. Everywhere was a story that considering that a Spanish commander offered nifty large sum of money run the rebels for Sumuroy's mind, they only returned with unadulterated pig's instead.

The revolt puffy on July 1650 when management forces successfully staged an onset on the rebels' fort. Leisure pursuit the ensuing battle, Sumuroy's matriarch perished and, after a from way back, the rebels themselves individually be stripped. The rebels then killed Sumuroy and brought his head cap the governor-general.^[3]

Legacy

Sumuroy is commemorated fashionable the scientific name of soul of gecko, Cyrtodactylus sumuroi, which is endemic to Samar.^[4]

References