Industrial AgeGovernment & Law Philippine Revolution 1896Major The Katipunan revolts against Spanish rule; the execution of José Rizal that December fuels the uprising, and in 1898 Aguinaldo declares independence. ▲ MattersSaveShareTrace roots Longest chain: The Big Bang → First stars ignite → Supernovae seed heavy elements → The Sun forms → Earth forms → First oceans → First life → Photosynthesis evolves → Great Oxidation Event → Complex cells (eukaryotes) → Multicellular life → First animals → Cambrian Explosion → First vertebrates → Jawed fish → Fish walk onto land → The amniotic egg → The Great Dying → Dinosaurs appear → Asteroid ends the dinosaurs → Early primates → Apes split from monkeys → Human line splits from chimpanzees → Walking upright → First stone tools → Genus Homo appears → Homo erectus → Control of fire → Habitual fire and cooking → Homo sapiens appears → Complex language → Natufian villages → Oldest known bread → Agriculture begins → Irrigation → Uruk and the first cities → Cylinder seals → Writing (cuneiform) → Akkadian Empire → Neo-Assyrian Empire → Persian Empire founded → Persian Royal Road → Silk Road opens → Marco Polo's journey → Columbus reaches the Americas → Columbian Exchange → Smallpox devastates the Americas → Conquest of the Inca → Potosí silver → Manila galleons → Philippine Revolution Community notesLoading notes… Learn more ranked by votesDocumentbritannica.comPhilippine Revolution (Britannica) ↗Editor's pickBookTeodoro A. AgoncilloThe Revolt of the Masses: The Story of Bonifacio and the Katipunan ↗Editor's pickVideoSearch on YouTubePhilippine Revolution 1896 Katipunan ↗Editor's pickVideoSearch on YouTubeJose Rizal and the Philippine Revolution ↗Editor's pick