The Book Of Yesterday | May 24
GENERAL JOSE IGNACIO PAUA PASSED AWAY
May 24, 1926
On this day in 1926, the former general of the revolutionary government and the only Chinese to fight for the independence of our country, General Jose Ignacio Paua, passed away in the city of Manila at the age of 54. After his service in the revolutionary government and in the first Republic of the Philippines by President Emilio Aguinaldo he married a Filipina and lived with his family in the province of Albay.
General Jose Paua is not mentioned much in our history, but the magnitude of his contribution to our country, especially during the revolution against Spain.
Jose Paua, named Lau Hingpua, was born in Quanzhou town, Fujian province, China, on April 29, 1872. In 1890, at the age of 18, Hingpua landed in Manila for an adventure, and he worked in a blacksmith in Quiapo, Manila which was once a community of Chinese migrants.
He was also baptized into Christianity and was named Jose Ignacio Paua.
He later gave his service to the Filipino revolution although a Chinese. He repaired native cannons or lantaka, and helped create ammunition for the revolutionaries. He served for General Emilio Aguinaldo. He was first seen in the battle of Imus, Cavite in September 1896, and in the battle of Binakayan-Dalahican in November of the same year.
He caught the attention of General Aguinaldo especially with his martial arts skills, and he became an adjutant of the Chinese. But on the other hand, General Paua took part in the arrest of Andres and Procopio Bonifacio on April 26, 1897 in Indang, Cavite. He is said to have cut Andrew's neck to the death of the Supreme. He was also one of the signatories to the Biak-na-Bato Constitution in 1897, the proclamation of Philippine independence in June 1898, and was also a delegate to the Malolos Congress.
When the Philippine war broke out against the United States, General Paua was promoted to the rank of brigadier general, until he was captured by the Americans on March 27, 1900. He was also released almost three months later. When he lived in Albay with his family, he even served as mayor of Manito town.
A monument was erected in the town in recognition of the unique Chinese who fought in the Filipino revolution and the Filipino-American war.
IGNACIO VILLAMOR ELECTED AS FIRST PHILIPPINE PRESIDENT OF THE UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES
May 24, 1915
Fourteen years after the founding of the University of the Philippines (UP), it also had a Filipino President on this day in 1915. The Board of Regents of UP elected the 52-year-old native-Bangued, Abra that Ignacio Villamor as President of UP. It was June 7 of the same year when he occupied the post, and he presided over such university for three years.
After his tenure at UP he became head of the Board of Census in 1918, and served as Associate Justice of the Supreme Court until his retirement. Ignacio Villamor died on May 23, 1933.
Ignacio Villamor was born into a simple peasant family in the town of Bangued, Abra on the first day of February, 1863. He attended a seminary in the city of Vigan, Ilocos Sur and wanted to settle down, but eventually gave up. to study at Colegio San Juan de Letran in Manila and graduated with a Bachelor and Master of Arts. He returned to Vigan and founded a university there which he called Colegio de San Antonio de Padua. He returned to Manila to study Law at the University of Santo Tomas, and also studied philosophy. He first entered politics when he was elected mayor of Bangued town, Abra and when the Malolos Congress opened in September 1898 he was elected as the representative of his province. He was accompanied by Enrique Mendiola who founded the Liceo de Manila in 1900, where he served as secretary and professor there until 1901. He also served as Prosecutor in Pangasinan and was a court judge in Cavite, Laguna and Tayabas (Quezon province). He also served as executive secretary to the Philippine Commission, while becoming the first Filipino President of UP.
He is the father of the heroic general of the Philippine Air Force Jesus Villamor, who is one of his five children to Mariquita Flores.
Villamor became an active member of the following; Academy of Political and Social Science, National Geographical Society, Philippine Academy, Philippine Geographical Society and Bar Association of Manila. He has also published books on criminal science and general literature.
THE FIRST MESSAGE WAS SENT USING THE TELEGRAPH
May 24, 1844
"". It was taken from the Bible verse Numbers 23:23, and these words became the first message sent using a new invention of communication-the telegraph. This message was sent on this day in 1844, for an experiment to test the validity of this new invention, in front of the public. Its very inventor Samuel Finley B. Morse delivered this message from Washington DC, to Baltimore, Maryland. That message was suggested by the son of a friend of Morse, and this Morse experiment was successful. This gave birth to the new era of fast message delivery using the telegraph.
