Calamba Dispute

January 29, 1759

Don Manuel Jauregui transferred the Calamba and Nagtajan haciendas to the Jesuits in exchange for lifelong stay in their monastery and a 25-peso pension

February 27, 1767

King Charles III expelled the Jesuits from the Spanish Empire, including the Philippines, viewing them as a threat to royal authority.

May 22, 1769

Administrator Antonio Ortiz Narvaez submitted an inventory of Hacienda de Calamba to the Hacienda Real

January 14, 1772

Governor-General Simon de Anda appointed Oidor Juan Francisco de Anda as commissioner of the Office of Jesuit Temporalities

1773

Hacienda de Calamba was leased through public bidding to Don Francisco Xavier Ramirez for 1,400 pesos per year.

1803

Hacienda de Calamba was sold to Don Clemente de

Azansa for 44,007 pesos

44,007 pesos

Hacienda de Calamba was sold to Don Clemente de Azansa for how much?

Don Francisco Xavier Ramirez

Hacienda de Calamba was leased through public bidding

to who?

1,400 pesos per year.

how much was Don Francisco Xavier Ramirez’ bid for Calamba

51,263 pesos

how much did the Dominicans purchase Calamba for

1833

date when the Dominicans purchase Hacienda de Calamba

June 28, 1848

Francisco Mercado and Teodora Alonzo married and became prominent inquilinos (tenants) of the hacienda.

1880

The Rizal family, through Paciano Rizal, acquired lands

in Pansol and leased about 380 hectares, one of the largest

portions; sugar became a major crop due to global demand

20 male students and 3 female colegialas

how many colegialas were from Calamba that studied in Manila

1887

A commercial and agricultural crisis hit, along with a rinderpest epidemic that devastated livestock and sharply increased the value of surviving animals

August 21, 1889

Friar Gabriel Fernandez, representing the Dominican Corporation, filed a petition to declare lands of defaulting tenants vacant.

1833

The Dominicans acquired Hacienda de Calamba through public auction andbecame one of the major religious landowners in the Philippines, controllingabout one-tenth of all improved lands by the late 19th century.

16,424hectares to 18,501.8694 hectares, accumulating over 2,000 hectares

how many hectares did the dominican order expand to

income from the hacienda fundedmissions and supported the University of Santo Tomas, as well as aided the SpanishCrown in transporting members from Spain

justification of ownership by the dominicans

late 1880s

tenants boycotted rent payments, the Dominican Order took aggressive legal action

1890–1891

Their actions led to the mass eviction of over 300 tenant families

1889

conditions in Calamba worsened due to locust infestations, low sugar prices,and natural calamities

August 1889

after tenants refused to pay during the May collection, eviction cases were filed against them. Around 60 tenants were brought to court by the hacienda administrator

August 21, 1889

Friar Gabriel Fernandez, administrator of the Hacienda de Calamba, filed a formal complaint on behalf of the Dominican corporation seeking to declare the land occupied by Don Francisco Rizal and his family as vacant and to order the ejectment of tenants

November 26, 1889 and December 6, 1889

when Initial hearings were held

January 7, 1890

the main trial was held

March 20, 1890

Municipal Court rejected the petition of the Corporacion. Failed to establish ownership through formal land titles, as required under Section 1546 of the Law on Civil Trials

March 29, 1890

Dominican Corporation appealed to the Court of First Instance of Laguna, presided by Judge Celestino Dimayuga

Judge Celestino Dimayuga

presided dominican corporation to the court of first instance of laguna

Vicente Ilagan

representitive of Petitioners (Dominicans)

Paciano Rizal

representitive of Respondents (tenants)

Don Santiago Esquerra and Atty. Manuel

Navas Diaz

representitive of dominicans

April 28, 1890

start of trial proceedings

May 1, 1890

final order, court ordered Don Francisco Rizal to leave the land within 20 days and was also required to pay a fine of 125 pesetas

125 pesetas

Don Francisco Rizal’s fine

December 1890

Atty. Felipe Buencamino was hired to defend 12 evictees due to his connections with magistrates. Later 31 more evictees joined the case

June 2, 1890

Manila court rejected the appeal. Around 300 families, including the Rizals, were ordered to be evicted

Through the Asociación Hispano-Filipina

brought the tenants’ situation to Spain’s attention

May 26, 1890

Filed a complaint against the unjust deportation of Calamba residents

January 30, 1892

Submitted another petition criticizing: Actions of the colonial government in Calamba, Orders of Governor-General Valeriano Weyler

Mindoro

Several individuals were deported here without formal charges, showing lack of due process

Jolo

plans of further transfer to this place

1891

Evictions intensified, affecting 300 families

Hong Kong

several members of the Rizal family escaped here

North Borneo (Sabah)

Jose Rizal proposed relocating Filipino families here

Governor-General Eulogio Despujol

rejected Jose Rizal proposal of relocating families to North Borneo

Luna brothers, Graciano López Jaena, Ferdinand Blumentritt

supporters of rizal’s proposal

works in La Solidaridad

through this, rizal exposed the struggles of Filipino farmers and call for colonial reforms