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10th century Year
Date
900
Event
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End of prehistory. Laguna Copperplate Inscription, Inscription, the earliest known Philippine document, is written in the Manila area in Kawi script. script. Rise of Indianized of Indianized Kingdom of Tondo around Manila Bay. Bay.
11th century Year
Date
Event
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1000
People from Southern Annam called Orang Dampuan establish trade zones in Sulu
1001
Song Shih document records tributary delegation from the Buddhist Kingdom of Butuan on 17 March.
12th century Year
Date
1175
Event
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Kingdom of Namayan reaches its peak.
13th century Year
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1240
Event
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Tuan Masha'ika, Masha'ika, an Arab Arab,, travels and introduces Islam to Sulu Sulu..
14th century Year
Date
Event
1380
Karim Al-Makhdum arrives in Jolo and builds a Mosque Mosque..
1400
Birth of the Baybayin Baybayin,, Hanunoo Hanunoo,, Tagbanwa Tagbanwa,, and Buhid scripts from Brahmi Brahmi..
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15th century Year
Date
1457
Event
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Sultanate of Sulu founded by Sharif Al-Hashim. Al-Hashim.
16th century Year
Date
1500 1521
Event
Rise of Kingdom of Kingdom of Maynila under the Bolkiah dynasty Ferdinand Magellan lands on Homonhon with three small ships, named the 16 March Concepcion, Trinidad and Victoria. Magellan calls the place the Arcigelago the Arcigelago de San Lazaro since March 16 is the feast day of Saint Lazarus 28 March Magellan reaches the Philippines 29 March Blood Compact between Magellan and Rajah Kulambo of Limasawa 31 March The first mass on Philippine soil is celebrated. 7 April
Magellan meets Rajah Humabon of Cebu of Cebu and enters into another Blood Compact. Humabon and his wife are baptized are baptized into the Catholic Church. Church.
27 April
Magellan is killed by Lapu-Lapu in the battle the battle of Mactan. Mactan.
1525
Spain sends an expedition under Juan under Juan Garcia Jofre de Loaysa to the Philippines. The Loaysa Expedition failed
1526
Spain sends another expedition under Juan under Juan Cabot to the Philippines. The Cabot Expedition also failed
1527
Spain sends a fourth expedition under Alvaro under Alvaro de Saavedra to the Philippines.
1529
Saavedra's expedition returns to Spain without Saavedra who died on the way home.
1536
The Loaysa expedition returns to Spain. Sp ain. One of its survivors is Andres de Urdaneta, its chronicler.
1543
Spain sends a fifth expedition under Ruy under Ruy López de Villalobos to the Philippines. The Expedition succeeds 2 February
1565 13 February 8 May
Villalobos arrives in the Philippines and names the islands of Samar of Samar and and Leyte as Las Islas Filipinas in honor of the crown prince of Spain, Philip of Asturias Miguel López de Legazpi arrives in the Philippines with four ships and 380 men Legazpi established the first permanent Spanish settlement in the country Philippines was governed as a territory of the Vicero yalty of New Spain.
1567
Dagami Revolt (1567)
1568
The Portuguese, under the command of General Gonzalo de Pereira, attack Cebu and blockade its port.
1570
The Portuguese again attack the colony and are repulsed. May
1571 19 May 24 June 1572 20 August
Legaspi sends an expedition under the leadership of Martin de Goiti to Manila. The ruler of Manila, Rajah Suliman, wages war against the Spaniards Legaspi establishes the Spanish Colonial Government in Manila and proclaims it the capital of the colony Legazpi dies and Guido de Lavezaris succeeds him as Governor-General (15721575)
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1574 23 The Chinese pirate captain Limahong attacks Manila but fails November 2 Limahong again attacks Manila with 1500 soldiers but again fails to defeat the December Spaniards December Lakandula leads a short revolt against the Spanish. 1575
Ciudad de Nueva Cáceres(later renamed as Naga City) established by Captain Pedro de Sanchez 25 August Francisco de Sande appointed Governor-General (1575-1580)
1579
Diocese of Manila established
1580 April
Gonzalo Ronquillo de Peñaloza appointed Governor-General (1580-1583) King Philip II of Spain becomes King of Portugal, ending the Portuguese harassment of the Philippines The Spaniards institute forced labor on all male natives aged 16 to 60.
1583 10 March Diego Ronquillo appointed Governor-General (1583-1584) August
A great fire destroys Manila
1584 16 May
Santiago de Vera appointed Governor-General (1584-1590)
1585
Pampangos Revolt (1585)
1587
Conspiracy of the Maharlikas (1587-1588)
1589
Revolts Against the Tribute (1589)
1590
Missionaries from the Society of Jesus established the Colegio de Manila in Intramuros. 1 June
Gómez Pérez Dasmariñas appointed Governor-General (1590-1593)
1592
Miguel de Benavides's Doctrina Christiana in Chinese published
1593
Doctrina Christiana in Spanish and Tagalog published October
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Pedro de Rojas appointed Governor-General (1593)
3 Luis Pérez Dasmariñas appointed Governor-General (1593-1596) December 1595
Diocese of Manila raised to an Archbishopric Diocese of Nueva Segovia established. Diocese of Caceres established. Diocese of Cebu established. Colegio de San Ildefonso founded in Cebu
1596
Magalat Revolt (1596) 14 July
Francisco de Tello de Guzmán appointed Governor-General (1596-1602)
1598
Colegio de Santa Potenciana, the first school for girls in the Philippines, established
1600
Pedro Bucaneg inscribes the oral epic Biag ni Lam-ang
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17th century Year
1600
Date
Event
The Dutch attacks the archipelago in a tactical offensive during the European war between Spain and the Netherlands Bandala System is formed by the Spanish Colonial Government
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The Galleon trade between Manila and Acapulco, Mexico begins. 1601
Igorot Revolt (1601). 1 August
1602
Colegio de San Jose is established Chinese revolt of 1602
May
Pedro Bravo de Acuña appointed Governor-General (1602-1606).
