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"https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364042634#Asia", "title": "900", "revid": 1364042634, "section": "Events › By place › Asia"}}, {"year": 1001, "year_label": "1001 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": "March 17", "text": "March 17 – The Buddhist ruler of Butuan, in the Philippines (P’u-tuan in the Sung Dynasty records), Sari Bata Shaja, makes the first tributary mission to China.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1341910152#Asia", "title": "1001", "revid": 1341910152, "section": "Events › By place › Asia"}}, {"year": 1175, "year_label": "1175 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": null, "text": "The Namayan Kingdom formed by a confederation of barangays, reaches its peak on Luzon (modern Philippines).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1362172106#Asia", "title": "1175", "revid": 1362172106, "section": "Events › By place › Asia"}}, {"year": 1405, "year_label": "1405 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "November 17", "text": "November 17 – The Sultanate of Sulu is established on the Sulu Archipelago, off the coast of Mindanao in the Philippines.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1337543539#October–December", "title": "1405", "revid": 1337543539, "section": "Events › October–December"}}, {"year": 1521, "year_label": "1521 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "April 27", "text": "April 27 – Battle of Mactan: Ferdinand Magellan is killed in the Philippines when he confronts Lapulapu, the chief of the island.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369246997#April–June", "title": "1521", "revid": 1369246997, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1521, "year_label": "1521 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "March 16", "text": "March 16 – Ferdinand Magellan reaches the Philippines, in eastern Samar.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369246997#January–March", "title": "1521", "revid": 1369246997, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1565, "year_label": "1565 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "February 13", "text": "February 13 – Spanish Conquistador Miguel López de Legazpi lands with his troops on the shores of Cebu Island in the Philippines.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1323811827#January–March", "title": "1565", "revid": 1323811827, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1571, "year_label": "1571 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "August 29", "text": "August 29 – Liliw, Laguna, Philippines is founded by Gat Tayaw, followers and residents as a municipality of Laguna.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369367955#July–September", "title": "1571", "revid": 1369367955, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1571, "year_label": "1571 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "June 24", "text": "June 24 – On the island of Luzon in the Philippines, Miguel López de Legazpi of Spain establishes a Spanish fortress at Manila Bay and, after making a peace pact with the Crown Prince of Luzon, Rajah Sulayman declares Manila to be the administrative capital of the Spanish East Indies.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369367955#April–June", "title": "1571", "revid": 1369367955, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1571, "year_label": "1571 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "June 3", "text": "June 3 – Following the Battle of Bangkusay Channel, the conquest of the Kingdom of Maynila is complete; Spanish Conquistador Miguel López de Legazpi makes Manila a city, and the capital of the Philippines.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369367955#April–June", "title": "1571", "revid": 1369367955, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1573, "year_label": "1573 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": null, "text": "The first Spanish galleon, laden with silver for the porcelain and silk trade with the Ming Dynasty of China, lands at Manila in the Philippines. This occasion marks the beginning of the Spanish silver trade to China, that will trump that of the Portuguese, the latter of whom acted as an intermediary between the silver mines of Japan, and the luxury items in China to be purchased with that silver. Most of the silver entering China comes from what is now Mexico, Bolivia, and Peru in the New World.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1366656331#Date_unknown", "title": "1573", "revid": 1366656331, "section": "Events › Date unknown"}}, {"year": 1574, "year_label": "1574 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "June 10", "text": "June 10 – Manila, Philippines gains cityhood.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1368294863#April–June", "title": "1574", "revid": 1368294863, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1579, "year_label": "1579 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": null, "text": "The municipality of Boac in Marinduque, Philippines is founded.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1362792771#Date_unknown", "title": "1579", "revid": 1362792771, "section": "Events › Date unknown"}}, {"year": 1597, "year_label": "1597 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": null, "text": "12 million pesos of silver cross the Pacific. Although it is unknown just how much silver flowed from the Spanish base of Manila in the Philippines to the Ming Dynasty of China, it is known that the main port for the Mexican silver trade—Acapulco—shipped out 150,000 to 345,000 kg (4 to 9 million taels) of silver annually from this year to 1602.