16 Facts About Felipe Agoncillo

Felipe Agoncillo was born on May 26,1859, in Taal, Batangas, to Ramon Felipe Agoncillo and Gregoria Encarnacion.

Already noticed for his keen intelligence at an early age, Felipe Agoncillo later enrolled at the Ateneo Municipal de Manila where he was an honor student who earned high marks.

Felipe Agoncillo graduated with a Master of Laws from Universidad de Santo Tomas and began his law practice in Manila.

Greene was ordered by US President McKinley to board a steamship from Hong Kong to Manila, and saw Felipe Agoncillo, who is hoping to see US President McKinley, on the same steamship and whom he invoke a good friendship with.

Felipe Agoncillo met with President McKinley on October 1,1899, and, speaking florid Castilian Spanish, described excesses under Spanish colonial rule.

Felipe Agoncillo described the American system as the model which the Philippine people will follow when they are independent, and asserted that US emissaries had pledged support for Filipino self-rule.

Two days after the signing of the Treaty of Paris, Felipe Agoncillo returned to the United States and endeavored to block ratification of the treaty by the US.

Felipe Agoncillo filed a State memorandum to express that Filipinos must be recognized by the United States.

Felipe Agoncillo presented a formal protest which was called Memorial to the Senate to the president and delegates of the Spanish-American Commission saying:.

Felipe Agoncillo took the bar exam in 1905 and passed with a perfect score of 100 percent, an achievement which has remained unmatched until today.

In 1907, Felipe Agoncillo was elected Deputy to the First Philippine Assembly, representing the first district of Batangas.

Felipe Agoncillo was once a defense of El Renacimiento, whose editors were charged with libel by Dean C Worcester.

De Felipe Agoncillo was appointed as Secretary of Interior in 1923 during the administration of Governor General Leonard Wood and fought for the Filipinazation of the government service.

Felipe Agoncillo was later recommended to the governor-general for deportation.

Felipe Agoncillo died on September 29,1941, at Manila Doctors Hospital, Manila due to pneumonia.

Felipe Agoncillo's remains were initially buried at La Loma Cemetery but was later transferred to Santuario del Santo Cristo in San Juan.