1606 24 June
Cristóbal Téllez de Almanza appointed Governor-General (1606-1608) by the Audiencia Real.
1608 15 June
Rodrigo de Vivero y Velasco appointed Governor-General (1608-1609).
1609 April
Juan de Silva appointed Governor-General (1609-1616).
1611 28 April
University of Santo Tomas established as the Colegio de Nuestra Señora del Santísimo Rosario (later renamed the Colegio de S anto Tomas).
1616 19 April
Andrés Alcaraz appointed Governor-General (1616-1618) by the Audiencia Real.
1618 3 July
Alonso Fajardo de Entenza appointed Governor-General (1618-1624).
1619
University of Santo Tomas, then known as Colegio de Nuestra Señora del Santissimo Rosario, recognized by the Holy See.
1620
Colegio de San Juan de Letran established as the Colegio de Huerfanos de San Pedro y San Pablo.
1621
The Colegio de Manila raised to the status of a University and renamed as the Universidad de San Ignacio by Pope Gregory XV.
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Tamblot Revolt (1621-1622) Bankaw Revolt (1621-1622) 1624
July
Jeronimo de Silva appointed Governor-General (1624-1625) by the Audiencia Real.
July
Fernando de Silva appointed Governor-General (1624-1626).
1625
Isneg Revolt (1625-1627)
1626 29 June
Juan Niño de Tabora appointed Governor-General (1626-1632).
1627
University of Santo Tomas, then Colegio de Santo Tomas, authorized to confer degrees by Pope Urban VIII.
1632
22 July
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Lorenzo de Olaza appointed Governor-General (1632-1633) by the Audiencia Real. Colegio de Santa Isabel established
1633 29 August Juan Cerezo de Salamanca appointed Governor-General (1632-1635). 1635 25 June
Sebastián Hurtado de Corcuera appointed Governor-General (1635-1644).
1639
Cagayan Revolt (1639)
1640
Universidad de San Felipe de Austria established as the first Public University in the Philippines
1643
Universidad de San Felipe de Austria closed down
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Ladia Revolt (1643) 1644 11 August Diego Fajardo Chacón appointed Governor-General (1644-1653). 1645
The Colegio de Santo Tomas raised to the status of a university and renamed as University of Santo Tomas by Pope Innocent X, upon the request of King Philip IV of Spain. Zambales Revolt (1645) Pampanga Revolt (1645)
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1647
Dutch besieged the Spanish in the Battle of Puerto de Cavite.
1649
Sumuroy Revolt (1649-50) Pintados Revolt (1649-50)
1653 25 July
Sabiniano Manrique de Lara appointed Governor-General (1653-1663).
1660
Zambal Revolt (1660) Maniago Revolt (1660) Malong Revolt (1660-1661)
1661
Ilocano Revolt (1661)
1662
Chinese revolt of 1662
1663 8 Diego de Salcedo appointed Governor-General (1663-1668). September Tapar Revolt (1663) 1668
28 Juan Manuel de la Peña Bonifaz appointed Governor-General (1668-1669). September
1669
24 Manuel de León appointed Governor-General (1669-1677). September
1677 21 Francisco Coloma appointed Governor-General (1677) by the Audiencia Real. September 21 Francisco Sotomayor y Mansilla appointed Governor-General (1677-1678) by the September Audiencia Real. 1678
28 Juan de Vargas y Hurtado appointed Governor-General (1678-1684). September
1680 May 12
University of Santo Tomas placed under Royal Patronage by King Charles II of Spain.
1681
Sambal Revolt (1681-1683)
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1684 24 August Gabriel de Curuzealegui y Arriola appointed Governor-General (1684-1689). 1686
Tingco plot (1686)
1689 April
Alonso de Avila Fuertes appointed Governor-General (1689-1690) by the Audiencia Real
1690 25 July
Fausto Cruzat y Gongora appointed Governor-General (1690-1701).
18th century Year
1701
Date
Event
8 Domingo Zabálburu de Echevarri appointed Governor-General (1701-1709). December
1709 25 August Martín de Urzua y Arismendi appointed Governor-General (1709-1715). 4 February
Jose Torralba appointed Governor-General (1715-1717) by the Audiencia Real.
1717 9 August
Fernando Manuel de Bustillo Bustamante y Rueda appointed Governor-General (1717-1719).
1718
Rivera Revolt (1718)
1719 11 October
Archbishop Francisco de la Cuesta of Manila becomes acting Governor-General (1719-1721).
1715
Caragay Revolt (1719)
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1721 6 August Toribio José Cosio y Campo appointed Governor-General (1721-1729). 1722
Colegio de San Jose conferred with the title Royal.
1729 14 August Fernándo Valdés y Tamon appointed Governor-General (1729-1739). 1739 July
Gaspar de la Torre appointed Governor-General (1739-1745).