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1362801855#Date_unknown", "title": "1597", "revid": 1362801855, "section": "Events › Date unknown"}}, {"year": 1607, "year_label": "1607 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "January 19", "text": "January 19 – San Agustin Church, Manila, is officially completed; by the 21st century it will be the oldest church in the Philippines.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1358831090#January–March", "title": "1607", "revid": 1358831090, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1609, "year_label": "1609 CE", "section": "Economy & Finance", "date": null, "text": "The municipality of Buenavista in Marinduque, Philippines is founded.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365588617#Date_unknown", "title": "1609", "revid": 1365588617, "section": "Events › Date unknown"}}, {"year": 1611, "year_label": "1611 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "April 28", "text": "April 28 – The Colegio de Nuestra Señora del Santísimo Rosario is established in Manila, the Philippines (later renamed Colegio de Santo Tomas, and later still the University of Santo Tomas).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1277342005#April–June", "title": "1611", "revid": 1277342005, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1615, "year_label": "1615 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": "September 17", "text": "September 17 – Los Baños, Laguna, is founded by Spanish colonists on Luzon island in the Philippines.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365922608#July–September", "title": "1615", "revid": 1365922608, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1616, "year_label": "1616 CE", "section": "Climate & Environment", "date": "February 19", "text": "February 19 – The first recorded eruption of Mayon Volcano, the Philippines' most active volcano, takes place.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1366307823#January–February", "title": "1616", "revid": 1366307823, "section": "Events › January–February"}}, {"year": 1617, "year_label": "1617 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "April 14", "text": "April 14 – Second Battle of Playa Honda: The Spanish navy defeats a Dutch fleet in the Philippines.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1367152520#April–June", "title": "1617", "revid": 1367152520, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1624, "year_label": "1624 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "The Japanese shōgun expels the Spanish from Japan, and severs trade with the Philippines.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1331350573#Date_unknown", "title": "1624", "revid": 1331350573, "section": "Events › Date unknown"}}, {"year": 1646, "year_label": "1646 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "March 15", "text": "March 15 – Start of the Battles of La Naval de Manila, a series of five naval battles fought between the Dutch Republic and Spain in the waters of the Philippines.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1360055090#January–March", "title": "1646", "revid": 1360055090, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1686, "year_label": "1686 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "May 4", "text": "May 4 – The Municipality of Ilagan is founded in the Philippines.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1368502958#April–June", "title": "1686", "revid": 1368502958, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1704, "year_label": "1704 CE", "section": "Science & Discovery", "date": "November 27", "text": "November 27 – Annular solar eclipse is visible through Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, eastern China, Myanmar and northern Philippines.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1358992532#October–December", "title": "1704", "revid": 1358992532, "section": "Events › October–December"}}, {"year": 1744, "year_label": "1744 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "January 24", "text": "January 24 – The Dagohoy rebellion in the Philippines begins, with the killing of Father Giuseppe Lamberti.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1370823870#January–March", "title": "1744", "revid": 1370823870, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1803, "year_label": "1803 CE", "section": "Health & Medicine", "date": "November 30", "text": "November 30 – The Balmis Expedition starts in Spain, with the aim of vaccinating millions against smallpox in Spanish America and the Philippines.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373209562#October–December", "title": "1803", "revid": 1373209562, "section": "Events › October–December"}}, {"year": 1844, "year_label": "1844 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": "December 31", "text": "December 31 – This date is omitted from the calendar in the Philippines in order to align it with the calendar elsewhere in East Asia, essentially moving the International Date Line to the east of the archipelago.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1372570203#October–December", "title": "1844", "revid": 1372570203, "section": "Events › October–December"}}, {"year": 1845, "year_label": "1845 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": "January 1", "text": "January 1 – The Philippines began reckoning Asian dates by hopping the International Date Line through skipping Tuesday, December 31, 1844. That time zone shift was a reform made by Governor–General Narciso Claveria on August 16, 1844, in order to align the local calendars in the country with the rest of Asia as trade interests with Imperial China, Dutch East Indies and neighboring countries increased, after Mexico became independent in 1821. The reform also applied to Caroline Islands, Guam, Marianas Islands, Marshall Islands, and Palau as part of the Captaincy General of the Philippines.