The Negros Revolution, commemorated and popularly known as the Fifth of November or Negros Day, was a political movement that in 1898 created a government on Negros Island in the Philippines, ending Spanish control of the island and paving the way for a republican government run by the Negrense natives. The newly established Negros Republic lasted for approximately three months. American forces landed on the island unopposed on February 2, 1899, ending the island's independence. Negros was then annexed to the Philippine Islands on 20 April 1901.
Cinco de Noviembre Memorial Marker in Silay City, Negros Occidental, Philippines
The last page of the Acta de Capitulación (Surrender Document).
Historical marker commemorating the surrender of Spanish forces in Bacolod in 1898. Installed at the Fountain of Justice in 2007.
Negros is the fourth largest and third most populous island in the Philippines, with a total land area of 13,309 km2 (5,139 sq mi). The coastal zone of the southern part of Negros is identified as a site of highest marine biodiversity importance in the Coral Triangle.
Negros island satellite image captured by Sentinel-2 in 2016
Negros Island ("Buglas") as depicted in the Carta Hydrographica y Chorographica de las Yslas Filipinas (1734)
First page of the Executive Order 183 creating Negros Island Region
Aerial view of the City of San Carlos, Negros Occidental