Brief biography of gregorio del pilar
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Gregorio del Pilar
Full Name
Gregorio Hilario del Pilar y Sempio
Birth
14 November 1875
San Jose, Bulacan, Captaincy General of the Philippines
Death
2 December 1899 (aged 24)
Tirad Pass, Concepcion, Ilocos Sur, First Philippine Republic
Cause of Death
Shot at the neck during the Last Stand at Tirad Pass
Also Known As
- Goyo (nickname)
- Aguila (nom de guerre)
- Goyong (by his family & friends)
- The Boy General
- The Hero of Bulacan
- The Great Eagle of the Revolution
- The President's Favorite
- The Arrogant/Pretentious One (by General Alejand
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Gregorio del Pilar, the Boy General
Gregorio del Pilar, the Boy General
Gregoiro del Pilar y Sempio (November 14th, 1875- December 2nd, 1899) was one of the youngest generals in the Philippine Revolutionary Forces during the War against Spain and the Philippine-American War, that’s why he was known as the “Boy General”.
He died at the age of 24 fighting against the American army, after having achieved the fame in combats such as the successful assaults against the Spanish Cazadores quarters in the municipality of Paombong, his victory in the first phase of the Battle of Quingua or his last stand at the Battle of Tirad Pass, against the American army.
Gregorio was born in Bulacan on the 14th of November in 1875 to Fernando H del Pilar and Felipa Sempio and he was the nephew of Marcelo and Toribio H del Pilar, propagandist exiled in Guam after the Cavite Mutiny in 1872. Familiarly named “Goyong”, he studied at the Ateneo Municipal de Manila where he received the bach