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Philippines

278 entries quoted from the Wikipedia articles written per year for Philippines, 1892 CE to 2015 CE. Each century below shows a sample spread across it; the year link on a line opens everything held for that year.

19th century

32 entries, 1892 CE to 1899 CE — 25 shown, spread across the century

  • 1892July 17 – Rizal is exiled to Dapitan.Philippinessource
  • 1892June 26 – José Rizal arrives in the Philippines from Europe via Hong Kong.Philippinessource
  • 1892July 6 – Rizal is arrested for establishing the La Liga Filipina.Philippinessource
  • 1892May 5 – A fire ravages the Tiambeng family home in Orion, Bataan, destroying many of Francisco Balagtas' original manuscripts.Philippinessource
  • 1895January 1 – First ever local elections were held as per the Maura Law passed in 1893.Philippinessource
  • 1895January 23 – Philippine Regional Exposition was held in Manila, wherein Governor-General Blanco declares a great future predestined for the Philippines.Philippinessource
  • 1895January 15 – The first issue of the Boletin del Museo-Biblioteca de Filipinas (Bulletin of the Museum-Library of the Philippines) is published.Philippinessource
  • 1895December 13 – Victorio Edades, Filipino painter (died 1985)Philippinessource
  • 1896November 9-11 – Governor-General Ramón Blanco y Erenas with more than 6,000 soldiers attacked the revolutionaries under Emilio Aguinaldo, resulting to the simultaneous Battle of Binakayan and Battle of Dalahican. It was the first major Filipino victory during the Philippine Revolution.Philippinessource
  • 1896October 7 – Paulino Alcántara, international footballer (died 1964)Philippinessource
  • 1896December 30 - José Rizal, author and poet, national hero of the Philippines (born 1861)Philippinessource
  • 1897February 13 – Governor-General Camilo de Polavieja begins his campaign with 16,000 Spanish soldiers to regain Cavite from Filipino revolutionaries.Philippinessource
  • 1897February 17 – Filipino forces win in the Battle of Zapote Bridge at the boundary of Las Piñas and Cavite.Philippinessource
  • 1897March 22 – The two factions of the Katipunan convene at the Tejeros Convention to resolve the leadership status in the organization.Philippinessource
  • 1897March 3 – José Romero, Filipino politician (died 1978)Philippinessource
  • 1898June 12 – Philippine Declaration of Independence is held at the ancestral home of Emilio Aguinaldo, proclaiming the sovereignty of the Philippines.Philippinessource
  • 1898July 1 – Filipino revolutionaries began the Siege of Baler in part of the offensive against Spanish troops.Philippinessource
  • 1898May 3 – The Ugong conferees are rowed upstream in 17 bancas to a part of the Pasig River known as Bitukang Manok. They are welcomed by Valentin Cruz, president of the Sangguinang Bayan of the Katipunan in Pasig. In this big gathering, called Asemblea Magna, Dr. Pio Valenzuela is chosen to see Rizal in Dapitan.Philippinessource
  • 1898April 21 – More suspects were arrested by the Spanish authorities: Doroteo Jose; Cecilio Velarde, the parish priest of Quiapo; Felix Roxas; Padre Consunji; and many more.Philippinessource
  • 1898May 15 – Andres Bonifacio and a few katipuneros meet with the captain of the Japanese cruiser, Kongo, visiting Manila, and the Japanese consul in Manila in a room above the Japanese bazaar on Plaza Moraga, to discuss the possible purchase of Japanese arms and to request Japanese arms and to request Japan's aid to their cause. A Christian Japanese, Jose Moritario Tagawa, married to a Filipina from Bocaue, Bulacan and a friend of Dr. Pio Valenzuela, acts as interpreter.Philippinessource
  • 1898September 20 – Josefa Llanes Escoda, Founder of the Girl Scouts of the Philippines (died 1945)Philippinessource
  • 1898April 8 – León Kilat, Filipino revolutionary leader (born 1873)Philippinessource
  • 1899May 19 – The U.S. Army captures Tawi-Tawi, the southernmost island in the Philippines.Philippinessource
  • 1899October 23 – The Philippine Independent Church is formed at a conference in Paniqui, to separate from the Roman Catholic Church.Philippinessource
  • 1899May 11 – The country adopts PHT as its standard time at exactly 12:00 a.m., prior to the adoption, each location in the country observed its own solar mean time.Philippinessource

