The Tejeros Convention, also known as the Tejeros Assembly and the Tejeros Congress, was a meeting held on March 22, 1897, between Katipunan factions of Magdiwang and Magdalo in San Francisco de Malabon, Cavite that resulted in the creation of a new revolutionary government that took charge of the Philippine Revolution, replacing the Katipunan. It followed on a previous meeting now known as the Imus Assembly. Filipino historians consider the first presidential and vice presidential elections in Philippine history to have been held at this convention, although only Katipuneros were able to take part, and not the general populace.
Image: President Aguinaldo
Image: Andrés Bonifacio (cropped)
Site of the Tejeros Convention in present-day Rosario, Cavite, which was formerly part of San Francisco de Malabon
Tejeros Convention Mural, Municipality of Rosario, Cavite.
The Katipunan, officially the Kataastaasan Kagalang-galang na Katipunan ng mga Anak ng Bayan and abbreviated as the KKK, was a revolutionary organization founded in 1892 by a group of Filipino nationalists Deodato Arellano, Andrés Bonifacio, Valentin Diaz, Ladislao Diwa, José Dizon, and Teodoro Plata. Its primary objective was achieving independence from the Spanish Empire through an armed revolution. It was formed as a secret society before its eventual discovery by Spanish authorities in August 1896. This discovery led to the start of the Philippine Revolution.
Prominent leaders of the Propaganda Movement in Spain: (from left to right) José Rizal, Marcelo H. del Pilar and Mariano Ponce.
A Katipunan officer's sword.
A late 19th-century photograph of armed Filipino revolutionaries, known as the Katipuneros.
Emilio Aguinaldo