Bonifacio Day is a national public holiday every 30 November in the Philippines to celebrates the birthday of one of the country’s greatest heroes, Andrés Bonifacio.
Bonifacio was born on 30 November 1863, he is considered as the Father of the Philippine Revolution against Spanish colonization. He started a movement known as the ‘Katipunan’ in 1892. It was a secret revolutionary society that instigated military revolts against the Spanish.
Bonifacio was the leader of “Katipunan” then the first president of the Philippine Republic. Aguinaldo took over the revolutionary forces and unjustly ordered Bonifacio to be tried and executed under the guise of treason.
Unlike the main national hero, José Rizal, Bonifacio Day is celebrated on his day of birth, rather than his day of death. This is because Bonifacio was killed by his fellow countrymen, rather than at the hands of foreign colonisers.