Timeline of Philippine History

This is a timeline of Philippine history.

Pre-history

*400,000 BC - People belonging to the species "Homo Erectus" set foot on the Philippines
*50,000 BC - Early humans made stone tools in the Tabon Cave in Palawan
*40,000 BC -Negritos start to settle
*20,000 BC - Tabon Man made stone tools in the Tabon Cave
*4500-300 BC -Multiple Austronesian migrations from Taiwan
*c.3000 BC - Presumed date of the Angono Petroglyphs
*900 AD - People from Southern Annam called Orang Dampuan establish trade zones in Sulu
*900 AD - Established settlements are already present in and around Manila as seen from the Laguna Copperplate Inscription
*1240 AD - Tuan Mash`ika ,a Muslim travels and introduces Islam to Sulu
*1300s AD - Birth of the Baybayin, Hanunoo, Tagbanwa, and Buhid scripts
*1380 AD - Karim ul-Makhdum arrives at Sulu and builds a Mosque

16th century

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from:10/14/1945 till:07/04/1946 text:"Commonwealth restored" color:US-com

from:07/04/1946 till:06/30/1981 text:"Third Republic-Roxas president" color:3rd from:04/15/1948 till:04/15/1948 text:"Quirino becomes president" from:12/30/1953 till:12/30/1953 text:"Magsaysay becomes president" from:03/18/1957 till:03/18/1957 text:"Garcia becomes president" from:12/30/1961 till:12/30/1961 text:"Macapagal becomes president" from:12/30/1965 till:12/30/1965 text:"Marcos becomes president" from:09/21/1972 till:09/21/1972 text:"Martial law declared" from:01/17/1981 till:01/17/1981 text:"Martial law lifted"

from:06/30/1981 till:02/25/1986 text:"Fourth Republic" color:4th from:08/21/1982 till:08/21/1983 text:"Aquino assassinated" color:4th

from:02/25/1986 till:end text:"Fifth Republic-Aquino becomes president" color:5th from:06/30/1992 till:06/30/1992 text:"Ramos becomes president" from:06/30/1998 till:06/30/1998 text:"Estrada becomes president" from:01/20/2001 till:01/20/2001 text:"Arroyo becomes president"

*1521 - Ferdinand Magellan lands in the Philippines, claiming the islands for Spain
*1543 - Ruy López de Villalobos names the islands "Las Islas Filipinas"
*1565 - Miguel López de Legazpi establishes the first permanent Spanish settlement in the country
*1570 - Manila is conquered and made a Spanish city
*1590 - Missionaries from the Society of Jesus establish the Colegio de Manila in Intramuros.
*1595 - University of San Carlos founded as Colegio de San Ildefonso

17th century

*c.1600 - Pedro Bucaneg inscribes the oral epic Biag ni Lam-ang
*1611 - University of Santo Tomas established as the Colegio de Nuestra Señora del Santísimo Rosario (later renamed the Colegio de Santo Tomas).
*1621 - The Colegio de Manila is made the Universidad de San Ignacio by Pope Gregory XV.
*1623 - The Universidad de San Ignacio is made a royal university by Philip IV of Spain.
*1645 - The Colegio de Santo Tomas becomes the University of Santo Tomas after a bull by Pope Innocent X.
*1647 - Dutch besieged the Spanish in the Battle of Puerto de Cavite.

18th century

*1762 - British East India Company seizes Manila
*1763 - Treaty of Paris returns Manila to Spain
*1763 - Deaths of Gabriela Silang, the only Filipina to have led a revolt, and her husband Diego
*1768 - Following the Suppression of the Jesuits, the members of the Society of Jesus in the Philippines are expelled. They surrender their properties to Spanish civil authorities.
*1788 - Birth of the writer Francisco Balagtas

