1872 Cavite mutiny

Cavite mutiny
	Part of the Philippine revolts against Spain
	; A historical marker installed in 1972 by the National Historical Commission at Samonte Park to commemorate the mutiny
Date	January 20, 1872
Location	Fort San Felipe, Cavite, Spanish East Indies (Philippine Islands)
Result	Spanish victory Execution of Gomburza; Forced exile of many Philippine liberals to Hong Kong, Japan, the Marianas and other places; Beginning of Filipino nationalism leading to the Philippine Revolution of 1896 and later the Philippine–American War (1899–1902);
Belligerents
Spanish Empire Captaincy General of the Philippines;	Filipino mutineers
Commanders and leaders
Felipe Ginovés	Fernando La Madrid
Strength
One regiment, four cannons	Around 200 soldiers and laborers

The Cavite mutiny (Spanish: Motín de Cavite; Filipino: Pag-aaklas sa Kabite) was an uprising of Filipino military personnel of Fort San Felipe, the Spanish arsenal in Cavite,^: 107 Philippine Islands (then also known as part of the Spanish East Indies) on January 20, 1872. Around 200 locally recruited colonial troops and laborers rose up in the belief that it would elevate to a national uprising. The mutiny was unsuccessful, and government soldiers executed many of the participants and began to crack down on a burgeoning Philippines nationalist movement. Many scholars believed that the Cavite mutiny was the beginning of Filipino nationalism that would eventually lead to the Philippine Revolution.

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