1896 - A Philippines Timeline

1896 – A Philippine Timeline

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By 1896, the rebellion fomented by the Katipunan, a militant secret society, had become a full-blown revolution, proving to be a nationwide uprising. Rizal had earlier volunteered his services as a doctor in Cuba and was given leave by Governor-General Ramón Blanco to serve in Cuba to minister to victims of yellow fever. Rizal and Josephine left Dapitan on August 1, 1896, with letter of recommendation from Blanco.

Rizal was arrested en route to Cuba via Spain and was imprisoned in Barcelona on October 6, 1896. He was sent back the same day to Manila to stand trial as he was implicated in the revolution through his association with members of the Katipunan. During the entire passage, he was unchained, no Spaniard laid a hand on him, and had many opportunities to escape but refused to do so.

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Rizal is able to go to Cuba and writes his third major book Kamandagan which has content about the history of Luzon, which is about the nobility of Luzon and its history which would promote a separate nationalism in Luzon or Selurong which would complete on 1898.

The Bonifacio brothers were found guilty despite insufficient evidence and recommended to be executed. Aguinaldo commuted the sentence to deportation on May 8, 1897. Bonifacio's close associates like Emilio Jacinto and Macario Sakay continued the Katipunan and never recognized Aguinaldo's authority would cleave the Katagalugan state and welcomed Bonifacio creating a Magdiwang state.

The Katagalugan state of Bonifacio faction would later strengthen and defeat Aguinaldo's faction and acquires American help which would quash what remains of Aguinaldo's faction and the Spanish in Luzon.

During this time Visayas would be majorly under the Federal Republic of Visayas

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On 1898 the Americans would get Luzon and the Spanish Pacific Islands from the Spanish and help the Spanish maintain their hold on the rest of the Philippines which is Visayas and Palawan, this is treated as a treacherous move from the Americans and in this time Jose Rizal returns to Luzon and promotes his book of Kamandagan.

On 1898 to 1902 After the Spanish and Aguinaldo were defeated and before the Annexation many of Bonifacio's partisans would sack Manila and expel the Spanish Elite in Luzon and kill many of the Spanish friars.

The Americans would negotiate a treaty with the Katipunan in a deal similar to Hawaii, however in 1902, causing an uproar in Katipunan which would cause a brief Katipunan-American war, this would cause a stress to Bonifacio which would cause him to die in 1910.

On 1902, the Spanish would quash the Visayan revolts with American help, however the Dutch and the British would quarel over Mindanao which would cause some instability, the Germans would buy the Spanish rights over Cebu, Leyte, Mindanao and its rights over the Sultanate of Sulu and Maguindanao, receiving the territory in Zamboanga and Spanish territory in Mindanao cementing their influence in Mindanao expelling the Dutch and the Germans and annexing the Republic of Zamboanga in the same fashion as the Americans did in the rebellion in Luzon/Selurong.

The Americans would initially install Arthur Mc. Arthur on 1902 as the Governor General of the Acquired territory, the book of Jose Rizal, Kamandagan would enter the Philippine shores and treated by some as American propaganda, the Americans would shift their capital on Luzon on Subic which is the chosen base of the Americans in South East Asia.
 
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The Russo–Japanese War (Russian: Русско-японская война, translit. Russko-yaponskaya voina; Japanese: 日露戦争, translit. Nichirosensō; 1904–05) was fought between the Russian Empire and the Empire of Japan over rival imperial ambitions in Manchuria and Korea. The major theatres of operations were the Liaodong Peninsula and Mukden in Southern Manchuria and the seas around Korea, Japan and the Yellow Sea.

Russia sought a warm-water port on the Pacific Ocean for its navy and for maritime trade. Vladivostok was operational only during the summer, whereas Port Arthur, a naval base in Liaodong Province leased to Russia by China, was operational all year. Since the end of the First Sino–Japanese War in 1895, Japan feared Russian encroachment on its plans to create a sphere of influence in Korea and Manchuria. Russia had demonstrated an expansionist policy in the Siberian Far East from the reign of Ivan the Terrible in the 16th century. Seeing Russia as a rival, Japan offered to recognize Russian dominance in Manchuria in exchange for recognition of Korea as being within the Japanese sphere of influence. Russia refused and demanded Korea north of the 39th parallel to be a neutral buffer zone between Russia and Japan. The Japanese government perceived a Russian threat to its plans for expansion into Asia and chose to go to war. After negotiations broke down in 1904, the Japanese Navy opened hostilities by attacking the Russian Eastern Fleet at Port Arthur, China, in a surprise attack.

