Gabriela Silang

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Gabriela Silang
Gabriela Silang on a 1974 stamp of the Philippines
Born	María Josefa Gabriela Cariño (1731-03-19)March 19, 1731 Santa, Ilocos, Captaincy General of the Philippines, Spanish Empire
Died	September 20, 1763(1763-09-20) (aged 32) Vigan, Ilocos, Captaincy General of the Philippines, Spanish Empire
Other names	Gabriela Silang La Generala Joan of Arc of Ilocandia
Spouses	Tomás Millan ​ ​ (m. 1751; died 1754)​ Diego Silang ​ ​ (m. 1757; died 1763)​
Father	Anselmo Cariño

María Josefa Gabriela Cariño de Silang (Tagalog: [siˈlaŋ]; March 19, 1731 – September 20, 1763) was a Filipino military leader best known for her role as the female leader of the Ilocano independence movement from Spain. She took over from her second husband Diego Silang after his assassination in 1763, leading her people for four months before she was captured and executed by the colonial government of the Captaincy General of the Philippines.