Andrés Bonifacio
1863–1897 (age 34)·Filipino revolutionary leader·Birthday: November 30·The Gilded Age
Biography
Andrés Bonifacio founded the Katipunan secret society on July 7, 1892, mobilizing over 30,000 members for a mass-based revolution against Spanish rule. He ignited the Philippine Revolution in August 1896 with the Cry of Pugad Lawin, where rebels tore their community tax certificates. As Supremo of the Katipunan, his leadership drew not on military training or elite status but on organizing power. His writings reveal a structured political thinker who envisioned a sovereign Tagalog republic. Rivals within the revolutionary movement executed him in 1897. Bonifacio endures as the symbol of direct, people-powered insurrection in Filipino identity.
The Gilded Age
1860–1882
Born during or after the Civil War, they built industrial America — the railroads, the steel mills, the first skyscrapers. An era of massive wealth, massive inequality, and the belief that the future belonged to whoever could build it fastest.
Andrés was born in 1863, placing them squarely in The Gilded Age. The events that shaped this generation — world wars, depression, and rapid industrialization — shaped the world they entered and the choices available to them.
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1863Born
President: Abraham Lincoln
1868Started school
President: Andrew Johnson
1876Became a teenager
President: Ulysses S. Grant
1879Could drive
President: Rutherford B. Hayes
1881Could vote
President: Chester A. Arthur
1884Turned 21
President: Chester A. Arthur
1893Turned 30
World's Columbian Exposition dazzles Chicago
President: Grover Cleveland
1897Died at 34
President: William McKinley
“The cause of the people is not a betrayal of our nation.”
