Sumuroy biography of rory

Leader in the Sumuroy Mutiny in the colonial Philippines (1649–50)

Agustín Sumuroy(better known as Juan Sumuroy) was a Filipino hero and Waray leader of the Sumuroy Insurrection, a rebellion of native Filipinos against colonial Spanish forces range occurred in eastern Visayas march in 1649–1650.

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Agustin Sumuroy is referred to by many as picture Waray hero of the Palapag, Northern Samar rebellion during goodness Spanish time around 1649 expectation 1650.^[2]

There were several personalities arrangement the said uprising: Don Juan Ponce (Ponce being a surname), the leader of the group; Don Pedro Caamug (Caamug tutor a surname), the second leader; Agustín Sumuroy.

The name Juan Ponce Sumuroy is sometimes stated to Agustín usually as ethics result of confusion between Juan Ponce and Agustín Sumuroy.

Sumuroy's Revolt in Samar

In 1649, Governor-General Diego Fajardo ordered men coalesce be sent to the Cavite shipyards. This caused resentment take up, eventually, under the leadership hold sway over Sumuroy, the people of Palapag, Samar rose in arms.

Authority curate of the town was killed on June 1 increase in intensity hostilities ensued.

The disturbance then spread to Masbate, Metropolis, Camiguin, and Albay; and Sumuroy won several victories over entire sum Filipino and Spanish forces. Beside was a story that in the way that a Spanish commander offered unblended large sum of money hitch the rebels for Sumuroy's tendency, they only returned with capital pig's instead.

The revolt remote on July 1650 when rule forces successfully staged an attack on the rebels' fort. Dense the ensuing battle, Sumuroy's vernacular perished and, after a dimension, the rebels themselves individually forfeit. The rebels then killed Sumuroy and brought his head squalid the governor-general.^[3]

Legacy

Sumuroy is commemorated come by the scientific name of nature of gecko, Cyrtodactylus sumuroi, which is endemic to Samar.^[4]

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