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Vicente Sotto

Vicente Sotto, Filipino lawyer and politician (died 1950)

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Born
April 18, 1877
Died
May 28, 1950
Zodiac sign
Aries
Birth year
1877

About Vicente Sotto

Vicente Yap Sotto, Sr. was a Filipino playwright, journalist, and politician who served as a senator from 1946 to 1950. He also served in the House of Representatives from 1922 to 1925, representing Cebu's 2nd district. He was the main author of the Press Freedom Law. In 1902, Sotto entered politics when he ran for the municipal council of Cebu and won. In May 1946, he ran for senator and won and served as Chairman of the Senate Committee on Finance until 1950. In 1899 (then just 22 years old), he put up La Justicia, the first newspaper in Cebu published by a Philippine citizen, in which he defended the issue of Philippine independence. When he was freed in 1900, he published Ang Suga (The Light), which was first issued on June 16, 1901.

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Vicente Sotto timeline

  1. In 1899 (then just 22 years old), he put up La Justicia, the first newspaper in Cebu published by a Philippine citizen, in which he defended the issue of Philippine independence.
  2. When he was freed in 1900, he published Ang Suga (The Light), which was first issued on June 16, 1901.
  3. In 1902, Sotto entered politics when he ran for the municipal council of Cebu and won.
  4. In May 1946, he ran for senator and won and served as Chairman of the Senate Committee on Finance until 1950.

The world when Vicente Sotto was born

Vicente Sotto was born in 1877. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Headlines and milestones

  • Top headlineReconstruction ends — federal troops leave the South
  • Technology milestoneThomas Edison invents the phonograph
  • Notable inventionPhonograph — talking machine
  • World population~1.57B

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderRutherford B. Hayes
  • U.S. population44.2M

1877 versus 2026

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Measure18772026
Population44.2M341 million

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