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1521 Ferdinand Magellan
reaches the Philippines.
1521 Magellan
killed in the Philippines.
1564 Spanish founded a colony in the Philippines
1565 Miguel López de Legaspi founds San Miguel, the first Spanish
settlement in the Philippines.
1565 Cebu City is established becoming the first Spanish
settlement in the Philippines.
1600 Spanish
galleon
San Diego is sunk off the Philippines
1624 The Japanese Shogun
expels Spanish from the land and severs trade with the Philippines.
1762 British East India Company
seizes the port city of Manila
, Philippines from the Spaniards.
1814 Mayon Volcano, in the Philippines, erupts, killing around 1,200 people; most devastating eruption of Mayon Volcano.
1896 Jose Rizal
, Filipino scholar and poet, executed in the Philippines
1898 Philippine Declaration of Independence: General Emilio Aguinaldo declares the Philippines' independence from Spain
.
1907 First parliamentary elections in the Philippines
1933 US Congress
votes favorably for Philippines independence, against the view of president Hoover
.
1934 Pearl of Lao Tzu, 24 x 14 cm, is found in a giant clam off Palawan, Philippines.
1942 World War II
: President
Franklin Delano Roosevelt orders General Douglas MacArthur
out of the Philippines as American defense of the nation collapses.
1942 World War II
: Japan
ese forces begin an all-out assault on the United States
and Filipino
troops on the Bataan Peninsula. Bataan fell on April 9 and the Bataan Death March began.
1942 World War II
: On Corregidor
, the last American
forces in the Philippines surrender to the Japan
ese.
1944 Naval Battle of Leyte Gulf in the Philippines begins (lasts until October 26).
1945 World War II: American forces land on Corregidor
island in the Philippines.
1945 World War II: The capital of the Philippines, Manila, is liberated by American
forces.
1945 World War II: Liberation of the Philippines declared.
1946 Japan
ese Lt. General Masaharu Homma is executed outside Manila
in the Philippines for leading the Bataan Death March.
1946 After over 425 years of Western Dominance , the Philippines achieves full independen
1950 Japanese soldier Yuichi Akitsu surrenders in the Philippines
1950 Huk guerrillas
attack the town of Hermosa in Bataan, Philippines.
1953 Philippines' DZAQ-TV3 made its initial telecast, becoming Asia
's first commercial television broadcaster.
1954 SEATO treaty signed in Manila
, Philippines KOVR went on the air.
1965 Taal Volcano in Luzon, Philippines, erupts, killing hundreds.
1965 Vietnam War: In response to U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson
's call for "more flags" in Vietnam
, Philippines President Elect Ferdinand Marcos
announces he will send troops to help fight in South Vietnam
.
1966 The Philippines reestablishes diplomatic relations with Malaysia
.
1966 Negotiations about the Vietnam War
begin in Manila
, Philippines.
1967 The Philippine
province of Davao is split into three: Davao del Norte, Davao del Sur, and Davao Oriental.
1972 Philippine
president Ferdinand Marcos
issued Proclamation No. 1081
1973 Ferdinand Marcos
becomes President for Life
of the Philippines.
1974 Japan
ese World War Two soldier, Second Lieutenant Hiroo Onoda, surrenders in the Philippines.
1975 The Intercontinental Broadcasting Corporation was launched, became the first TV station in the Philippines
1983 Benigno Aquino, Jr., Philippines opposition leader, is assassinated in Manila
just as he returns from exile.
1986 EDSA Revolution: President Ferdinand Marcos
of the Philippines goes into exile in Hawaii
after 20 years of rule; Corazon Aquino becomes the first Filipino woman president, first as an interim president.
1987 Category 5
Typhoon Nina smashes the Philippines with 165 mph winds and devastating storm surge, causing destruction and 1,036 deaths.
1990 Underwater volcano Mount Didicas erupts in the Philippines.
1990 An earthquake measuring 7.7 on the Richter Scale kills over 1600 in the Philippines.
1991 Mount Pinatubo erupts in the Philippines.
1995 Muntinlupa City, Philippines officially becomes a city.
1996 Sarah Balabagan
returns to the Philippines.
1998 Gunmen hold at least 400 children and teachers hostage for several hours, at an elementary school in Manila
, Philippines.
2000 Rizal Day Bombings: A series of bombs explode in various places in Metro Manila, Philippines, within a span of a few hours killing 22 and injuring about a hundred.
2002 December 29 – The Communist New People's Army blows up a bust of Ferdinand Marcos
in Benguet, Philippines.
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