 Forty-seven eminent Negrenses formulated and ratified a constitution to create a new republic.Signatories included among others Aniceto Lacson, Juan Araneta, Simeón Lizares, Antonio L. Jayme, Eusebio Luzuriaga, Nicolas Gólez, Agustín Amenabar, Rafael Ramos and Rosendo Lacson.Dumaguete is captured by Negrese forces with the support of the local population, thereby liberating Negros Oriental, and consequently all of Negros, from Spanish rule.