The Early Philippines
10th Century Filipinos trade with China
12th Century Filipinos trade with the Arabs
1521 Magellan reaches the Philippines and claims them for Spain
1565 Miguel Lopez de Legazpi leads an expedition to The Philippines and builds a fort there
1571 The Spaniards land in Luzon and found Manila. The Spanish set up a feudal system. Spanish friars convert the indigenous people to Christianity.
1762-62 The British occupy Manila
1872 A rebellion takes place in Cavite but it is soon crushed
1892 Jose Rizal founds Liga Filipina
1896 Another rebellion breaks out but the Spanish crush it
1898 The Philippines declare independence. However, the USA plans to take over from Spain after winning a war with that country.
1899-1902 The USA fights Filipino patriots
The Modern Philippines
1935 The Philippines are made semi-independent1942 Japan occupies the Philippines
1945 The Americans recapture Manila
1946 The Philippines become independent
1965 Ferdinand Marcos becomes President of The Philippines
1972 Marcos declares martial law
1980 Benigno Aquino goes into exile
1983 Aquino returns to the Philippines but he is shot
1986 Marcos is forced to flee and Cory Aquino replaces him
1992 Fidel Ramos becomes president
1993 The Americans leave Subic Bay
2000 Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo becomes president of The Philippines
SOURCE: http://www.localhistories.org/philippinestime.html
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