Are there any historical figures in Cebu other than Lapulapu?

[SPRINGFIELD_XD_40]

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Yes they are significant in one way or the other as a piece of the puzzle that contributes to the HISTORY not only to CEBU CITY but maybe of the whole province .

There are also events that occured and we can witness this in what happened during " TRES de ABRIL " which is linked to LEON KILAT .

related links :

History

Or the history of Mango Avenue , Cebu City . A favorite nightlife spot for teenies right now .

ATABZ HISTORY: MANGO AVENUE CEBU CITY BEFORE

[unagikabayaki]

adto mo sa Rizal Memorial Museum sa may dan Jones after Cebu Doc, daghan mo makita mga artifacts of Pantaleon Villegas aka "Leon Kilat" specially ang orig nga vest niya gigamit inig pang-atake nila sa mga Espanyol. Ang vest maoy "anting-anting" niya, it has like a latin prayer (as far as i could remember kay last 2000 pato visit nako sa museum) written on the vest.

[raizo.wizzy]

si Leon Kilat!

[kajrot1]

naa nakoy bag.ong idol ron
Leon Kilat ^_^..

[rata]

naintriga lgi ko anang leon kilat. hehe. i've heard his name a lot, but honestly wala gyud ko kaila kinsa gyud na cya not until you posted here guys. all i know is that ngalan na cya sa dalan dire.

can we find detailed infos regarding him dire? are they accessible to the public ba kaha sad? are there any surviving remnants that are linked to him...nga gi preserba?

here is a link about Leon Kilat and the revolution of cebu....

Leon Kilat and Cebu's Revolution

also look for General Arcadio Maxilom. siya ang counterpart ni Sakay diri sa Visayas. i heard before, siya daw ang naka pa tapok sa mga kastila balik sa fort san pedro and one of the last generals to fight the americans.


heres a link about the four folks who made a significant role to the revolt here in cebu

http://kas207.blogspot.com/2005/11/l...-llorente.html

[THE KID]

Enrique de Malacca or BlackHenry.........

"Enrique" (b. Carcar, Cebu, ca 1493; d Cebu Cit, ca 1563)
arguably the first man to circumnavigate the globe. His early life is unknown, but he was said to be fishing off the coast of Cebu when he was captured by pirates and brought to the slave trade center of Malacca, the Portuguese colony in what is now Malaysia. Ferdinand Magellan purchased him because he came from an unheard-of place, named him Enrique, then took him along to India, Africa, and Lisbon, Portugal. Before they left Spain on their voyage to the east. Magellan freed him as a slave (although Enrique did not know this). They traveled to Guam, and then to Cebu, where Enrique witnessed the killing of his master by the Mactan chieftain, Lapu-Lapu, and decided he would not return to Spain as a slave. The new commander, Barbosa, ordered him to ask Rajah Humahon for jewels to be presented to the Spanish King. Instead he set the Spaniards up for a lunch with the local leader, at which they were slain. He proved useful to Humabon for his knowledge of Spanish and Portuguese. He must have married, raised a family and passed away in his seventies just before Legazpi arrived. (It is arguable that Magellan could not claim to have been the first man around the world because when he sailed east of Malacca, he only reach as far as Sabah, thus leaving a gap between that place and Mactan. Sebastian del Cano did not make his circumnavigation until two years after Enrique had come home to Cebu.)

Source:
Quirino, C. (1995). Who's who in Philippine history. Manila: Tahanan Books.

[rata]

no offense, but i believe most of the historical figures are overrated.

how are they overrated sir? just asking.

[ambokz]

naa koy na basahan na pwed ma connect anang "overrated",dunno if sakto ba ko,coz for me, sa mga heroes dri sa ato,mostly nla,kay wa man mkadaog sa ilang pinaglalaban,thru ra sa ilang mga gpangbuhat,not like lapu-lapu na kablo jud ka/ta na nidaog jud xa sa iyang battle.ako lang ni hah.hehehe

[salbahis]

There are actually a lot! Most of the streets here in Cebu are actually named after people that are in one way or another relevant to the development and history of Cebu. Leon Kilat, Natalio Bacalso, Don Gil Garcia, Vicente Rama are some of the complete names I can say at the top of my head Of course, naa pa na cla N.Escario, M.J. Cuenco and many more.

Pantaleon Villegas a.k.a Leon Kilat......
and a lot more..........

Leon Kilat is not a cebuano, but a native negrensee... diri lang siya cebu nakig bisug... murag sa car2x man guro siya gipatay sa iya assnt...

[rata]

hinoun if basihan lang ang pagka daog, medyo apeke gyud ang mga katipuneros kani adto. kuwang sa armas og pundo penansyal para sa mga gamit nga kinahanglanon. kuwang pud sa supporta sa kada katilingban pd.

pero para sa ako na heroes sila kay ila gi barogan ang ilang gusto nga maka laya sa mananakop. maskin pag kabaw sila nga apeke kaayo ila buhaton. sila maoy ni lihok sa mga plano nga sa uban puro ra storya.

mao calling them overrated i think is an insult. ila gi testingan ang impossible...... kato pag traydor kay Leon Kilat didto sa Car-car, kato mga tawhana d pud daw to sila ganahan sa mga kastila pero ilang gi patay si Leon Kilat aron d sila ma initan sa mga kastila. kanang mga ig ana nga mind-set like sa ni traydor ni Leon Kilat mao naka pa samot sa ka lisod sa revolt kani adto.

i dunno pud, if na balikan to si Lapu2x kung maka daog pa ba gihapon to. ang situation ni Lapu2x layo ra kaayo sa situation sa mga katipunero.