Historical Facts

Magtangtang, Danao

Dagohoy died two years before the revolt ended, which led to
the end of the revolt

Longest revolt which lasted for 85 years

One of the two significant revolts

in Bohol, Philippines during the Spanish Era.

Dagohoy is acknowledged in the pages of Philippine history as

the leader of the longest insurrection on record.

that

occurred

His real name is Francisco Sendrijas

'Dagohoy is the contraction of Dagon sa hoyohoy (amulet of

breeze)

Francisco Dagohoy Cave

Dagohoy cave

Majors actors

Dagohoy established a free government in the mountains,

and had 3,000 followers, who subsequently increased to
20,000. Together with other leading members of the
Tagbilaran, Baclayon and Dauis principalia.

Father Gaspar Morales - commanded a constable named

Sagarino (Dagohoys brother) to hunt a man guilty of
abandoning Christianity then killed and refused to give him
Christian burial

Father. Giuseppe Lamberti - The killing of the priest of

Jagna, signaled the start of the rebellion. Fr. Morales was
next to be killed.

Twenty Spanish governors-general, from Gasper de la

Torre (1739-45) to Juan Antonio Martinez (1822-25) tried to quell the rebellion and failed.

General Mariano Ricafort ordered Alcade-mayor Jose Lazaro

Cairo to go Bohol. The brave Boholanos resisted fiercely. Alcademayor Cairo won several engagements, but failed to crush the
rebellion.

Captain Manuel Sanz another Spanish expedition. After more

than a year of hard campaign, he finally subdued the patriots.

General Mariano Ricafort he granted 19,420 survivors

allowed to live in new Boholano villages

Degree of success

Failed. The rebellion was subdued by the

expedition under Captain Manuel Sanz.
The rebellion had ceased.

Major effect

Manuel Sanz, commander of the Spanish

forces, officially reported that 3,000
Boholanos escaped to other islands, 19,420
surrendered, 395 died in battle, 98 were
exiled
and
around
ten
thousand
revolutionaries were resettled in the areas of
Balilihan, Batuan, Bilar, Cabulao and
Catigbian

Reason

Personal Grievances
- Forced labor was one of the causes of the
revolt but what triggered the decision to rise up
in arms against the Spanish authorities in Bohol
was the refusal of a Jesuit priest to give a
Christian burial to Dagohoy's brother, Sagarino
Sendrijas.

References
http://www.filamako.com/2010/09/09/philippine-historical-figurefrancisco-dagohoy/
http://www.bohol.ph/article29.html

http://www.aenet.org/bohol/boholhis.htm#DAGOHOY
http://boholtouristinfo.blogspot.com/p/dagohoy-rebellion.html
http://ireport.cnn.com/docs/DOC-536707

http://www.ivanhenares.com/2010/03/bohol-danao-and-dagohoyrebellion.html
http://www.oocities.org/collegepark/pool/1644/dagohoy.html