20th century

233 entries, 1900 CE to 1999 CE — 25 shown, spread across the century

  • 1900June 21 – Military governor Gen. MacArthur issues a proclamation providing amnesty to those who fought against the United States since the previous year, giving a 90-day period for them to swear an allegiance to the colonial government.Philippinessource
  • 1901September – The first Filipino members of the second Philippine Commission are appointedPhilippinessource
  • 1914September 1 – The province of Cotabato is founded.Philippinessource
  • 1936March 25 – President Manuel L. Quezon issues Executive Order No. 23 which provided for the technical description and specifications of the Philippine national flag.Philippinessource
  • 1942May 2 – José Abad Santos, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines (born 1886)Philippinessource
  • 1945February 3–March 3 – Battle of Manila United States forces enter the outskirts of Manila to capture it from the Japanese Imperial Army, starting the battle.Philippinessource
  • 1946July 20 - Gil Montilla, Filipino politician (born 1876)Philippinessource
  • 1951March 6 – Fort Santiago is declared a National Shrine.Philippinessource
  • 1953October 23 – The Philippines' DZAQ-TV 3 of Alto Broadcasting System (now ABS-CBN) makes its initial telecast, becoming Asia's first commercial television broadcaster.Philippinessource
  • 1962July 1 - DZTM-TV Channel 5 of the Associated Broadcasting Corporation (now TV5), the country's television station owned by Chino Roces is launched.Philippinessource
  • 1966July 5 – A moderate phreatomagmatic eruption at Mt. Tabaro results in tephra fallout and airborne projectiles, impacting the volcano island.Philippinessource
  • 1968October 12–27 – The Philippines participates in the 1968 Summer Olympics with 49 competitors in ten sports.Philippinessource
  • 1970November 20 – Violent typhoon (Typhoon Patsy or Yoling) with winds of (more than) 125 mph raged through the heavily populated (Luzon) island, wrecking the harbor and airport facilities at Manila. Typhoon Patsy was one of the deadliest typhoons to strike the Philippines in its history. 611 people were killed (with 351 missing) on the island, and 135 people were killed at sea due to shipping failures. In Manila, 120 persons died, 60 others were missing, and more than 1,000 injured; property damage reached $80 million.Philippinessource
  • 1972Early March – Massive spraying is held in large areas of Palawan island about a week after malaria-bearing African mosquitoes, which has brought by Japanese scientists, escape from a cage in Puerto Princesa, Palawan.Philippinessource
  • 1975April 15 – The Kabataang Barangay (KB) was created by virtue of Presidential Decree No. 684. The decree provided for the organization of KB units in the 42,000 barangays all over the country with the purpose of giving the youth a definite role in community affairs.Philippinessource
  • 1978The PBA on GTV (sports program)Philippinessource
  • 1980March 7 – An attack on a logging convoy north of Zamboanga City kills at least 13 lumberjacks and security men, and injures 14 others.Philippinessource
  • 1983August 21 – Former Senator Benigno Aquino Jr. and Ronaldo Galman are shot dead at Manila International Airport tarmac after his arrival. The event is cited to be a catalyst to the People Power Revolution.Philippinessource
  • 1985November 8 – SM City North EDSA is opened as the first SM Supermall in the Philippines.Philippinessource
  • 1987June 23 – The Tanduay Rhum Makers win the 1987 PBA Open Conference finals against the Great Taste Coffee Makers, 134-120Philippinessource
  • 1988November 7 – The Tower of Power transmitter was inaugurated by President Aquino and GMA Network board of directors following the transmitter's opening and a musical special.Philippinessource
  • 1990April 23 – A power outage hits Makati, along with neighboring areas, during an ongoing, widespread daily crisis, affecting more than 300 government and major office buildings.Philippinessource
  • 1993December 24 – A grenade attack at a public market in Ozamiz, Misamis Occidental, kills 5 individuals and injures 47–48 others.Philippinessource
  • 1995Early February – The Philippine Navy discovers ships and structures being built, all by the Chinese, in Mischief Reef (Panganiban Reef) in the Spratly Archipelago (Kalayaan Island Group), South China Sea off Palawan; such occupation since the previous year causes the Government to take legal diplomatic actions against China and further tensions between two countries, especially in May when two Chinese ships will block that of the Department of National Defense attempting to approach the area.Philippinessource
  • 1996December 3 – A fire, considered the largest in Lipa, Batangas, hits an entire purok, caused by an explosion in a public market and resulting to massive damages.Philippinessource

21st century

13 entries, 2000 CE to 2015 CE

  • 2000May 25 – Philippine peso closes to ₱43.40 per US dollar, the lowest since October 1998.Philippinessource
  • 2000August 6 – The 2000 ABC-PBA All-Star Game is the All-Star game was held on August 6, 2000, at the Philsports Arena in Pasig.Philippinessource
  • 2000October 8 – Koronadal becomes a component city in the province of South Cotabato through ratification of Republic Act 8803.Philippinessource
  • 2000October 20 – A massive power outage affects most parts of Luzon including Metro Manila, caused by system failures in the transmission lines of the National Power Corporation in Pangasinan and Bulacan; electricity was fully restored 16 hours later.Philippinessource
  • 2000February 23–March 7 – Mayon volcano in Albay erupts, with the most violent occurred, February 28 – March 1; its status is raised to the highest, Alert Level 5, on February 24 due to its hazardous explosions with pyroclastic and lahar flows that affected parts of the province, with several thousands evacuated even outside identified danger zones.Philippinessource
  • 2002February 26 – Former President Joseph Estrada admits signing the ₱500 million Jose Velarde bank account in Equitable-PCI Bank.Philippinessource
  • 2003May 26 – The Anti-Trafficking in Persons Act of 2003 is passed into law. The Philippines becomes one of the first Asian nations to pass anti-trafficking legislation.Philippinessource
  • 2008January – Eldrew Yulo, gymnastPhilippinessource
  • 2009February 5 – Carren Eistrup, singer and entertainerPhilippinessource
  • 2010March 24 – Elia Ilano, child actressPhilippinessource
  • 2012October 21 – Pedro Calungsod is canonized in the Vatican City. He is the second Filipino saint.Philippinessource
  • 2012February 1 – Athena Calica, wushu practitioner, daughter of 2001 Southeast Asian Games winner Jerome Calica and contestant in It's Showtime's Mini Miss UPhilippinessource
  • 2015January 15–19 – Pope Francis visits the country for a five-day state and pastoral visit. The pope also visits the victims of Typhoon Haiyan in Leyte. This is the first papal visit to the Philippines in the 21st century.Philippinessource