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Filipino Ilustrados Jose Rizal Marcelo del Pilar Mariano Ponce
Leaders of the reform movement in Spain: Jose Rizal, Marcelo H. del Pilar and Mariano Ponce.

Marcelo Hilario del Pilar y Gatmaitan (August 30, 1850 – July 4, 1896), was a leading propagandist of the Philippine Revolution in 1896.

Marcelo H. del Pilar was born in Cupang (now Barangay San Nicolas), Bulacan, on August 30, 1850, to parents Julián del Pilar and Blasa Gatmaytan. He studied at the Colegio de San José and later at the University of Santo Tomas, where he finished his law course in 1880. In 1882, del Pilar founded the nationalist newspaper Diariong Tagalog (Tagalog Newspaper). He organized various anti-friar demonstrations while in the Philippines. He also wrote anti-friar pamphlets like the Dasalan at Tocsohan, Caiigat Cayo, etc. Del Pilar went to Spain in 1888 to escape persecution by the Spanish authorities. He became the second editor of La Solidaridad (Solidarity) in Madrid.

Publication of the La Solidaridad stopped in 1895 due to lack of money. Del Pilar decided to return to the Philippines to lead a revolution against Spain. However, he cancelled his trip due to his illness. Del Pilar died of tuberculosis in Barcelona on July 4, 1896, a pauper, away from his wife and 2 children.

Images for kids

  • Marcelo H. del Pilar Baptism

    Marcelo H. del Pilar's baptismal register

  • JC Marcelo Shrine 9

    A replica of Marcelo H. del Pilar's ancestral house and birthplace in Bulacán, Bulacan. This is now a museum-library housing del Pilar memorabilia.

  • Cavite Mutiny of 1872 historical marker in Cavite City

    Historical marker of the Cavite Mutiny in 1872.

  • Pre-1863 Malolos Church

    The pre-1863 lithograph photo of Malolos Cathedral before the earthquake that tore down its clock tower in 1863. This was one of the sites of del Pilar's anti-friar activities.

  • Benigno Quiroga

    Benigno Quiroga, 1894

  • La-solidaridad2

    A copy of La Solidaridad, the principal organ of the Reform Movement in Spain.

  • Ilustrados 1890

    A photograph of the Ilustrados in Madrid (ca. 1890). Del Pilar is standing beside Rizal, second row, sixth from right.

  • Marcelo H. Del Pilar

    The National Shrine of Marcelo H. del Pilar in San Nicolás, Bulacán, Bulacan

  • Bsuhereos66jf

    Marcelo H. del Pilar's monument (Bulacan's provincial heroes' park, Bulacan State University).


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