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| 'Government of Marinduque", 1928 |
Early in the 17th century, the island of Marinduque was separated from Batangas and became a part of Mindoro as a corregimiento, town.
In 1671 Marinduque functioned as a province but was later reduced as a mere Mindoro sub-province.
1898 Marinduque's revolutionary separation from Mindoro
On April 28, 1898, with the overthrow of the last Spanish casadores (Tagalog soldiers), in Marinduque after armed conflict in the Philippine-Spanish War, Marinduque declared its separation from Mindoro and from Spanish rule, a move that was ratified by local ilustrados from all the towns (5 at that time).
This local struggle was led by Martin Lardizabal, the de-facto military governor of Marinduque's first revolutionary government.
Marinduque's declaration of separation from Mindoro on April 28, 1898, therefore preceded the declaration of Philippine Independence on June 12, 1898.
The United States-Philippine Commission created the Province of Marinduque in 1901, but...
On May 1, 1901, the United States-Philippine Commission passed Act No. 125 . "An Act Extending the Provisions of the Provincial Government Act to the Province of Marinduque", which created the Province of Marinduque, composed of the islands of Marinduque and the adjacent small islands.
The provincial government was established in the municipality of Boac, the capital.
However, by virtue of Act No. 423, dated June 23, 1902, the US-Philippine Commission annexed the island of Mindoro, including the island of Lubang (then separated from Cavite), to the Province of Marinduque. Boac remained as the capital of the consolidated provinces.
Marinduque as Mindoro's mother province was short-lived however, for on November 10, 1902, Act No. 500 separated Mindoro from its mother province, with Mindoro organized as a separate province consisting of "the main island and the smaller islands adjacent thereof, including the islands of Lubang, Caluya and Semirara".
On the same day, November 10, 1902 by virtue of Act No. 499 Marinduque was instead, annexed to the province of Tayabas (now Quezon Province). (Marinduque was the mother-province of Mindoro for only about five months, then was made into a subprovince).
On May 4, 1903, Ricardo Paras, Sr. was nominated governor of Tayabas. On February 1, 1904, he became the first elected governor of Tayabas (with Marinduque part of it). At the end of his term in 1906, Paras was succeeded by Manuel Quezon as Governor.
On May 17, 1907, under Act No. 1649, "An Act declaring all of the territory comprised in the Island of Marinduque a Subprovince of Tayabas", the Commission made Marinduque a sub-province of Tayabas with Juan Morente Nieva appointed as Lieutenant Governor.
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| Unfinished Marinduque capitol building, April 2, 1928 |
February 21, 1920 - establishment of the former Province of Marinduque
That law was signed by American Governor-General Francis Burton Harrison who issued Executive Order No. 12 on February 21, 1920, that stated in part: "In accordance with the provisions of Act Number Two thousand eight hundred eighty, approved on the twenty-first day of February of one thousand nine hundred and twenty, I hereby establish as a province the former Province of Marinduque...".
Marinduque has since become a separate and independent province.
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| First "Araw ng Marinduque" Commemoration in 2008 |
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