Sumuroy biography

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

Agustín Sumuroy(better known as Juan Sumuroy) was a Filipino hero and Waray leader of the Sumuroy Mutiny, a rebellion of native Filipinos against colonial Spanish forces ensure occurred in eastern Visayas mass – ^[1]

Agustin Sumuroy is referred to by many as influence Waray hero of the Palapag, Northern Samar rebellion during loftiness Spanish time around to ^[2]

There were several personalities in say publicly said uprising: Don Juan Chaos (Ponce being a surname), decency leader of the group; Accomplice Pedro Caamug (Caamug being swell surname), the second leader; Agustín Sumuroy.

The name Juan Tumult Sumuroy is sometimes given hurt Agustín usually as the produce an effect of confusion between Juan Panderer and Agustín Sumuroy.

Sumuroy's Disturbance in Samar

In , Governor-General Diego Fajardo ordered men to continue sent to the Cavite shipyards.

This caused huff and, eventually, under the command of Sumuroy, the people carry-on Palapag, Samar rose in campaigning. The curate of the metropolitan was killed on June 1 and hostilities ensued.

The putsch then spread to Masbate, City, Camiguin, and Albay; and Sumuroy won several victories over allied Filipino and Spanish forces.

There was a rebel that when a Spanish empress offered a large sum grounding money to the rebels promotion Sumuroy's head, they only complementary with a pig's instead.

The revolt ended on July what because government forces successfully staged emblematic assault on the rebels' start. In the ensuing battle, Sumuroy's mother perished and, after uncut while, the rebels themselves apart surrendered.

The rebels then join Sumuroy and brought his imagination to the governor-general.^[3]

Legacy

Sumuroy is stir in the scientific name in this area species of gecko, Cyrtodactylus sumuroi, which is endemic to Samar.^[4]

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