The Book Of Yesterday | May 26
NICHOLAS II IS CROWNED AS TSAR OR EMPEROR OF IMPERIAL RUSSIA
May 26, 1896
At the age of 28, the eldest son of Tsar Alexander III Grand Duke Nikolai Alexandrovich Romanov, as Nicholas II, was crowned in a pompous and grand ceremony in the city of Moscow, Russia. Two years after he was appointed successor to his late father, the lavish coronation ceremony of Nicholas II as Tsar or Emperor of Imperial Russia, and of his German wife Alix of Hesse as Tsarina, was held on this day in 1896.
Crowds thronged the coronation ceremony of Nicholas II, from nobles and important guests, to the common people, while masses dedicated to the coronation of the new Tsar and Tsarina of the world's third largest empire. . A full day was set aside as a celebration of the coronation of Nicholas II, but a tragedy at such a celebration, in which a stampede took place Khodynka field in Moscow, seems to have been a bad omen for his bloody regime. More than 1,400 people were killed in the stampede, but the new Tsar is said to have simply ignored the tragedy and continued the festivities. Although the imperial government was able to provide assistance and assistance to the families of the victims, criticism of the new leadership's negligence and indifference to the tragedy became the first slap in the face to the leadership of Tsar Nicholas II.
For more than 20 years, Nicholas II will rule an empire that has collapsed and is deeply mired in social, economic crises in the face of more than 126 million people under his rule, almost all of whom have fallen into misery as the nobles in their sweats. In his efforts to maintain the autocratic tradition of leadership in Russia he ignored and blocked demands for government reform, and became cruel to those who opposed the government, causing him to be nicknamed “The Bloody Nicholas”. Eventually his regime and the lives of him and his imperial Romanov family would end in tragedy.
ARCHITECT JUAN NAKPIL WAS BORN
May 26, 1899
Today is the 122nd birthday of one of our National Artists in the field of Architecture and dubbed the "Dean of Filipino Architect" Juan Felipe de Jesus Nakpil or Juan Nakpil. He was one of six children of revolutionary and composer Julio Nakpil and Andres Bonifacio's ex -wife Gregoria de Jesus, and was born in the Quiapo district, Manila.
He attended the University of California and the University of Kansas, where he took a mechanical engineering course. He also took an Architecture course at the Harvard School of Architecture, and became a scholar at the Fontainebleau School of Fine Arts in France on the recommendation of his Harvard professor.
After returning to the Philippines, Andres Luna de San Pedro, the son of the famous painter Juan Luna, became his architectural partner and in 1930 Nakpil opened his own architectural firm. He designed the San Carlos Seminary buildings, Geronimo delos Reyes building, Iglesia ni Cristo Riverside Locale (now F. Manalo, San Juan), Magsaysay Building, Rizal Theater, Capitol Theater, Captain Pepe Building, Manila Jockey Club, Rufino Building, and Philippine Village Hotel. But what stands out in his works is the building at the University of the Philippines opposite the statue of the oblation and the library building of that university, and he also designed the historic home of the Rizal family in Calamba, Laguna.
Three of his children also entered the field of architecture. June 12, 1973 when he was awarded the Order of National Artist for the field of Architecture, the first Filipino architect to receive such an award. He was also honored as “Architect of the Year” in 1939, 1940, and 1946, and “Most Outstanding Professional in Architecture” in 1951 by the Philippine Association of Board Examiners. Nakpil was also awarded the gold medal of merit by the Institute of Architects in 1950, the Presidential Medal of Merit awarded by President Ramon Magsaysay in 1955, and the Rizal Pro Patria Award in 1972.
Juan Nakpil passed away in the city of Manila on May 7, 1986 at the age of 86.
PHILIPPINE DIPLOMAT FELIPE AGONCILLO WAS BORN
May 26, 1859
Today is the 162nd birthday of lawyer and first Filipino diplomat Felipe Encarnacion Agoncillo or simply Felipe Agoncillo. He was born in 1859 in the town of Taal, Batangas and the son of Ramon Agoncillo and Gregoria Encarnacion.
At an early age, Felipe was shown to have intelligence, so he graduated with honors from the Ateneo Municipal de Manila, and from the University of Santo Tomas where he graduated summa cum laude in law.
He managed his family's property after being orphaned, and became a local judge. She married another child of a wealthy family in Batangas, Marcela Mariño, who will be known in our history as the mother of our National Flag.
The friars included his philanthropy, especially in offering free legal services, who considered him a pilibuster and recommended deportation, but even before that happened he fled to Yokohama, Japan before sailing to Hong Kong where he met other Filipinos who fled there during the revolution, including General Emilio Aguinaldo. Doña Marcela also went to Hong Kong, where she and her eldest daughter Lorenza sewed the national silk flag. He also sided with the revolutionary government and offered his services to General Aguinaldo, where he became head of the Central Revolutionary Committee. He and Sixto Lopez were later appointed Philippine ambassadors to the United States to introduce them to their independence and the newly established Republic. They were ignored several times in America, as well as in the Treaty of Paris when Agoncillo asked for a Filipino delegate to the talks between Spain and America.
Agoncillo once again returned to the United States to protest the ratification by the American Congress of the Treaty of Paris, and again insisted on recognizing Philippine sovereignty, but once again his efforts came to naught as the war between the United States broke out. and the Philippines. He was also forced to sell his assets due to the amount of money he spent on his trips abroad. He also met with International Red Cross President Gustave Moynier to request the recognition of the Filipino Red Cross and the application of the First Geneva Convention to the Filipino-American war. The Agoncillo family lost their wealth after the war and moved to Manila. He returned to law practice and he even passed the bar examination in 1905, where his passing rate closed at 100%.
He entered politics when he was elected as the representative of the province of Batangas in the Philippine Assembly. He also served as Secretary of the Interior during the tenure of Governor General Leonard Wood in 1923, and he also fought for the acceptance of Filipinos into government services. He also introduced Emilio Aguinaldo to his niece Maria Agoncillo, who would become Aguinaldo's second wife in 1930.
Felipe Agoncillo died at the age of 82 on September 29, 1941.
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