NHCP Photo Collection, 2020
Birthplace of Valentin Diaz
Location:
Paoay, Ilocos Norte
Category:
Sites/Events, Personages
Type: Site, Biographical marker
Status: Level II – Historical marker
Marker Date:
1985
Installed By:
National Historical Institute (NHI)
BIRTHPLACE OF VALENTIN DIAZ
HERE WAS BORN, 1 NOVEMBER 1849, PHILIPPINE REVOLUTIONARY HERO, VALENTIN DIAZ, SON OF GERONIMO DIAZ AND MARIA VILLANUEVA. MOVED TO TAYUG, PANGASINAN, 1857, LATER BECAME GOBERNADORCILLO MEMBER OF LA LIGA FILIPINA, 3 JULY 1892; TREASURER OF THE KATIPUNAN, 7 JULY 1892; MAJOR IN THE ARMY OF THE REVOLUTION, 1895; EXILED TO HONG KONG, 1897; COLONEL IN THE PHILIPPINE ARMY DURING THE FILIPINO–AMERICAN WAR 1899–1902. DIED IN MANILA, 1916.
