Spanish
Timeline
HOPE PROJECT
1521
March 16: Ferdinand Magellan arrives in Homonhon Island in the Eastern Visayas.
April 27: Magellan is killed in the Battle of Mactan by forces led by Lapu-Lapu.
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1565
february 13
Miguel López de Legazpi arrives in Cebu and begins Spanish colonization efforts.
june 24
June 24: Founding of Manila as a Spanish city.
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1580s-1590s
Food for Thought
We shape our buildings,
thereafter they shape us.
Winston Churchill
Spanish missionaries begin extensive efforts to convert Filipinos to Christianity, establishing churches and missions.
1595
Establishment of the Universidad de Santo Tomas, the oldest existing university in Asia, by Dominican friars.
1762-1764
British occupation ends with the Treaty of Paris, returning the Philippines to Spanish rule.
1872
Various revolts and uprisings against Spanish rule, including the Cavite Mutiny of 1872.
Rise of the Propaganda Movement advocating for reforms within the Spanish colonial system.
1896
AUGUST 23
Outbreak of the Philippine Revolution against Spanish rule led by the Katipunan, a secret revolutionary society.
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1897
DECEMBER 15
Pact of Biak-na-Bato signed between the Spanish colonial government and Filipino revolutionary leaders, leading to a temporary ceasefire and exile of Aguinaldo and other revolutionary leaders.
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1898
April 21
Spanish-American War begins.
August 13
American forces capture Manila during the Spanish-American War.
December 10
Treaty of Paris signed, ending the Spanish-American War and ceding the Philippines to the United States.
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