Julian Felipe

Location: Cavite City, Cavite

Category: Personages

Type: Biographical marker

Status: Level II – Historical marker

Marker Date: 1955

Installed By: Philippines Historical Committee (PHC)

HERE IN THE CITY OF CAVITE WAS BORN
ON 28 JANUARY, 1861
JULIAN FELIPE

PATRIOT, COMPOSER AND PROFESSOR OF MUSIC. SON OF JUSTO FELIPE AND VICTORIA REYES. ARRESTED WITH THE THIRTEEN MARTYRS OF CAVITE AND IMPRISONED IN FORT SAN FELIPE, SEPTERMBER, 1896. COMPOSED THE “PHILIPPINE NATIONAL ANTHEM,” 1898. IMPRISONED IN FORT SANTIAGO BY THE AMERICANS, 1899. TAUGHT PIANO LESSONS, 1903–1942. DIED IN SAMPALOC, MANILA, 2 OCTOBER, 1944.

Tags: 1955, Biographical Marker, Cavite, Julian Felipe, Level II, No photo available, Personages, Region IV-A