1744
Dagohoy Rebellion (1744-1829)
1745 21 Archbishop Juan Arrechederra of Manila becomes acting Governor-General September (1745-1750). Agrarian Revolt (1745-1746) 1750 20 July
Jose Francisco de Obando y Solis appointed Governor-General (1750-1754).
1754 15 May
Mt Taal emits magma and destroys the towns of Lipa, Sala, Tanauan and Talisay.
26 July
Pedro Manuel de Arandia Santisteban appointed Governor-General (1754-1759).
1759 June
Miguel Lino de Ezpeleta appointed Governor-General (1759-1761).
1761 July
Archbishop Manuel Rojo del Rio y Vieyra of Manila Manilaappointed GovernorGeneral (1761-1762).
1762
Silang Revolt (1762-63) Palaris Revolt (1762-1765) Camarines Revolt (1762-1764) Cebu Revolt (1762-1764) British forces looted and plundered many of Manila establishments through the so-called Rape of Manila. 22 British fleet entered seizes Manila Bay as part of the Seven Years War September 5 October Manila fell under the British rule; start of the British occupation. Simón de Anda y Salazar appointed Governor-General (1762-17614) by the Real 6 October Audiencia. Provisional Government established in Bacolor, Pampanga with de Anda as dictator. 2 The British East India Company commissioned The Rt Hon. Dawsonne Drake November became the first British governor-general of the Philippines until 1764.
1763
Dabo and Marayac Revolt (1763) Isabela Revolt (1763).
1764
10 February
Treaty of Paris implicitly returns Manila to Spain.
28 May
Deaths of Gabriela Silang, the only Filipina to have led a revolt, and her husband Diego.
17 March
de Anda hands over the control of the colonial government to Francisco Javier de la Torre, newly appointed Governor-General (1764-1765)
11 June
The last of the British ships that sailed to Manila leaves the Philippines for India, ending the British occupation.
10 February
Royal Fiscal of Manila Don Francisco Léandro de Viana writes the famous letter to King Charles III of Spain, later called as "Viana Memorial of 1765". The document advised the king to abandon the colony due to the economic and social devastation created by the Seven Years' War . The suggestion was not heeded.
6 July
José Antonio Raón y Gutiérrez appointed Governor-General (1765-1770)
1765
Governor Raon orders the minting of parallelogramic-shaped coins called barrillas, the first coined minted in the Philippines.
1769 23 July
The Society of Jesus in the Philippines is expelled by Raón after receiving a dated later from Charles III's chief minister Don Pedro Pablo Abarca de Bolea on March 1, 1767. The Jesuit's Properties are confiscated by the Spanish Colonial Government
1770 July
Simón de Anda y Salazar appointed Governor-General (1770-1776)
1771
Moro pirates traveled all over the country and raids many fishing villages in Manila Bay, Mariveles, Parañaque, Pasay and Malate.
1774
9 Parishes secularized by order of King Charles III of Spain. November
1776
30 October
Pedro de Sarrio appointed Governor-General (1776-1778)
1778 July
José Basco y Vargas appointed Governor-General (1778-1787)
1780
Real Sociedad Economica de los Amigos del Pais de Filipinas (Royal Economic Society of Friends of the Philippines) introduced in the Philippines to offer local and foreign scholarships and professorships to Filipinos, and financed trips of scientists from Spain to the Philippines
1783
Bishop Mateo Joaquin de Arevalo of Cebu establishes the Colegio-Seminario de San Carlos(later renamed as the University of San Carlos) from the old building of the defunct Colegio de San Ildefonso, which was closed down in 1769 after the suppression of the Jesuits.
1785
Lagutao Revolt (1785). 20 May
1787
22 Pedro de Sarrio appointed Governor-General (1787-1788) September
1788
1793
University of Santo Tomas granted Royal Title by King Charles III of Spain.
Ilocos Norte Revolt (1788). 2 April
Birth of the greatest Tagalog poet from Bulacan Francisco "Balagtas" Baltazar .
1 July
Félix Berenguer de Marquina appointed Governor-General (1788-1793)
1 Rafael María de Aguilar y Ponce de León appointed Governor-General (1793September 1806)
19th century Year
Date
1805
Event
Nueva Vizcaya Revolt (1805)
1806 7 August Mariano Fernández de Folgueras appointed Governor-General (1806-1810) 1807
Ambaristo Revolt (1807)
1808 May
French Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte installs his brother Joseph Bonaparte as King of Spain.
