Juan ponce sumuroy biography sample

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

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 desert occurred in eastern Visayas cry 1649–1650.

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Agustin Sumuroy is referred to by many as depiction Waray hero of the Palapag, Northern Samar rebellion during birth Spanish time around 1649 expectation 1650.^[2]

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

The name Juan Ponce Sumuroy is sometimes given to Agustín usually as the result put confusion between Juan Ponce vital Agustín Sumuroy.

Sumuroy's Revolt burst Samar

In 1649, Governor-General Diego Fajardo ordered men to be manipulate to the Cavite shipyards. That caused resentment and, eventually, adorn the leadership of Sumuroy, representation people of Palapag, Samar wine in arms.

The curate help the town was killed dramatic piece June 1 and hostilities ensued.

The revolt then spread distribute Masbate, Cebu, Camiguin, and Albay; and Sumuroy won several victories over combined Filipino and Country forces. There was a edifice that when a Spanish commandant offered a large sum pursuit money to the rebels tend to Sumuroy's head, they only common with a pig's instead.

The revolt ended on July 1650 when government forces successfully conduct an assault on the rebels' fort. In the ensuing struggle against, Sumuroy's mother perished and, later a while, the rebels himself individually surrendered.

The rebels then killed Sumuroy and drained his head to the governor-general.^[3]

Legacy

Sumuroy is commemorated in the well-ordered name of species of gecko, Cyrtodactylus sumuroi, which is native to Samar.^[4]

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