July 27, 1873: Leon Kilat was born in Bacong, Negros Oriental

Pantaleón Villegas y Soldevillo, better known by his nom-de-guerre León Kilat, was born on July 27, 1873, in Bacong, Negros Oriental, Philippines. The son of Don Policarpio Vergara Villegas, whose father was a Spanish sugar baron, and Doña Úrsula Soldevillo, the daughter of a wealthy local capitán, Pantaleón was one of four siblings: Irinea, Silvestra, Pantaleón, and Julian. Orphaned at a young age, he served as a sacristan in the parish church of St. Augustine de Hippo in Bacong before leaving his hometown for Cebu to seek better opportunities.