HISTORY: TIMELINE
PRE-COLONIAL
1. 3000-2500 BCE- Austronesian Migrations reached the Philippines.
2. 897-775 BCE- The Manunggul jar was used as a secondary burial jar in Palawan.
3. 800-1000- Hindu-Buddhist influences arrived in the Philippines from Southeast
Asia.
4. 1200-1350- The Golden Tara, a statue of a Hindu goddess, was made by a
goldsmith from Mindanao.
Spanish Colonial Era
1. 1453- Fall of Constantinople, Ottoman Turks took over, barring the European
from the trading routes to the east.
2. 1492- Italian voyager Christopher Columbus reached the Americas. He called
the natives “Indians” believing that he arrived at India.
3. 1498- Vasco de Gama, a Portuguese sailor reached India by sailing through the
Cape of Good Hope in the southern tip of Africa.
4. 1511- Portuguese forces captured the Muslim port of Malaca in Southeast Asia.
5. March 12, 1521- The Magellan expedition, after passing through the South
American continent and crossing the Pacific Ocean, arrived in the central part of
the archipelago.
6. 1543- The Villalobos expedition arrived in the archipelago and gave it the name
Las Phelipinas in honor of then crown prince, Philip II.
7. 1565- King Philip II decided to colonize the country and sent Miguel Lopez de
Legazpi. The expedition sailed from Mexico and arrived in Cebu.
8. 1571- Manila was taken by Spanish and Visayan forces under the leadership of
Martin de Goiti. Lgeazpi transferred from Panay Island and he made Manila the
capital and base for further expeditions.
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1571- Miguel Lopez de Legazpi gave the title ciudad to Manila.
1572- Establishment of encomienda system.
1578- Domingo de Salazar was appointed as Bishop of Manila.
1581- Domingo de Salazar arrived in Manila.
1582- The synod of Manila was convened.
1596- Establishment of the Real Audiencia of Manila.
1680- Compilation of the Laws of Indies under King Charles II.
1720- Legal abolition of the encomienda system.
1884- Cedula personal was instituted to replace the tributo system.
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1574- Lakan Dula’s revolt (Tondo)
1587-88- Tondo Conspiracy (Tondo)
1596- Magalat’s revolt (Cagayan)
1601- Igorot Revolt (Northern Luzon)
1621- Gaddang Revolt (Cagayan)
1621-22- Tamblot’s revolt (Bohol)
1621- Bankaw’s/Bancao’s revolt (Leyte)
1625-1627- Cagayan revolt (Cagayan)
1629- Caraga revolt (Caraga)
1639- Cagayan revolt (Cagayan)
1649- Ladia revolt (Bulacan)
1649-1650- Sumuroy revolt
1660- Maniago’s revolt
1660-1661- Malong’s rebellion (Pangasinan)
1663- Tapar’s uprising (Panay)
1681-1683- Zambal revolt (Zambales)
1744-1829- Dagohoy Rebellion (Bohol)
1745-46- Anggarian uprisings (Lian and Nasugbu in Batangas; Binan in Laguna;
Imus Silang, Kawit in Cavite, San Mateo, Taguig, Paranaque in Provincia de
Tondo; and in Hagonoy, Bulacan)
19. 1762-63- Revolt of Diego Silang (Ilocos)
20. 1762-64- Palaris revolt (Pangasinan)
21. 1763- Cagayan uprisings
22. 1807- Basi revolt (Ilocos)
23. 1840-1841- Apolinario de la Cruz (Lucban, Tayabas)
The Propaganda Movement
1. 1813- Manila-Acapulco or Galleon trade was abolished.
2. 1834- The port of Manila was officially open to international trade.
3. 1863- An educational decree which provided for the establishment of primary
schools in each town was proclaimed.
4. 1869- The Suez Canal in Egypt was opened. Shortened the travel time from
Europe to the Philippines and vice versa.
5. 1872- The Cavite Mutiny took place and was followed by State repression in
which prominent Filipinos were arrested, imprisoned, exiled, or executed
including the Gomburza priests.
6. 1882- The bilingual nationalistic newspaper Diariong Tagalog was
established with Marcelo H. Del Pilar as editor.
7. 1887- Jose Rizal’s incendiary novel Noli me Tangere was published in Berlin,
Germany.
8. 1889- The bimonthly Filipino newspaper, La Solidaridad, was established in
Barcelona, Spain with Graciano Lopez Jaena as editor.
9. 1892-Rizal returned to the Philippines to lead La Liga Filipina but after 3
days, was imprisoned and exiled to Dapitan, Zamboanga.
10. 1896- January 20; Graciano Lopez Jaena died in Barcelona, Spain. July 4;
Marcelo H. Del Pilar succumbed to tuberculosis in Barcelona, Spain.
December 30; Jose Rizal was executed by a firing squad in Bagumbayan,
Manila.