Background
Hernandez was born on 8 September 1870.
Hernandez was born on 8 September 1870.
He was a Spanish mestizo who studied at the Dingle Catholic School in Dingle, Iloilo and later at the Ateneo Municipal in Manila.
During the Philippine Revolution, Hernandez organized a revolutionary movement in Iloilo against the Spanish colonial authorities and then from 1898, against the United States. He was a leader, along with Julio Hernandez and Nicolas Roces, of the Cry of Lincud which occurred on 28 October 1898 at Barrio Lincud in Dingle. This event is known today as the first armed uprising for independence in the province of Iloilo.
He then became an aide to General Martin Delgado because of his knowledge in military strategy.
During the Philippine-American War, Hernandez led the guerrilla movement in the province until he surrendered. A practicing farmer, Hernandez became the first Filipino director of the Bureau of Agriculture in 1916, which had been headed by Americans colonial officials before his tenure.
This was part of the Filipinization policy of the American colonial government, following the Jones Acting of 1916. Hernandez died on 16 February 1925.
Camp General Adriano Hernandez in Dingle, Iloilo is named in his honor.
lieutenant serves as headquarters of the 301st Infantry Brigade of the 3rd Infantry Division of the Philippine Army.
Hernandez became a member of the first Philippine Assembly in 1907, the first nationally elected legislative body in the Philippines, the lower house of the Philippine Legislature of the American colonial Insular Government. In 1912, he was elected Governor of Iloilo, as a member of the Nacionalista Party.