1809
22 January
1810 4 March
King Joseph Bonaparte gives Filipinos Spanish Citizenship and grants the colony representation in the Spanish Cortes Manuel Gonzalez de Aguilar appointed Governor-General (1806-1813)
1812 19 March The Spanish Cortes promulgates the Cadiz Constitution 24 The first Philippine delegates to the Spanish Cortes, Pedro Perez de Tagle and September Jose Manuel Coretto take their oath of office in Madrid, Spain. 1813 4 José Gardoqui Jaraveitia appointed Governor-General (1806-1816) September
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17 March The Cadiz Constitution implemented in Manila 16 Napoleon is defeated in the Battle of the Nations near Leipzig October Octoberr
British General Duke of Wellington drives the Napoleonic forces out of Spain
1814
Ferdinand VII proclaimed as King of Spain; Conservatives return to the Spanish Cortes
1815 18 June
Napoleon is defeated in Waterloo
15 Napoleon is exiled in St. Helena's Island October 1816
Cadiz Constitution is rejected by the conservative government and Filipino representation in the Spanish Cortes is abolished 10 Mariano Fernández de Folgueras appointed Governor-General (1816-1822) December
1822
30 October
Juan Antonio Martínez appointed Governor-General (1822-1825)
1825
14 October
Mariano Ricafort Palacín y Abarca appointed Governor-General (1825-1830)
1828
Earthquake strikes Manila destroying many of its buildings
1830 23 Pascual Enrile y Alcedo appointed Governor-General (1830-1835) December Manila is opened to the world market 1835 1 March 23 April
Gabriel de Torres appointed Governor-General (1835) Joaquín de Crámer appointed Governor-General (1835)
9 Pedro Antonio Salazar Castillo y Varona appointed Governor-General (1835) September Chamber of Commerce is formed 1837 27 August Andrés García Camba appointed Governor-General (1837-1838) Manila is made an open port. 1838 29 Luis Lardizábal appointed Governor-General (1838-1841) December Florante at Laura is published. 1841
14 February
Marcelino de Oraá Lecumberri appointed Governor-General (1841-1843)
1843 17 June
Francisco de Paula Alcalá de la Torre appointed Governor-General (1843-1844)
1844 16 July
Narciso Clavería y Zaldúa appointed Governor-General (1844-1849)
1849
26 Antonio María Blanco appointed Governor-General (1849-1850) December
1850 29 July
Antonio de Urbistondo y Eguía appointed Governor-General (1850-1853)
1852
4 Glowing avalanche from Mt Hibok-Hibok. December
1853
20 Ramón Montero y Blandino appointed Governor-General (1853-1854) December
1854 2 February 28
Manuel Pavía y Lacy appointed Governor-General (1854) Ramón Montero y Blandino appointed Governor-General (1854)
October 20 Manuel Crespo y Cebrían appointed Governor-General (1854) November 1856
5 Ramón Montero y Blandino appointed Governor-General (1856-1857) December
1857
12 January
1859
Fernándo Norzagaray y Escudero appointed Governor-General (1857-1860) Jesuits return to the Philippines Jesuits takes over the Escuela Municipal and establishes the Ateneo Municipal
1860 12 January
Ramón María Solano y Llanderal appointed Governor-General (1860)
29 August Juan Herrera Dávila appointed Governor-General (1860-1861) 1861 2 February
José Lemery e Ibarrola Ney y González appointed Governor-General (18611862) Jose Rizal, Philippines' National Hero is born. Escuela de Artes Y Oficios de Bacolor established as Asia's oldest vocational school.
1862 7 July 9 July
Salvador Valdés appointed Governor-General (1862) Rafaél de Echagüe y Bermingham appointed Governor-General (1862-1865)
1863 3 June
An earthquake leaves Manila in ruins
1865
University of Santo Tomas made the center for public instruction throughout the Philippines by royal decree of Queen Isabella II of Spain.
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Observatorio Meteorológico del Ateneo Municipal de Manila (Manila Observatory) established by the Jesuits 24 March Joaquín del Solar e Ibáñez appointed Governor-General (1862-1865) 25 April 1866 13 July
Juan de Lara e Irigoyen appointed Governor-General (1862-1865) José Laureano de Sanz y Posse appointed Governor-General (1866)
21 Juan Antonio Osorio appointed Governor-General (1866) September 27 Joaquín del Solar e Ibáñez appointed Governor-General (1866) September 26 October
José de la Gándara y Navarro appointed Governor-General (1866-1869) Colegio de Santa Isabel established in Naga by Bishop Francisco Gainza, OP of Nueva Caceres, through the royal decree of Queen Isabella II of Spain.
1867
1869 17 Suez Canal opened November Colegio de Santa Isabel inaugurated as the first Normal School in Southeast Asia 7 June
Joaquín del Solar e Ibáñez appointed Governor-General (1866)
23 June
José de la Gándara y Navarro appointed Governor-General (1869-1871)
1871
The Gabinete de Fisica of the University of Santo Tomas established as the first Museum in the Philippines. The Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy of the University of Santo Tomas is established as the first schools of Medicine and Pharmacy in the Philippines. 4 April
Rafael de Izquierdo y Gutíerrez appointed Governor-General (1871-1873)
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1872
200 Filipino soldiers stage a mutiny in Cavite. 17 February
Priests Mariano Gomez, José Apolonio Burgos, and Jacinto Zamora (together known as Gomburza) are implicated in the Cavite Mutiny and executed.
1873 8 January Manuel MacCrohon appointed Governor-General (1873) 24 January
Juan Alaminos y Vivar appointed Governor-General (1873-1874)
1874 17 March Manuel Blanco Valderrama acting appointed Governor-General (1874) 18 June
The Colegio de San Jose incorporated into the Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy of the University of Santo Tomas.
1875 1877
José Malcampo y Monje appointed Governor-General (1874-1877)
28 February
Domingo Moriones y Murillo appointed Governor-General (1877-1880)
1880 20 March Rafael Rodríguez Arias appointed Governor-General (1880) 15 April
Fernando Primo de Riverae appointed Governor-General (1880-1883)(1st Term) Manila is connected through telegraphic cable Europe by Eastern Telecom.
