The Magalat revolt (

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: ''La Revuelta del Magalat'') was an uprising in the

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in 1596, led by Magalat, one of the few Filipino rebels from

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. He had been arrested in

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for inciting rebellion against the Spanish, and after he was released on the importunities of some Dominican priests, he returned to

. Together with his brother, he incited the whole country to revolt. He was said to have committed atrocities upon his fellow natives for refusing to rise up against the Spaniards. He soon controlled the countryside, and the Spanish eventually found themselves besieged. The Spanish Governor-General Francisco de Tello de Guzmán, sent Pedro de Chaves from Manila with Spanish and Filipino colonial troops. They fought successfully against the rebels, and captured and executed several leaders under Magalat. Magalat himself was assassinated within his fortified headquarters by his own men, who apparently had been promised a reward by the Spaniards.

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