In sending a message using the telegraph electrical impulses are thrown as signals to the other side, where each organized sequence, which is a combination of short and long impulses has corresponding letters and numbers. Morse also designed a system of alphabet and number mah equivalent series of impulses called Morse Code. It requires a wire, a telegraph key or a button to send a signal, batteries and poles from the transmitter to the recipient.
A few years after Morse's invention was patented, he was commissioned by the Western Union Telegraphy Company to develop and distribute the telegraph throughout the United States. Telegraph posts were erected and telegraph wires were laid, and by 1861 telegraphic wires had spread throughout the United States and by 1866 these wires had also crossed across the Atlantic. The telegraph was quickly received and enjoyed, as fast as sending a message using it even to distant places. Its value was first seen in the military during the Crimean War in 1853 and in the American Civil War in 1861, and was later used as communication on ships, conveying important messages and even in wars. A series of modern communication inventions have also emerged, such as the telephone, fax machine and wireless communication that are still based on the same principles used in the development of the telegraph.
QUEEN VICTORIA WAS BORN OF THE UNITED STATES
May 24, 1819
Today is the 202nd birthday of one of Europe’s great monarchs and one of the longest reigning monarchs in the United Kingdom and dubbed “The Grandmother of Europe” Queen Victoria of the Hanover dynasty. She was born as Princess Alexandrina Victoria of Kent at Keningston Palace, city of London, United Kingdom on this day in 1819, and the only child of Prince Edward, Duke of Kent and Strathearn and Princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg-Saarfeld. Alexandrina was named after Tsar Alexander I of Russia who was his godfather. And as one of the grandchildren of King George III Alexandrina was the fifth of the successors to the throne, and when George III died his son George IV succeeded him in 1830 and was succeeded by William IV who was also George's son. III in 1837.
Alexandrina was raised in a strict family tradition, and became proficient in many languages such as French, German, Italian, and Latin. When William IV died without a son to inherit, the crown went to Alexandrina as he was the next to the throne, and at the age of 18 he was crowned Queen Victoria in June 1837. Although ruling as a constitutional monarch, Queen Victoria still exerted her influence in parliament on administrative and policy aspects of government. His regime has been referred to in British history as the "Victorian Age" because Queen Victoria's time saw radical industrialization and modernization throughout the country in political, scientific, and military aspects which in turn resulted in population inflation, systemic change. of monarchical government, economic prosperity and above all, the drastic expansion of its colonies.
In 1876 the parliament granted her the title of Empress of India. She married her cousin Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha and had nine children, and with the exception of Edward, her children married monarchs throughout Europe, which is why she is called "The Grandmother of Europe". and the disease hemophilia spread to her grandchildren and great-grandchildren, including Tsarina Alexandra of Russia, Victoria's granddaughter to Princess Alice, Duchess of Hesse.
When Victoria was widowed it barely appeared in public for many years so parliamentary power returned to Britain, before the Queen reappeared and was able to return to office. Queen Victoria died at the age of 81 on January 22, 1901 in the Isle of Wight, United Kingdom, the last monarch of the Hanover dynasty. He ruled the whole of the United Kingdom and its colonies for 73 years and seven months, the longest he ruled in Britain, before he was succeeded by his granddaughter Queen Elizabeth II. Prince Edward succeeded to the throne in January 1901.
DICTATORIAL GOVERNMENT ESTABLISHED BY GENERAL EMILIO AGUINALDO
May 24, 1898
Four days after General Emilio Aguinaldo returned to the Philippines, he today established the dictatorial government, of which he became its President. And as President of the dictatorial government he temporarily took over the authority and power as a dictator. In his proclamation, Aguinaldo called for the widespread support of the Filipinos for the revolution under the new flag of our country in order to oust the occupiers of our country. He promised in his proclamation a constitutional convention to elect the President and cabinet members, because he believed that Filipinos would be able to lead themselves.
Upon his return to the country and the establishment of the dictatorial government he led the recapture of the areas in Cavite that had fallen into Spanish hands. One of these successful campaigns of Aguinaldo was the battle in Alapan, Imus, Cavite, where on May 28, 1898 the national flag of our country was first waved. The most important achievement of the dictatorial government of General Aguinaldo was the proclamation of Philippine independence in Kawit, Cavite on June 12, 1898.
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