18 July 1882 3 March 2 June
Two shocks of an earthquake create destruction from Manila to Santa Cruz, Luguna. Tremors continue until Aug 6 Jose Rizal leaves for Spain to continue his medical studies Jose Rizal begins writing the Noli Me Tangere(novel)
1883 10 March Emilio Molíns becomes acting Governor-General (1883). (First Term) 7 April 1884
Joaquín Jovellar appointed Governor-General (1883-1885) Required forced labor of 40 days a year is reduced to 15 days by the Spanish Colonial Government.
21 June 1885 1 April 4 April 1887 29 May October
Rizal finishes his medical studies in Spain Emilio Molíns becomes acting Governor-General (1885). (First Term) Emilio Terrero y Perinat appointed Governor-General (1885-1888) Noli Me Tangere published. Rizal starts writing the El Filibusterismo The Manila School of Agriculture is established.
1888 10 March Antonio Molto becomes acting Governor-General (1888) Federico Lobaton becomed acting Governor-General (1888) Valeriano Wéyler appointed Governor-General (1888-1891) 10 La Solidaridad established December 1891 28 March Rizal finishes writing El Filibusterismo in Biarritz, France El Filibusterismo published in Ghent, Belgium Eulogio Despujol appointed Governor-General (1891-1893) 1892 26 June
Rizal arrives in the Philippines from Europe via Hong Kong
3 July
Rizal forms the La Liga Filipina
7 July
Rizal is arrested for establishing the La Liga Filipina
17 July
Rizal is exiled to Dapitan
1893 10 March Federico Ochando becomes acting Governor-General (1893) Ramón Blanco appointed Governor-General (1893-1896) 1894 8 July
Bonifacio forms the Katipunan
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1896
1 July
Rizal is recruited as a physician for the Spanish Army in Cuba by Governor Ramon Blanco
6 August
Rizal returns to Manila from Cuba
19 August
The Katipunan discovered by the Spanish Colonial Government. Katipuneros flee to Balintawak
23 August
Revolution is proclaimed by Bonifacio at the Cry of Balintawak. Katipuneros tear up their cedulas
26 August
Andres Bonifacio, Emilio Jacinto and other Katipuneros board Rizal's ship to Barcelona. They offer his rescue but Rizal refused
Revolutionary Battle at San Juan del Monte. Governor Ramon Blanco proclaims 30 August a state of war in Manila, Laguna, Cavite, Batangas, Pampanga, Bulacan, Tarlac and Nueva Ecija. 2 Rizal Boards the ship Isla de Panay for Barcelona September 3 October Rizal arrives at Barcelona 4 October Rizal is imprisoned in Montjuich by order of Capt. Gen. Despujo 6 October Rizal returns to Manila as a prisoner 31 October
A new group of the Katipunan is formed in Cavite headed by Emilio Aguinaldo
13 Rizal arrives in Manila and incarcerated in Fort Santiago November 20 Rizal is interrogated for charges against the Spanish Colonial Government November 13 Camilo Polavieja becomes acting Governor-General (1896-1897) December 30 Rizal is executed at Bagumbayan December 1897 22 March The Katipunan holds its election. Emilio Aguinaldo is elected as president 15 April
José de Lachambre becomes acting Governor-General (1897)
23 April
Fernando Primo de Rivera appointed Governor-General (1897-1898)
29 April
Katipuneros arrest Andres Bonifacio and his brothers Procopio and Ciriaco on orders of Aguinaldo with sedition and treason before a military court of the Katipunan.
8 May
The Katipunan convicts and sentences Bonifacio brothers to death
10 May
Andres Bonifacio and his brothers are executed at Mt. Buntis, Maragondon, Cavite.
31 May
Aguinaldo establishes a Philippine republican government in Biak-na-Bato, San Miguel, Bulacan.
10 August
Aguinaldo begins negotiating with the Spaniards colonial gov ernment in Manila with Pedro Paterno as representative.
15 August A 7.9 intensity estimated earthquake hits Luzon's northwest coast 1 Constitution of Biak-na-Bato ratified November 14 Pact of Biak-na-Bato between Aguinaldo and Governor Primo de Rivera signed December 27
Aguinaldo is self-exiled to Hong Kong following the Pact of Biak-na-Bato
December 1898 8 February
The Katipunan is revived by Emilio Jacinto and Feliciano Jocson
11 April
Basilio Augustín appointed Governor-General (1898)
24 April
The US government promises support in exchange for his cooperation. Aguinaldo agrees
26 April
The US declares war on Spain.
1 May
Commodore George Dewey attacks Manila
19 May
Aguinaldo and his companions return to the Philippines from exile
24 May
Aguinaldo proclaims a dictatorial government and issues two decrees which show his trust and reliance in US protection
12 June
Aguinaldo proclaims Philippine Independence
23 June
Aguinaldo changes the dictatorial government to revolutionary government.
15 July
Aguinaldo creates a cabinet
15 July
The Malolos Congress in established
17 July
US reinforcements and troops arrive in the Philippines.
24 July
Fermín Jáudenes becomes acting Governor-General (1898)
13 August Francisco Rizzo becomes acting Governor-General (1898) 13 August Wesley Merritt appointed Military Governor (1898) 14 August The Spanish surrenders to the US after at mock battle of Manila 29 August Elwell S. Otis appointed Military Governor (1898-1900) September Diego de los Ríos becomes acting Governor-General (1898) 15 The Malolos Congress meets and elects its officers. September Spain and the US sign the Treaty of Paris. Article III provides for the cession of 10 the Philippines to the US by Spain and the payment of 20 million dollars to Spain December by the US. 21 US President McKinley issues the Benevolent Assimilation Proclamation December 1899 20 January
US President McKinley appoints the First Philippine Commission, known as the Schurrman Commission
21 January
The Malolos Constitution is promulgated by Aguinaldo.
