1897 in the Philippines

This is a list of notable events that happened in the Philippines in the year 1897.

Incumbents

January 4 – Eleven of the fifteen Filipinos who would later be called the Fifteen Martyrs of Bicol are executed in Bagumbayan.
January 11 – Thirteen Filipinos who would later be called the Thirteen Martyrs of Bagumbayan are executed.

February 6:
* Ten Katipunan members convicted of subversion are executed in Bagumbayan, Manila.
* A revolt in parts of Negros Oriental led by native priests ends in a battle with the defeat of the natives by the Spanish forces.
February 13 – Governor-General Camilo de Polavieja begins his campaign with 16,000 Spanish soldiers to regain Cavite from Filipino revolutionaries.
February 17 – Filipino forces win in the Battle of Zapote Bridge at the boundary of Las Piñas and Cavite.
February 19 – Spaniards recapture Silang, Cavite in a battle.
February 25 – Spaniards recapture Dasmariñas, Cavite in a battle.

March 22 – The two factions of the Katipunan convene at the Tejeros Convention to resolve the leadership status in the organization.
March 23 – Nineteen Filipinos who would later be called the Nineteen Martyrs of Aklan are executed in Kalibo.

November 1 – The Republic of Biak-na-Bato is established by Emilio Aguinaldo and his fellow revolutionaries, marking the first republic in the Philippines.

As a colony of the Spanish Empire and being predominantly Catholic, the following were considered holidays:

January 23 – Ildefonso Santos, Filipino poet, sculptor, and writer
March 3 – José Romero, Filipino politician
June 29 – George J. Willmann, naturalized Filipino missionary from the United States
September 11 – Francisca Susano, Filipino supercentenarian
December 3 – Elisa Ochoa, first Filipina in the Congress of the Philippines

January 4 – Eleven of the Fifteen Martyrs of Bicol are executed.
January 11 – The Thirteen Martyrs of Bagumbayan are executed.
* José Dizon, one of the founders of Katipunan
February 6 – Members of the Katipunan are executed:
* Román Basa
* Teodoro Plata
* Vicente Molina
* Hermenegildo de los Reyes
* José Trinidad
* Pedro Nicodemus
* Feliciano del Rosario
* Gervasio Samson
* Doroteo Dominguez
* Apolonio de la Cruz
February 17 – Edilberto Evangelista, Filipino civil engineer and general
March 23 – The Nineteen Martyrs of Aklan are executed.
May 10 – Andrés Bonifacio, Filipino nationalist and revolutionary; one of the founders of Katipunan