Category: Narciso Claveria

November 21, 1849, Claveria Issued a Decree to Adopt a Standardized Records of Filipino Names and Surnames

On November 21, 1849, then Governor General Narciso Claveria issued a decree to adopt a standardized Filipino names and surnames. Through the so-called “Claveria Decree”, he issued a list of family names in alphabetical order, which were based on a catalog of Spanish surnames.

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October 7, 1846, Spanish Governor-General Claveria Issued A Decree Against Vagrants

Today in Philippine History. October 7, 1846, Spanish Governor-General Narciso Claveria issued a decree against vagrants, asking provincial authorities to have idlers rounded up and, after questioning, to employ them in public works for a month and then send back to their hometowns.