General marianos alvarez biography of christopher
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MARIANO M. ALVAREZ
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A revolutionary general and a teacher, Mariano Alvarez was born in Noveleta, Cavite on March 15, , to Severino Alvarez and Maria Malia.
General marianos alvarez biography of christopher
At the age of 10, he started his formal education in the town's friar school. Then he was sent to San Jose College in Manila for further schooling. While studying, he found time to read colorful corridos like Los SIete Infantes de Lara and Doce Fares.
These corridos instilled in his mind hatred against tyranny.
After obtaining the teachers' diploma, he returned to his hometown and became a school teacher. He taught at Naic and Maragondon, Cavite for a couple of years.
In May , he married Nicolasa Virata y del Rosario, by whom he had an only child, Santiago, who became an equally noted revolutionary general.
One day in , obviously to manifest his hatred for the Spanlards, Mariano ordered that a cupful of dirty water from a ditch be given to a Spanish soldier who had been thrown off his horse.
The next day Mariano was bound