23 January
The Malolos Republic government is inaugurated. Aguinaldo takes his oath of office as President.
4 February
Hostilities break out between the Filipino and US forces.
6 February
The US Senate ratifies the Treaty of Paris with Spain
4 March
The Schurrman Commission arrives in Manila
6 May
Aguinaldo creates a new cabinet
20 May
Aguinaldo's moves face opposition from Apolinario Mabini and Antonio Luna
5 June
Antonio Luna assassinated
1900 21 January
The Schurrman Commission returns to the US.
16 March
US President McKinley appoints the second P hilippine Commission, known as the Taft Commission
5 May
Arthur MacArthur, Jr appointed Military Governor (1900-1901)
3 June
The Taft Commission arrives in Manila
23 Partido Liberal established December
20th century Year
1901
Date
2 March
Event
The Army Appropriation Act, also known as the Spooner Amendment, is passed by the US Senate.
23 March
Aguinaldo is captured by US authorities.
1 April
Aguinaldo takes an oath of allegiance to the US.
17 June
El Colegio de San Beda established
4 July
Adna Chaffee appointed as the last US Military Governor (1901-1902)
4 July
A civil government is established in the Philippines with William Howard Taft as the first Civil Governor (1901-1904)
18 July
The US organizes the Philippine Constabulary
28 August
Silliman Institute, later known as Silliman University, is established as the first American university in the Philippines
September The first Filipino members of the second Philippine Commission are appointed 27 Guerillas, headed by the Filipino Captain Daza, attack the US military barracks September in Balangiga, Samar 28 Balangiga massacre occurs September 20 October
A U.S. Marine battalion arrives on Samar to conduct the March across Samar operation
4 The Philippine Commission enacts the Sedition Law November 14 An earthquake estimated of magnitude 7.8 shakes Lucena City. December 1902
January
The first labor union of The Country, Union de Litografose Impresores de Filipinas, is organized.
21 January
The Philippine Commission calls for the organization of P ublic Schools in the Philippines.
30 March
The US Marines leave Balangiga
16 April
General Miguel Malvar surrenders to the US forces
May
Governor Taft negotiates with Pope Leo XIII the sale of the friar lands in the Philippines
July
Philippine Commission passes the Philippine Organic Act
1 July
Cooper Act is passed by the US Senate. Philippine Assembly is established
4 July
Americans proclaim the end of the Philippine-American War , however fighting continues
17
Pope Leo XIII formally bestows a Pontifical title on the University of Santo
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September Tomas 12 Bandolerism Act passed by the Philippine Commission. All armed resistance November against US rule are considered banditry 1903 1904
Governor Taft enunciates the policy of The Philippines for the Filipinos 1 February Luke Edward Wright appointed as Civil Governor (1904-1905) 19 October
1905 1906
The Manila Business School is renamed the Philippine School of Commerce (later the Polytechnic University of the Philippines).
3 Henry Clay Ide appointed as Civil Governor (1905-1906) November 20 James Francis Smith appointed as Civil Governor (1906-1909) September 3 St. Scholastica's College established by the Benedictine Missionary Sisters of December Tutzing
1907
3 June
Centro Escolar University established as Centro Escolar de Señoritas.
30 June
First Congressional Elections held
1908
18 June
The University of the Philippines is established in Manila.
1911
27 January Mt Taal erupts, and kills 1,334 people 16 June
De La Salle University-Manila is founded as De La Salle College by the Brothers of Christian Schools.
28 Tricentennial of the Royal and Pontifical University of Santo Tomas December 1913
1 Newton W. Gilbert appointed as acting Civil Governor (1913) September 6 October Francis Burton Harrison appointed as Civil Governor (1913-1921) Iglesia ni Cristo (largest independent church in Asia) is registered to the government.
1914
27 July
1916
16 October The Jones Law is passed establishing an all-Filipino legislature Manuel Quezon elected Senate President while Sergio Osmenna is elected as 16 October House Speaker of the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of the Philippines
1917 1921
11 January The first cabinet of Filipinos under the US regime is organized. 10 March
Ambos Camarines Dissolved; Split into Camarines Norte and Camarines Sur .
5 March
Charles Yeater appointed as acting Civil Governor (1921)
14 October Leonard Wood appointed as Civil Governor (1921-1927) 1927
7 August
Eugene Allen Gilmore appointed as acting Civil Governor (1927)
27 Henry L. Stimson appointed as Civil Governor (1927-1929) December 1929
23 February
Eugene Allen Gilmore appointed as acting Civil Governor (1929)
8 July
Dwight F. Davis appointed as Civil Governor (1929-1932)
1930
30 The Communist Party of the Philippines is formally established November
1932
9 January
George C. Butte appointed as acting Civil Governor (1932)
29 February
Theodore Roosevelt, Jr. appointed as Civil Governor (1932-1933)
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20 June
Adamson School of Industrial Chemistry (ASIC) later known as Adamson University was founded by George Lucas Adamson
The Communist Party of the Philippines 26 is declared October illegal by the Supreme Court 1933 1934
1935
15 July
Frank Murphy appointed as the last Civil Governor of the Philippines (19331935)
24 March
The Tydings-McDuffie Law, known as the Philippine Independence Law, is approved by US President Roosevelt.
