Republic of Negros | |||||||||||||
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1898–1901 | |||||||||||||
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Status | Provisional Revolutionary Government (1898) Constituent of the Federal State of the Visayas (1898–1899) U.S. protectorate (1899–1901) | ||||||||||||
Capital | Bacólod | ||||||||||||
Common languages | Hiligaynon, Cebuano and Spanish | ||||||||||||
Government | Republican canton | ||||||||||||
President | |||||||||||||
• 1898–1899 | Aniceto Lacson | ||||||||||||
Governor General of the Provinces | |||||||||||||
• 1899–1901 | Melecio Severino | ||||||||||||
President of the Chamber of Deputies | |||||||||||||
• 1899–1899 | José de Luzuriaga | ||||||||||||
Legislature | Chamber of Deputies | ||||||||||||
Historical era | New Imperialism | ||||||||||||
• End of the Negros Revolution | November 27, 1898 | ||||||||||||
• Annexation to the Philippine Islands | April 20, 1901 | ||||||||||||
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Today part of | Philippines | ||||||||||||
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The Republic of Negros (Hiligaynon: Republika sang Negros; Cebuano: Republika sa Negros; Spanish: República de Negros) was a short-lived revolutionary entity which had existed on the island of Negros first as a canton of the First Philippine Republic and later as a protectorate of the United States.[1]