1. Francisco Dagohoy was born on Francisco Sendrijas; c 1724 and was a Filipino revolutionary who holds the distinction of having initiated the longest revolt in Philippine history, the Dagohoy Rebellion.
14 Facts About Francisco Dagohoy
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Francisco Dagohoy was cabeza de barangay, or one of the barangay captains of the town.
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Francisco Dagohoy's name derives from an amulet he wore, which people believed gave him the charm of a gentle wind or "hoyohoy" and the power to jump or fly-over from hill to hill or across rivers like a gentle flowing wind.
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Francisco Dagohoy was believed to have clear vision inside dark caves and be invisible whenever and wherever he wanted.
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The name Francisco Dagohoy is a concatenation of the Visayan phrase dagon sa huyuhoy or "talisman of the breeze" in English.
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The Francisco Dagohoy Rebellion was one of two significant revolts that occurred in Bohol during the Spanish Era.
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Unlike the Tamblot revolt, the Francisco Dagohoy rebellion was not a religious conflict.
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On top of these injustices of the Jesuit priests, what triggered Francisco Dagohoy most was the refusal of the Jesuit priest to give a Christian burial to his brother who died in a duel.
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In 1744, Gaspar Morales, the Jesuit curate of Inabanga, ordered Francisco Dagohoy's brother, Sagarino, who was a constable, to capture an apostate fugitive.
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Francisco Dagohoy's followers remained unsubdued in their mountains stronghold and, even after Dagohoy's death, continued to defy Spanish power.
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Many passages within Francisco Dagohoy's cave led underwater to dry land, and it is said that every time Spaniards searched the cave, Francisco Dagohoy could swim underwater through this passage to hide in the breathing space.
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Francisco Dagohoy did not die because of his staunch opposition of the Spaniards, but rather, peacefully from old age and sickness.
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Francisco Dagohoy is acknowledged in Philippine history as the initiator of the longest insurrection on record.
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Hundreds of Francisco Dagohoy's followers preferred death inside the cave than surrender.