Gabriela Silang was a Filipina revolutionary and the first female leader of a Filipino movement for independence from Spain. She started leading the Ilocano rebel movement after her husband, Diego Silang's assassination in 1763. Before his assassination she had been his closest adviser and unofficial aide-de-camp, ( which involved making sure their soldiers were fed, and supplied) . On September 10, 1763, Silang tried to besiege the city of Vigan but the Spanish retaliated, forcing her into hiding. She escaped to Abra, where the Spanish later captured her. On September 20, 1763, Silang and her troops were executed by hanging in Vigan's central plaza. Gabriela is considered a national hero and the organisation and party list GABRIELA ("General Assembly Binding Women for Reforms, Integrity, Equality, Leadership, and Action"), which advocate's women's rights and issues, was founded in 1984 in her honor.