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364939346#January–March", "title": "1845", "revid": 1364939346, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1855, "year_label": "1855 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": "September 29", "text": "September 29 – The Port of Iloilo in the Philippines is opened to international trade, by Queen Isabella II of Spain. This year also the ports of Sual (modern-day Pangasinan) and Zamboanga City are opened to international trade.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1358982600#July–September", "title": "1855", "revid": 1358982600, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1856, "year_label": "1856 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "May 1", "text": "May 1 – The province of Isabela is created in the Philippines, in honor of Queen Isabella II of Spain.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371140008#April–June", "title": "1856", "revid": 1371140008, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1872, "year_label": "1872 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "February 17", "text": "February 17 – Filipino priests José Burgos, Mariano Gomez and Jacinto Zamora, collectively known as Gomburza, are executed in Bagumbayan Fields, Manila, Philippines by the authorities of New Spain, on charges of subversion arising from the 1872 Cavite mutiny.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371307490#February", "title": "1872", "revid": 1371307490, "section": "Events › February"}}, {"year": 1898, "year_label": "1898 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "June 12", "text": "June 12 – Philippine Declaration of Independence: After 333 years of Spanish dominance, General Emilio Aguinaldo declares the Philippines' independence from Spain.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1367547011#June", "title": "1898", "revid": 1367547011, "section": "Events › June"}}, {"year": 1899, "year_label": "1899 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "April 11", "text": "April 11 – U.S. President William McKinley declares the Spanish–American War to be at an end as the Treaty of Paris between the U.S. and Spain goes into effect. Puerto Rico, the Philippines and Guam are ceded to the U.S. and Cuba becomes an American protectorate.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371393177#April", "title": "1899", "revid": 1371393177, "section": "Events › April"}}, {"year": 1914, "year_label": "1914 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "July 27", "text": "July 27 – Felix Ysagun Manalo registers the Iglesia ni Cristo (Church of Christ) with the government of the Philippines.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373518346#July", "title": "1914", "revid": 1373518346, "section": "Events › July"}}, {"year": 1917, "year_label": "1917 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "March 10", "text": "March 10 – The Province of Batangas is formally founded, as one of the Philippines' first encomiendas.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373519608#March", "title": "1917", "revid": 1373519608, "section": "Events › March"}}, {"year": 1933, "year_label": "1933 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "January 17", "text": "January 17 – The United States Congress votes in favour of Philippines independence, against the wishes of U.S. President Herbert Hoover.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371108771#January", "title": "1933", "revid": 1371108771, "section": "Events › January"}}, {"year": 1934, "year_label": "1934 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "March 24", "text": "March 24 – The Tydings–McDuffie Act is passed, allowing the Philippines a greater degree of self-government from the United States.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1372993239#March–April", "title": "1934", "revid": 1372993239, "section": "Events › March–April"}}, {"year": 1942, "year_label": "1942 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "April 3", "text": "April 3 – WWII: Japanese forces begin the last phase of the Battle of Bataan, an all-out assault on the United States and Filipino troops on the Bataan Peninsula.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1372873908#April", "title": "1942", "revid": 1372873908, "section": "Events › April"}}, {"year": 1943, "year_label": "1943 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "October 14", "text": "October 14 – José P. Laurel takes the oath of office as President of the Philippines (Second Philippine Republic).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373526844#October", "title": "1943", "revid": 1373526844, "section": "Events › October"}}, {"year": 1945, "year_label": "1945 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "February", "text": "The capital of the Philippines, Manila, is liberated by combined American and Filipino ground troops. The suburb of Intramuros is devastated.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371513862#February", "title": "1945", "revid": 1371513862, "section": "Events › February"}}, {"year": 1945, "year_label": "1945 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "January", "text": "Raid at Cabanatuan: 121 American soldiers and 800 Filipino guerrillas free 813 American prisoners of war from the Japanese-held camp in the city of Cabanatuan, in the Philippines.