Andres Bonifacio was a major figure in the Philippine Revolution. He was a founder and later leader of the Katipunan movement, a secret society which sought the independence of the Philippines from Spain. The discovery of the Katipunan by Spanish authorities in August, 1896, led to the outbreak of the revolution. Bonifacio reorganized the Katipunan into a de facto revolutionary government naming himself as President and commander-in-chief of the rebel army.
Andres Bonifacio
Divisions within the revolutionary movement led to the replacement of the Katipunan by a revolutionary government. In March 1897, Emilio Aguinaldo defeated Andres Bonifacio in an election held at the Tejeros Convention to become President of the revolutionary government. Bonifacio refused to recognize the Aguinaldo government and attempted to establish a rival government. On Aguinaldo's orders, Bonifacio and his brother were arrested and convicted of treason, and sentenced to death. They were executed by firing squad on May 10, 1897.
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