Dagohoy Rebellion
1744 CE to 1829 CE
The Dagohoy Rebellion, also known as Dagohoy Revolution or Dagohoy Revolt, is considered as the longest rebellion in Philippine history.
Led by Francisco Dagohoy, also known as Francisco Sendrijas, this rebellion takes place in the island of Bohol from 1744 to 1829, roughly 85 years.It is one of two significant revolts that occur in Bohol, Philippines during the Spanish Era.
The other one was the Tamblot Uprising in 1621 led by Tamblot, a babaylan or native priest from Bohol which was basically a religious conflict.
Unlike the Tamblot revolt, the Dagohoy rebellion is not a religious conflict.
Rather, it was like most of the early revolts which were ignited by forced labor, Spanish oppression, bandala, excessive tax collection and payment of tributes.
On top of these injustices of the Jesuit priests, what triggers Dagohoy most is the refusal of the Jesuit priest to give a Christian burial to his brother who ad died in service while chasing a fugitive who had gone against Christianity.
This provides the impetus for Dagohoy to call upon his fellow Boholanos to raise arms against the oppressors.
The rebellion outlasts several Spanish Governors General and several missions.
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Two significant revolts occur in the Philippine island of Bohol during the Spanish Era.
One was the Tamblot Uprising in 1621; the other is the Dagohoy Rebellion, at eighty-five years considered the longest in Philippine history, which begins in 1744, when Father Gaspar Morales, the Jesuit curate of Inabanga, orders a constable, one Sagarino, to capture a man who had abandoned his Christian religion.
The constable pursues the fugitive, who resists and kills him.
Sagarino’s brother, Francisco Dagohoy, searches some days for the remains.
Successful in this, he brings them to Inabanga for a Christian burial, which Morales refuses to grant because the constable had died in a duel, a practice banned by the Church.
Moreover, Sagarino had not received the last rites or the sacrament of extreme unction.
The rotting corpse sat for about three days in front of the church until Dagohoy eventually buried his brother without the benefit of Catholic rites.
Vow to redress the wrong done to his brother, he stops paying tribute to the Spaniards and refuses to render the required hours of labor.
He also calls upon his relatives, friends and neighbors to do the same and fight for their freedom.
The signal that ignites the uprising is the killing on January 24, 1744, of Father Giuseppe Lamberti, Italian Jesuit curate of Jagna.
Bishop Miguel Lino de Espeleta of Cebu, who exercises ecclesiastical authority over Bohol, tries in vain to mollify the Broughly three thousand Boholanos who had joined Dagohoy’s cause.
In the mountains of Talibon and Inabang, the rebels establish their headquarters, fortifying their position with trenches and piled rocks and defeats he Spanish forces sent against them.
From time to time, the rebels raid the coastal towns, assault the Spanish garrisons, loot churches and kill Spaniards.
Support or the rebellion spreads throughout the island: it will outlast several Spanish Governors General and several missions.