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(Emilio Jacinto)
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Jacinto,  one of the youngest members of the revolutionary society at the age of 18, stopped his law schooling at 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> to join the <a href="https://kahimyang.com/kauswagan/articles/906/about-the-katipunan" class="news_link">Katipunan</a>.
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Emilio Jacinto wrote the <a href="https://kahimyang.com/kauswagan/articles/1796/direct-translation-of-the-complete-text-of-emilio-jacintos-kartilya-ng-katipunan" class="news_link">Kartilya ng Katipunan</a>,  the primer of the revolutionaries, he was the founder and  editor of the society's newspaper <i>Kalayaan</i> (Freedom) which voiced the aspiration of the people. He also served as <a href="https://kahimyang.com/kauswagan/articles/786/today-in-philippine-history-november-30-1863-andres-bonifacio-was-born-in-tondo-manila" class="news_link">Andres Bonifacio</a>'s secretary and fiscal, as well as supervised the manufacture of gunpowder to be used by the <i>Katipuneros</i> in battle.
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After Bonifacio's death, Jacinto continued fighting the Spaniards but  refused to join the forces of General <a href="https://kahimyang.com/kauswagan/articles/1028/today-in-philippine-history-march-22-1869-emilio-aguinaldo-was-born-in-kawit-cavite" class="news_link">Emilio Aguinaldo</a>.
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Jacinto was wounded critically during one of the battles in Majayjay, Laguna and eventually contracted malaria which led to his death on April 16, 1899 at the young age of 23.
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His remains were later transferred to the Manila North Cemetery. 
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Source:
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 Philippine News Agency archives
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Photo credit:  Wikipedia commons
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December 15, 1875: Emilio Jacinto was born in Trozo, Tondo, Manila