31 Facts About Katipunan

Katipunan being a secret organization, had its members subjected to the utmost secrecy and abidance to the rules established by the society.

At first, membership in the Katipunan was only open to male Filipinos; later, women were accepted into the society.

The Katipunan had its own publication, Kalayaan which issued its first and last printing in March 1896.

In May 1896, the leadership of the Katipunan met with the Captain of a visiting Japanese warship in an attempt to secure a source of arms for the revolution, but without success.

Name "Katipunan" comes from the full Tagalog name for the "Kataastaasan, Kagalanggalangang Katipunan ng mga Anak ng Bayan" .

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The founders of the Katipunan were Deodato Arrellano, Teodoro Plata, Valentin Diaz, Ladislao Diwa, Andres Bonifacio, and Jose Dizon.

The Katipunan had initiation ceremonies that were copied from masonic rites.

The Katipunan, established as a secret brotherhood organization, was known as the Kataas-taasang, Kagalang-galangang Katipunan ng mga Anak ng Bayan .

The first Supreme Council of the Katipunan was formed around August 1892, a month after the founding of the society.

At the outbreak of the 1896 Revolution, the Council was further reorganized into a 'cabinet' which the Katipunan regarded as a genuine revolutionary government, de facto and de jure.

In each province where there were Katipunan members, a provincial council called Sangguniang Bayan was established and in each town was an organized popular council called Sangguniang Balangay.

In 1892, after the Katipunan was founded, the members of the Supreme Council consisted of Arellano as president, Bonifacio as comptroller, Diwa as fiscal, Plata as secretary and Diaz as treasurer.

In 1895, Jose Turiano Santiago, a close personal friend of Bonifacio, was expelled because a coded message of the Katipunan fell into the hands of a Spanish priest teaching at the University of Santo Tomas.

Katipunan initiated members in that province as well as Bulacan, Tarlac, and Nueva Ecija.

Katipunan formed his first triangle with his two comrades, Teodoro Plata and Ladislao Diwa.

Any person who wished to join the Katipunan was subjected to certain initiation rites, resembling those of Masonic rites, to test his courage, patriotism and loyalty.

Katipunan was then accepted as a full-fledged member, with a symbolic name by which he was known within Katipunan circles.

Whenever the Katipunan held sessions in a certain house, they usually made merry, singing and dancing with some of the men in the living room so that the civil guard were led that there was nothing but a harmless social party within.

Gregorio Zaide, on the other hand, mentioned Dizon's presidency in his 1939 publication History of the Katipunan but changed his mind when he adopted Dr Pio Valenzuela's notion that women-members did not elect officers, hence there is no room for president.

In 1895, the Katipunan bought an old hand-press with the money generously donated by two Visayan co-patriots Francisco del Castillo and Candido Iban–who returned to the country after working as shell and pearl divers in Australia and had some money from a lottery win.

Teachings of the Katipunan were embodied in a document entitled Kartilya ng Katipunan, a pamphlet printed in Tagalog language.

The Katipunan cast its eyes on Japan, which loomed then as the probable champion of Asian liberties against Western oppression at the time.

In May 1896, after Valenzuela's visit to Rizal, a delegation of Katipunan members, headed by Jacinto and Bonifacio, conferred with a visiting Japanese naval officer and captain of a Japanese ship, named Kongo, and the Japanese consul at a Japanese bazaar in Manila.

Three months later the Katipunan was uncovered and Dizon was among the hundreds who were arrested for rebellion.

Katipunan was finally discovered by the Spanish authorities six days after Fr.

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Katipunan said that aside from the lithographic stone, there were documents of membership hidden, together with a picture of Dr Jose Rizal and several daggers that was made for the Katipunero-employees of the newspaper.

Katipunan claimed that Bonifacio himself ordered Patino to divulge the society's existence to hasten the Philippine revolution and preempt any objection from members.

Katipunan'storians are still debating whether this event took place at the yard of Melchora Aquino or at the house of her son Juan Ramos.

About 153 Katipuneros were killed in the battle, but the Katipunan had to withdraw upon the arrival of Spanish reinforcements.

Katipunan's application was accepted and he arrived in Manila to board a ship for Spain in August 1896, shortly before the secret society was exposed.

Katipunan revolution led to the eventual establishment of the First Philippine Republic.