Isabelo de los Reyes (July 7, 1864-October 10, 1938) was a prominent Filipino politician and labor activist in the 19th and 20th century. July 7 is the 188th day of the year (189th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 177 days remaining. ... 1864 was a leap year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... October 10 is the 283rd day of the year (284th in Leap years). ... 1938 was a common year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... Alternative meaning: Nineteenth Century (periodical) (18th century — 19th century — 20th century — more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 19th century was that century which lasted from 1801-1900 in the sense of the Gregorian calendar. ... (19th century - 20th century - 21st century - more centuries) Decades: 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s As a means of recording the passage of time, the 20th century was that century which lasted from 1901–2000 in the sense of the Gregorian calendar (1900–1999 in the...

Born to Elias de los Reyes and the poetess Leona Florentino in Vigan, Ilocos Sur, he attended schools in Vigan and Manila and received his college degrees from Colegio de San Juan de Letran and the University of Santo Tomas. He followed his mother's footsteps by initially turning to writing as a career and became a journalist, editor, and publisher in Manila. de los Reyes founded the first vernacular newspaper in the country, El Ilocano, and wrote and researched extensively on Philippine history and culture. Vigan is the capital city of the province of Ilocos Sur in the Philippines. ... Ilocos Sur is a province of the Philippines located in the Ilocos Region in Luzon. ... Manila (Maynila in Filipino) is the capital city of the Philippines. ... The University of Santo Tomas, is a Catholic university in the Philippines run by the Order of Preachers. ...

As a journalist, he almost faced the firing squad for attracting the ire of Spanish authorities in highlighting Spanish church and governmental abuses. He turned his writings against the Americans when they took over in 1898 and was jailed for inciting labor strikes against American business firms. Influenced by European socialism, Isabelo de los Reyes founded the first labor union in the country in 1902, the Union Obrera Democratica Filipina, against what he perceived as the impending exploitation of Filipino labor by American capitalist institutions. In the same year, he launched the Philippine Independent Church in response against the Vatican-led Roman Catholic Church, and chose his fellow Ilocano compatriot, Gregorio Aglipay, as its first bishop. 1898 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... 1902 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... The Philippine Independent Church, officially the Iglesia Filipina Independiente (IFI) in Spanish, is a Christian denomination belonging to the Roman Catholic tradition. ... The Roman Catholic Church, most often spoken of simply as the Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with over one billion members. ... Ilocano, also Iloko and Ilokano, refers to the language and culture associated with the Ilocano people, the third largest ethnic group in the Philippines. ... Gregorio Labayan Aglipay was born on May 8, 1860 in Batac, Ilocos Norte, an orphan who grew up in the tobacco fields in the last volatile decades of the Spanish occupation of the Philippines. ...

In 1923, he won a Senate seat in an election against Elpidio Quirino, representing the Ilocos region. After his term, he went back to private life and dedicated the remainder of his life to religious writings for the Aglipayan church as an honorary bishop. Writing sermons and other Christian literature, he translated the bible and its various components into his native Ilocano. 1923 was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES Elpidio Quirino Elpidio Quirino (November 16, 1890—February 29, 1956) was a political leader and the sixth President of the Philippines. ... The Philippine Independent Church, officially the Iglesia Filipina Independiente (IFI) in Spanish, is a Christian denomination belonging to the Roman Catholic tradition. ...

de los Reyes was married and widowed three times and had 27 children.