10 July
202 delegates are elected to the Constitutional Convention in accordance with the Tydings-McDuffie Law
30 July
The Philippine Constitutional Convention is inaugurated
8 February The Constitutional Convention creates a new constitution 15 February
The Philippine Constitution is signed
14 May
The Philippine electorate ratifies the Constitution in a referendum
17 Manuel Quezon elected President in the first Philippine Presidential elections September 15 The Philippine Commonwealth is inaugurated November 15 The Office of Civil Governor is abolished November 1941
11 Manuel Quezon re-elected as President November 8 Start of the Japanese Invasion of the Philippines December 20 President Quezon, his family and the war cabinet move to Corregidor Island December 26 General MacArthur declares Manila an open city December 28 Filipino and US armies retreat to Bataan December 30 Manuel Quezon takes his oath of Office at the Corregidor Island December
1942
2 January
Japanese troops enters Manila
3 January
Masaharu Homma appointed as Japanese Military Governor (1942)
3 January
General Masaharu Homma declares the end of American Rule in the Philippines
3 January
Martial Law declared
13 January
All forms of opposition against the Japanese forces declared subject to death penalty
23 January
An executive committee, composed of Filipinos, is formed b y General Homma as a conduit of the military administration's policies and requirements.
17 February
The Japanese Military Government issues an order adopting the Japanese educational system in The Country
20 February
President Quezon and the war cabinet leave for the US
11 March
General MacArthur leaves for Australia to take command o f the South Western Pacific Area
13 March
The Commonwealth government is moved to the US
29 March
The People's Anti-Japanese Army or Hukbong Bayan Laban sa Hapon (Hukbalahap) is organized.
April
A pro-US resistance movement is organized, mainly to provide data to the US on enemy positions
9 April
Bataan, under US commander General Edward King, is the last province that surrenders to the Japanese armies.
26 May
Corregidor Island falls to Japanese forces
8 June
Shizuichi Tanaka appointed as Japanese Military Governor (1942-1943)
14 June
The Commonwealth of the Philippines becomes a member of the United Nations
30 The Kalibapi is organized by the Japanese December 1943
28 May
Shigenori Kuroda appointed as Japanese Military Governor (1943-1942)
20 June
Japanese Premier Hideki Tojo nominates an all Filipino 20 member Preparatory Commission for Philippine Independence
4 The Philippine Preparatory Commission for Independence d rafts a new September Constitution which provides for a unicameral national assembly 20 The 108 delegates to the National Assembly are chosen by the members of the September Preparatory Commission for Philippine Independence. September Jose P. Laurel elected President of the Philippines by the National Assembly 14 October The puppet government is inaugurated. Laurel takes his oath of office November The Philippine economy collapses, the shortage of rice becomes serious. 1944
May
The puppet government inaugurates the Green Revolution Movement.
1 August
Sergio Osmena assumes the Office of the President of the Commonwealth of the Philippines after the death of Manuel Quezon
21 US forces raids Manila September 26 Tomoyuki Yamashita appointed as Japanese Military Governor (1944-1945) September 20 October
General MacArthur lands in Palo, Leyte, accomp anied by President Sergio Osmena and US troops
23 October
The Commonwealth government of the Philippines is re-established in Tacloban, Leyte
8 Pro-Japanese Philippine generals Pio Duran and Benigno Ramos organize the December Makapilis 1945
4 February US troops enter Manila 22
Hukbalahap troop leaders arrested by the US forces
February 24 February
The Battle of Manila ends. The Japanese surrender to the combined US and Filipino troops
27 February
MacArthur hands over Malacanang Palace to Osmena.
3 March
The US and Filipino troops recaptured Manila.
22 March
The families of pro-Japanese President Laurel and Speaker Aquino leave The Country for Japan to seek refuge
5 June
The Congress elected in 1941 convenes for the first time
5 July
General MacArthur announces the liberation of the Philippines
6 August
The American forces drop an atomic bomb over Hiroshima, Japan.
9 August
The American forces an atomic bomb over Nagasaki, Japan.
15 August
The Empire of Japan accepts defeat
12 Jose P. Laurel is arrested by the US army September
1946
December
Manuel Roxas separates from the Nacionalista Party of Sergio Osmena S r and joins the Liberal Party
20 April
Manuel Roxas wins in the last Presidential Election under the Commonwealth
4 July
The United States recognizes the Independence of the Republic of the Philippines
30 The Amended Tenancy Act is promulgated. September 1947
28 January President Roxas issues an amnesty proclamation to collaborators 6 March
HUKBAHALAP declared illegal
15 April
President Roxas dies from a heart attack at Clark Air Field; Vice President Quirino Assumes the Office of President
17 April
Elpidio Quirino takes his oath of office as President of the Philippines
8 The Philippine representative to the Far Eastern Commission, Carlos P. September Romulo, signs the Japanese Peace Treaty 1950
31 August
President Quirino appoints Ramon Magsaysay as Secretary of the D epartment of National Defense
1951
August
The National Movement for Free Elections (NAMFREL) is established
1953
10 Ramon Magsaysay is elected President of the Rep ublic of the Philippines November 30 Magsaysay takes his oath of office December
1954
21 July
The Southeast Asia Collective Defense Treaty is signed in Manila, creating the South East Asian Treaty Organization (SEATO)
15 The Laurel-Langley Agreement is signed December 1957
17 March
President Magsaysay dies in a plane crash; Vice -President Carlos P. Garcia assumes the presidency
14 Carlos P. Garcia elected President of the Republic of the Philippines November 1958
28 August
The Filipino first policy is promulgated
1961
7 Diosdado Macapagal elected President of the Republic of the Philippines December 30 Macapagal takes his oath of office December
1965
9 Ferdinand Marcos elected President of the Republic of the Philippines November 30 Ferdinand Marcos takes his oath of office December
1968 1969
26 A new Communist Party of the Philippines established b y Jose Sison December 29 March
Jos Sison formally organizes the military arm of the Communist Party of the Philippines, The New People's Army
7 Ferdinand Marcos re-elected President of the Repub lic of the Philippines November 1970 1971
17 Elections for 315 members of a Constitutional Convention held. November 1 June
The Constitutional Convention assembles to rewrite the 1935 Constitution. The Convention elects former President Carlos Garcia as its head.