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371513862#January", "title": "1945", "revid": 1371513862, "section": "Events › January"}}, {"year": 1953, "year_label": "1953 CE", "section": "Technology & Infrastructure", "date": "October 23", "text": "October 23 – Alto Broadcasting System (ABS) in the Philippines makes the first television broadcast in southeast Asia, through DZAQ-TV. Alto Broadcasting System is the predecessor of what will later become ABS-CBN Corporation.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371310369#October", "title": "1953", "revid": 1371310369, "section": "Events › October"}}, {"year": 1954, "year_label": "1954 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "May 8", "text": "May 8 – The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) is formed in Manila, Philippines.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369212684#May", "title": "1954", "revid": 1369212684, "section": "Events › May"}}, {"year": 1954, "year_label": "1954 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "September 6", "text": "September 6 – The Southeast Asia Treaty Organization (SEATO) treaty is signed in Manila, Philippines.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369212684#September", "title": "1954", "revid": 1369212684, "section": "Events › September"}}, {"year": 1957, "year_label": "1957 CE", "section": "Disasters & Accidents", "date": "March 17", "text": "March 17 – 1957 Cebu Douglas C-47 crash: Philippine President Ramon Magsaysay and 24 others are killed in a plane crash.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371361971#March", "title": "1957", "revid": 1371361971, "section": "Events › March"}}, {"year": 1965, "year_label": "1965 CE", "section": "Climate & Environment", "date": "September 28", "text": "September 28 – Taal Volcano in Luzon, Philippines, erupts, killing hundreds.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1368843670#September–October", "title": "1965", "revid": 1368843670, "section": "Events › September–October"}}, {"year": 1973, "year_label": "1973 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "January 17", "text": "January 17 – Ferdinand Marcos becomes President for Life of the Philippines.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373239256#January", "title": "1973", "revid": 1373239256, "section": "Events › January"}}, {"year": 1973, "year_label": "1973 CE", "section": "Climate & Environment", "date": "October 15", "text": "October 15 – Typhoon Ruth crosses Luzon, Philippines, killing 27 people and causing $5 million in damage.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373239256#October", "title": "1973", "revid": 1373239256, "section": "Events › October"}}, {"year": 1976, "year_label": "1976 CE", "section": "Climate & Environment", "date": "August 17", "text": "August 17 – The 8.0 Moro Gulf earthquake hits off the coast of Mindanao, Philippines, triggering a destructive tsunami, killing between 5,000 and 8,000 people and leaving more than 90,000 homeless.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1372603253#August", "title": "1976", "revid": 1372603253, "section": "Events › August"}}, {"year": 1981, "year_label": "1981 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "February 17", "text": "February 17–22 – Pope John Paul II visits the Philippines.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369107326#February", "title": "1981", "revid": 1369107326, "section": "Events › February"}}, {"year": 1983, "year_label": "1983 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "August 21", "text": "August 21 – Benigno Aquino Jr., Philippines opposition leader, is assassinated in Manila just as he returns from exile.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1366392977#August", "title": "1983", "revid": 1366392977, "section": "Events › August"}}, {"year": 1986, "year_label": "1986 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "February 22", "text": "February 22 – The People Power Revolution begins in the Philippines to remove President Ferdinand Marcos from office.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373510075#February", "title": "1986", "revid": 1373510075, "section": "Events › February"}}, {"year": 1986, "year_label": "1986 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "February 25", "text": "February 25 – People Power Revolution: President Ferdinand Marcos of the Philippines is ousted from power and goes into exile in Hawaii after 20 years of dictatorial rule; Corazon Aquino becomes the first Filipino woman president and forms an interim government with Salvador Laurel becoming her Vice-president and Prime Minister.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373510075#February", "title": "1986", "revid": 1373510075, "section": "Events › February"}}, {"year": 1987, "year_label": "1987 CE", "section": "Disasters & Accidents", "date": "June 27", "text": "June 27 – A commercial HS 748 (Philippine Airlines Flight 206) crashes near Baguio, Philippines, killing 50.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1372769014#June", "title": "1987", "revid": 1372769014, "section": "Events › June"}}, {"year": 1987, "year_label": "1987 CE", "section": "Climate & Environment", "date": "November 25", "text": "November 25 – Category 5 Typhoon Nina smashes the Philippines with 265 km/h mph winds and a devastating storm surge, causing destruction and 812 deaths.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1372769014#November", "title": "1987", "revid": 1372769014, "section": "Events › November"}}, {"year": 1989, "year_label": "1989 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "December 1", "text": "December 1 – A military coup attempt begins in the Philippines against the government of Philippine President Corazon C. 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