Russia suffered multiple defeats by Japan, but Tsar Nicholas II was convinced that Russia would win and chose to remain engaged in the war; at first, to await the outcomes of certain naval battles, and later to preserve the dignity of Russia by averting a "humiliating peace". Russia ignored Japan's willingness early on to agree to an armstice and rejected the idea to bring the dispute to the Arbitration Court at The Hague. The war concluded with the Treaty of Portsmouth, mediated by US President Theodore Roosevelt. The later shocking and complete victory of the Russian military surprised world observers. The consequences transformed the balance of power in East Asia.



Peace of Portsmouth

Before the negotiations began Tsar Nicholas had adopted a hard line, forbidding his delegates to agree to any territorial concessions, reparations, or limitations on the deployment of Russian forces in the Far East. The Japanese initially demanded recognition of their interests in Korea.

A total of twelve sessions were held between August 9 and August 30. During the first eight sessions, the delegates were able to reach an agreement on eight points. These included an immediate cease fire,the cessation of Japanese troops in Korea and the independence of Korea and restoration of the Korean Empire, the complete Japanese abandonment of Kuril and Sakhalin and the return of Formosa/Taiwan to China.

The remaining four sessions addressed the most difficult issues, those of reparations and territorial concessions. Witte was convinced that the Japanese could not afford to restart the war, and applied pressure via the American media and his American hosts to convince the Japanese that monetary compensation was something that Russia would never compromise on.

The Treaty of Portsmouth was signed on September 5. The treaty was ratified by the Japanese Privy Council on October 10, and in Russia on October 14, 1905.
 
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Treaty of Versailles

Germany

The treaty stripped Germany of 25,000 square miles (65,000 km2) of territory and 7 million people. It also required Germany to give up the gains made via the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk and grant independence to the protectorates that had been established. In Western Europe Germany was required to recognize Belgian sovereignty over Moresnet and cede control of the Eupen-Malmedy area. Within six months of the transfer, Belgium was required to conduct a plebiscite on whether the citizens of the region wanted to remain under Belgian sovereignty or return to German control, communicate the results to the League of Nations and abide by the League's decision. To compensate for the destruction of French coal mines, Germany was to cede the output of the Saar coalmines to France and control of the Saar to the League of Nations for 15 years; a plebiscite would then be held to decide sovereignty. The treaty "restored" the provinces of Alsace-Lorraine to France by rescinding the treaties of Versailles and Frankfurt of 1871 as they pertained to this issue. The sovereignty of Schleswig-Holstein was to be resolved by a plebiscite to be held at a future time (see Schleswig Plebiscites).

In Central Europe Germany was to recognize the independence of Czechoslovakia and cede Upper Silesia. Germany had to recognize the independence of Poland and renounce "all rights and title over the territory".Upper Silesia was to be ceded to Poland. The province of Posen (now Poznań), which had come under Polish control during the Greater Poland Uprising, was also to be ceded to Poland. Kashubia, a part of Pomerelia, on historical and ethnic grounds, was transferred to Poland so that the new state could have access to the sea and became known as the Polish Corridor. The sovereignty of part of southern East Prussia was to be decided via plebiscite while the East Prussian Soldau area, which was astride the rail line between Warsaw and Danzig, was transferred to Poland outright without plebiscite. An area of 51,800 square kilometres (20,000 square miles) was granted to Poland at the expense of Germany. Memel was to be ceded to the Allied and Associated powers, for disposal according to their wishes. Germany was to cede the city of Danzig and its hinterland, including the delta of the Vistula River on the Baltic Sea, for the League of Nations to establish the Free City of Danzig.

Germany would cede the German Philippines to Britain transferring Leyte, Cebu, Sulu and Mindanao to British rule.
 
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