NHCP Photo Collection, 2024
Diego Silang (1730–1763)
Location:
Caba Town Plaza, MacArthur Highway cor. Diego Silang Avenue, Caba, La Union
Category:
Personages
Type: Biographical marker
Status: Level II – Historical marker
Marker Date:
1963
Installed By:
Philippines Historical Committee (PHC)
DIEGO SILANG
(1730–1763)
IN THIS TOWN, CABA, LA UNION, DIEGO SILANG WAS BORN ON DECEMBER 16, 1739. AT THE TIME CABA WAS A BARRIO OF ARINGAY THEN A PART OF PANGASINAN PROVINCE. FAMED LEADER OF THE ILOCOS REVOLT (1762–1763), SILANG WAS ASSASSINATED IN VIGAN ON MAY 28, 1763. AFTER HIS DEATH THE REVOLT WAS CONTINUED BY HIS WIFE, MARIA JOSEFA GABRIELA WHOSE EXECUTION ON SEPTEMBER 20, 1763, ENDED THE UPRISING.