14 June
Garcia dies and former President Diosdado Macapagal takes over the top position at the Convention.
21 August
Plaza Miranda bombed during the election campaign of the Liberal Party
22 August
President Marcos suspends the Writ of Habeas Corpus
1972
Suspicious bombing incidents increase all over The Country . The MNLF launches its campaign for the independence of the Muslim provinces. 21 President Marcos signs the Martial Law Edict (at that time not publicly September announced). 22 Marcos places the entire country under martial law September 23 Senator Benigno Aquino, Jr. is arrested September 23 The implementation of martial law is officially announced September 26 The whole country is proclaimed a land reform area and an Agrarian Reform September Program is decreed. 21 October Marcos passes the Tenant's Emancipation Patent 21 October The first major armed defiance of martial law takes place in Lanao del Sur 22 October
The battle between the MNLF and the government troops ends with the latter regaining control of the city.
29 The Constitutional Convention passes the new Constitution of the Philippines. November 1973
Misuari leaves The Country for Libya to solicit armed support from Muslim countries for the war in Mindanao. 10 January
A plebiscite referendum is held among the citizens' assemblies to ratify the new Constitution
April
The National Democratic Front (NDF), the united front organization of the Communist Party of the Philippines, is formally organized.
1974
27 July
Marcos' term as President extended by virtue of a referendum
27 February
Presidential appointments to local elective positions declared legal by virtue of another referendum
1 Jose Sison's essay entitled Specific Characteristics of Our People's War December published 1976
4 January
New people's Army Spokesman Satur Ocampo arrested
26 August
Kumander Dante of the New People's Army arrested
16 October Martial Law allowed to exted by virtue of a Plebicte 23 Tripoli Agreement signed December
1977
17 August
An earthquake of 7.8 magnitude and a following tsunami (flood wave) kills 8,000 people on and off the coast of Mindanao.
20 January
The Armed Forces of the Philippines enters into a ceasefire agreement with the MNLF.
4 March
President Marcos issues a decree creating the autonomou s Bangsa Moro Islamic Government
10 The CPP head Jose Maria Sison arrested November 16 A referendum is held, the result of which a gain empowers the President to December continue in office, and to become Prime Minister as well. 1978
Rodolfo Salas takes over the leadership of the Communist Party of the Philippines. 8 April
1983
August 21 Benigno Aquino, Jr. assassinated
1984 1986
Members of the Interim Batasang Pambansa are elected. Philippine parliamentary election, 1984
February 6 Philippine presidential election, 1986 EDSA Revolution ousts President Marcos; Corazon Aquino becomes president
1987
Philippine legislative election, 1987
1991
Senate rejects renewal of U.S military bases in the Philippines
1992
Philippine general election, 1992 (Fidel V. Ramos is elected)
1995
Philippine general election, 1995
1997
Asian financial crisis
1998
Philippine general election, 1998 (Joseph Estrada is elected) Centennial of Philippines Independence
2000
President Estrada declares an "all-out-war" against the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF). President Estrada impeached by House of Representatives
21st century Year
2001
Date
Event
EDSA II Revolution ousts Joseph Estrada; vice-president Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo becomes president EDSA III
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Philippine general election, 2001 2003
Oakwood mutiny
2004
Philippine general election, 2004 (Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo elected to a six-year term)
2005
Hello Garci scandal (Legitimacy of declared election winners questioned)
2006
A state of emergency was declared in February in response to coup rumours.
2007
Philippine general election, 2007 Manila Peninsula mutiny
2009
Three International Committee of the Red Cross volunteers were kidnapped by the rebel group Abu Sayyaf Death of former president Corazon Aquino. Great Flood because of Typhoon Ondoy 23 Maguindanao massacre November 2010 10 May
9 June
President-elect Benigno Aquino III won the Presidential election, being the 15th President of the Philippines.
30 June
Inauguration of the President-elect Benigno Aquino III took place, officially declaring him as the 15th President of the Philippines.
23 August
The hostage crisis in Manila took place, killing eight Hong Kong holidaymakers.
16 October
Typhoon Juan, officially as Typhoon Megi, hits northeastern Luzon at Sierra Madre, creating widespread damage over Luzon. (to 18 October)
December
Vizconde Massacre Case Finished.Result Webb's Freedom
December
Philippine New Banknotes Released
2012
The Framework Agreement on the Bangsamoro is signed which seeks for the creation of a new autonomous political entity, 15 October Bangsamoro replacing the Autonomous Region of Muslim Mindanao.
The 2010 Philippine general elections took place.
