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(Joaquin Pardo de Tavera)
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He attended the College of San Juan de Letran and the <a href="https://kahimyang.com/kauswagan/articles/763/today-in-philippine-history-november-20-1645-the-university-of-santo-tomas-was-elevated-to-university-status-by-pope-innocent-x" class="news_link">University of Santo Tomas</a>   where he studied law.
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De Tavera, who became a professor of the 
 University of Santo Tomas, organized a group of like-minded intellectuals and students known as <i>Comite de Reformadores</i> who openly advocated reforms in the colonial government.
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When the <a href="https://kahimyang.com/kauswagan/articles/891/today-in-philippine-history-january-20-1872-the-cavite-mutiny-took-place" class="news_link">Cavite Mutiny broke out on January 20, 1872</a>, De Tavera and other members of the <i>Comite de Reformadores</i> were implicated in the incident which led to their arrest and exile in the Marianas, and the <a href="https://kahimyang.com/kauswagan/articles/937/today-in-philippine-history-february-17-1872-fathers-mariano-gomez-jose-apolonio-burgos-and-jacinto-zamora-were-executed" class="news_link" >unjust execution of the three priests</a> - Fathers Mariano Gomez, Jose Burgos and Jacinto Zamora.
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September 19, 1829: Joaquin Pardo de Tavera was born in San Roque, Cavite