19th century

*1821 - The Philippines becomes a province of Spain.
*1837 - Manila is made an open port.
*1838 - "Florante at Laura" is published.
*1859 - The Jesuits return to the Philippines. They are asked to take over the Escuela Municipal in Intramuros, which is now the Ateneo de Manila University.
*1872 - 200 Filipino soldiers stage a mutiny in Cavite.
*1872 - Priests Mariano Gomez, José Apolonio Burgos, and Jacinto Zamora (together known as Gomburza) are implicated in the Cavite Mutiny and executed.
*1887 - "Noli Me Tangere" published.
*1891 - "El Filibusterismo" published.
*1892-Jose Rizal establishes La Liga Filipina;Jose Rizal was exiled in Dapitan.
*1892 - Andres Bonifacio establishes the Katipunan.
*1896 - José Rizal is executed.
*1898 - Emilio Aguinaldo declares independence
*1898 - Treaty of Paris transfers control of the Philippines from Spain to the United States ending the existence of the Spanish East Indies.
*1898 - Philippine-American War Conflict erupts between Filipino Nationalists and American Forces.

20th century

*1901 - Silliman Institute, later known as Silliman University, is established as the first American university in the Philippines.
*1902 - Americans proclaim the end of the Philippine-American War, however fighting continues.
*1904 - University of San Agustin in Iloilo is established.
*1907 - The First Philippine Assembly is convened.
*1908 - The University of the Philippines is established in Manila.
*1911 - De La Salle University-Manila is founded as De La Salle College by the Brothers of Christian Schools.
*1913 - Conflict in the country subsides.
*1916 - The Jones Law is passed establishing an all-Filipino legislature
*1916 - The Philippine Assembly becomes the House of Representatives and a Senate is established
*1918 - The Philippines joins the First World War, sending 25,000 Filipino troops (and additional 6,000 in the U.S. Navy) to Europe fighting for the United States
*1934 - The Philippine Independence Act is approved
*1935 - Commonwealth of the Philippines is established
*1935 - Manuel L. Quezon is elected president
*1941 - President Quezon re-elected
*1941 - Japan invades and occupies the Philippines in World War II
*1943 - Jose P. Laurel appointed president by Japanese Imperial Army
*1944 - United States retakes the Philippines from Japan
*1945 -The Philippines along with 49 Allied countries signs the United Nations charter.
*1946 - Manuel Roxas elected president
*1946 - United States grants independence to the Philippines
*1948 - President Roxas dies; Elpidio Quirino becomes president
*1949 - Elpidio Quirino re-elected as president
*1950 - The Philippines joins the Korean War, sending over 7,000 troops under the United Nations command.
*1953 - Ramon Magsaysay elected president
*1954 - Manila Pact, also known as the South East Asia Treaty Organization (SEATO), forms alliance of Philippines, the United States, the United Kingdom, Pakistan, Thailand, Australia, New Zealand and France.
*1957 - Ramon Magsaysay dies in a plane crash; Carlos P. Garcia becomes president
*1961 - Diosdado Macapagal elected president
*1961 - Independence Day is changed to June 12 by Diosdado Macapagal
*1965 - Ferdinand E. Marcos elected president
*1969 - Ferdinand E. Marcos is re-elected to a second term, the first to ever do so
*1970 - First Quarter Storm begins in January
*1972 - President Marcos delares martial law
*1978 - First formal elections since 1969 for the Interim Batasang Pambansa (National Assembly)
*1978 - Ferdinand E. Marcos becomes interim Prime Minister
*1981 - Martial law lifted
*1981 - Philippine general election and referendum, 1981 (Ferdinand Marcos re-elected to a third term)
*1981 - Finance Minister Cesar Virata is elected Prime Minister by the Batasang Pambansa
*1983 - Benigno Aquino, Jr. assassinated
*1984 - Philippine parliamentary election, 1984
*1986 - Philippine presidential election, 1986
*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)

21st century

*2000 - President Estrada impeached by House of Representatives
*2001 - EDSA II Revolution ousts Joseph Estrada; Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo becomes president
*2001 - EDSA III
*2001 - 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
*2007 - Manila Peninsula mutiny
*2008 - Rice scarcity causes rice prices to go up

ee also

*History of the Philippines
*Maria Rosa Luna Henson

External links

* [http://www.philippines-timeline.com Detailed timeline]