Macario Sakay

Macario Sakay y de Len was a Filipino general who took part in the 1896 Philippine Revolution against the Spanish Empire and in the PhilippineAmerican War. After the war was declared over by the United States in 1902, Sakay continued resistance and the following year became President of the Republic of Katagalugan.

Sakay was born around 1869 or 1878 along Tabora Street, Tondo, in the City of Manila. He first worked as an apprentice in a kalesa manufacturing shop. He was also a tailor and a stage actor, performing in a number of plays including Principe Baldovino, Doce Pares de Francia, and Amante de la Corona. An original member of the Katipunan movement, of which he joined in 1894, he fought alongside Andrs Bonifacio against the Spanish throughout the Philippine Revolution. In 1899, he continued the struggle for Philippine independence against the United States. Early in the PhilippineAmerican War, he was jailed for seditious activities, and later released as part of an amnesty.

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