Today in Philippine History (Philatelic Edition):
NOVEMBER 19, 1859
Isabelo Artacho (November 19, 1859 - 1910), a lawyer and revolutionary leader, was born in Pangasinan.
Artacho, together with Felix Ferrer wrote the 1897 Constitution of the Biak-na-Bato Republic which was copied from the Cuban Constitution.
With the signing of the Pact of Biak-na-Bato, Emilio Aguinaldo and his men left for Hong Kong with a Mexican $400,000 check given by the Spanish authorities.
Artacho and other insurgents in Biak-na-bato asked Gov. Gen. Fernando Primo de Rivera for the remaining 400,000. 200,000 was given which they divided.
(Design, concept, stamps and research: Richard Allan Uy) All rights reserved
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