| Timeline of Philippine history Kasaysayan ng Pilipinas | | | | Timeline of Philippine history | | | | | This is a timeline of Philippine history. To know more about the background of these events, re-read the history of the Philippines article. For the country, see Philippines. -
[edit] Pre-historic [edit] 10th-15th centuries [edit] 16th century [edit] 17th century [edit] 18th century [edit] British | Year | Date | Event | | 1762 | September 22 | British fleet entered seizes Manila Bay as part of the Seven Years War | | 1762 | October 5 | Manila fell under the British rule; start of the British occupation. | | 1762 | | British forces looted and plundered many of Manila establishments through the so-called Rape of Manila. | | 1762 | October 6 | Junior legislator of the Audiencia Simón de Anda y Salazar established provisional government of the Philippines in Bacolor, Pampanga with him as the dictator. | | 1762 | November 2 | The British East India Company commissioned The Rt Hon. Dawsonne Drake became the first British governor-general of the Philippines until 1764. | | 1763 | | Dabo and Marayac Revolt (1763) | | 1763 | | Isabela Revolt (1763). | | 1763 | February 10 | Treaty of Paris implicitly returns Manila to Spain. | | 1763 | | Deaths of Gabriela Silang, the only Filipina to have led a revolt, and her husband Diego. | | 1764 | March 17 | Anda handed over the control of the colonial government to Francisco Javier de la Torre. | | 1764 | June 11 | The last of the British ships that sailed to Manila left Philippines for India. This ends the British occupation. | | 1765 | February 10 | Royal Fiscal of Manila Don Francisco Léandro de Viana wrote the famous letter to King Charles III of Spain, later called as "Viana Memorial of 1765". The document advises the king to abandon the colony because of the economic and social devastation created by the Seven Years' War. The suggestion was not heeded. | | 1765 | | Governor José Antonio Raón y Gutiérrez ordered minting of parallelogramic-shaped coins called barrillas, the first coined minted in the Philippines. | | 1768 | July 23 | Following the Suppression of the Jesuits, the members of the Society of Jesus in the Philippines were expelled by Raón after he received a dated later from Charles III's chief minister Don Pedro Pablo Abarca de Bolea in March 1, 1767 instructing the king's order to expel Jesuits. They surrender their properties to Spanish civil authorities. | | 1771 | | Moro pirates traveled all over the country and raids many fishing villages in Manila Bay, Mariveles, Parañaque, Pasay and Malate. | | 1785 | | Lagutao Revolt (1785). | | 1787 | | Magtanong and Malibiran Revolt (1787). | | 1788 | | Ilocos Norte Revolt (1788). | | 1788 | April 2 | Birth of the greatest Tagalog poet from Bulacan Francisco "Balagtas" Baltazar. | [edit] 19th century [edit] 20th century - 1901 - Silliman Institute, later known as Silliman University, is established as the first American university in the Philippines.
- 1902 - Macario Sakay establishes a second Tagalog Republic.
- 1902 - Americans proclaim the end of the Philippine-American War, however fighting continues.
- 1904 - University of San Agustin in Iloilo is established.
- 1907 - Macario Sakay is executed by hanging, ending his Tagalog Republic.
- 1907 - The First Philippine Assembly is convened.
- 1908:
- 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 - Manuel L. Quezon dies, Sergio Osmeña becomes the de jure president in exile.
- 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)
[edit] 21st century 2000 2001 2003 2004 2005 2006 - A state of emergency was declared in February in response to coup rumours.
2007 2009 2010 [edit] See also [edit] References - ^ Adib Majul, Cesar (1999). Muslims in the Philippines. University of the Philippines Press. ISBN 9715421881.
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