TIMELINE by Jesus T. Peralta June 2005 © Phili ppine Events Dates 4.4 m.y 4.2-1.8 m.yrs. 2 m.yrs. Espinosa Ranch Site, Cagayan Province. Evidence for the presence of Man in the form of two flake stone tools in situ in the mid-Pleistocene Awidon Mesa Formation - the oldest man-made object associated with fossils of elephas. Stegodon, Elephas, deer, pig, tortoise also in the general area. Middle of the Ice Age. Land bridges to mainland Asia. Paleolithic Culture. Cabatuan, Iloilo. Flake tools, elephas fossils; fossils also in Agusan Valley; Rizal, Quezon City, and Pangasinan. World Events Ardipitheus- early fossil hominid, Myanmar Different Australopithecines in Africa Homo habilis in Africa 1.5 m.yrs. to 27000 yrs. Homo erectus, Java Man,in Indonesia .9+-.17 m.yrs. Homo erectus, Peking Man, in China. Stone tools; use of fire. co-eval 100000 BC 75000-35000 BC Homo sapiens sapiens Homo sapiens neanderthalensis in Europe Tibia in Tabon Cave 47,000 BC Earliest H.sapiens sapiens in the Philippines and Southeast Asia Appearance of the Mamanua in the country, a population now limited about Lake Mainit in Agusan del Norte, Mindanao, identified as a Proto-Malay population. 60,000 BC Homo sapiens neanderthalensis burial -50,000 of the dead with flowers. Crossing of the Bering Straits from Asia to the American continent Tabon Cave, Lipuun Point, Palawan. Earliest occupation. Flake stone tool assemblage. 50000-45000 BC Negrito Populations with eastern and western branches on both sides of the Philippines Beginning of sea level rise at the end of Ice Age as earth temperatures rise. Polar Ice begins to melt. 30000-20000 BC Tabon Cave, Lipuun Point, Quezon, Palawan - Tabon Woman - earliest fossil evidence of H.sapiens sapiens in the Philippines. Orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus) fossil in Tabon Cave Cro-Magnon man Altamira Rock paintings 16,700 BC Laurente Cave, Penablanca, Cagayan, N. Luzon inhabited with flake stone tools of chert,andesite, opalines; burnt bones. 16000-8000 BC Guri Cave. Lipuun Point, Palawan. Flake stone tools, marine shells. Sea about the present level. Land bridges, loast coastal areas inundated. 13000 BC 12220-9780 BC Pottery in Padah-Lin Cave in Myanmar. 10000 BC Food plants grown in the fertile crescent; beans, peas, water chestnuts grown in Thailand. 9750 BC Cultivation in Thailand, peas, beans, etc. Phili ppine Events Laurente Cave, Penablanca, Cagayan. Flake stone tools. Dates 9000 BC First settlement of islands in the Meditarranean. Stones used to remove husks from grain in Egypt. 8500 BC Plant domestication in the Andes. Sheep domesticated in the fertile crescent. 8070 8000 BC Musang Cave, Penablanca, Cagayan. Bone, chert flakes tools, jasper, jade, freshwater shells Bolobok Cave, Sanga- Sanga, Tawi-Tawi, Tridacna shell tools, stone tools Early Neolithic Age Culture. Austronesian population movements into the Philippines and the Pacific World Events Jericho, already with fortification 7880-7560 BC 7000 BC Domestication of cattle, pigs lin Middle East; Pottery, spinning, weaving, copper use in the Near East; Plaster human statues in Jordan; squash, beans, pepper in Mexico; manioc, root crops in Andes; pastoral farming in Libya and Algeria. 6500 BC Cultivation spreads in Southeast Europe. 6185 BC 6000-2000 BC 6000 BC Laurente Cave, Cagayan. Pottery, flake stone tools 5880 BC Bolobok Cave,Sanga-Sanga, Tawi-Tawi. Pottery, shell and stone tools 5745 BC Arku Cave, Penablanca,Cagayan. Pottery, adzes, shell beads, stone flakes, bones. 5730 BC Bolobok Cave, Sanga-Sanga, Tawi-Tawi Pottery, midden, flake stone and shell tools bones, red hematite slip in pottery 5680-5520 BC Laurente Cave. Flake tools, bones, plain pottery shards 5580 BC Earliest Potteryin Europe. Irrigation in Tigris and Euphrates; rock painting in Central Sahara; First farming in India; domestication of plants and animals in China; Earliest pottery in China; beans and peanuts in Peru. 5200 BC Farming spreads in Europe 5000 BC Wet rice farming in China; Corn grown in Tehuacan, Mexico; Cattle herding in Egypt; Pottery and linen in Egypt; first ships appear in the Mediteranean; plow first used in Southeast Europe; chamber tombs in France. Phili ppine Events Dates Guri Cave, Chamber A, Lipuun Point, Palawan. Flake tools, blade-like stone tools, marine marine shells. 5000-2000 BC Duyung Cave, Palawan, ground shell tools trapezoidal stone adzes, side and center perforated shell disks, shell lime container Late Neolithic Age culture. 4850-4400 BC Bagumbayan, Masbate. Pottery 4700-4140 BC Pilanduk Cave, Iwaig, Palawan. Edge-ground tools, flake tools, jar burial. 4500-3500 BC Musang Cave, Penablanca. Pottery, flake tools, human bones, earthenware beads 4340-2530 BC Dimolit, Isabela. House floor, jadeite beads pottery Earliest evidence for house. 4120-3755 BC Musang Cave, Penablanca, Cagayan. Shell, flake tools, pottery 3810-3650 BC Duyung Cave, Palawan. Edge-ground stone and Tridacna shell tools. 3675-3015 BC Rabel Cave, Panablanca, Cagayan.Flake tools, pottery. 3545-2190 BC 3500 BC 3500-3200 BC 3400 BC Dimolit, Isabela. House floor, jadeit beads, pottery, mortars, whetstone, adzes. Bolobok Cave, Sanga-Sanga, Tawi-Tawi bronze celt, red glass bead, pottery Early Metal Age Culture. Talikod Island, Samal, Davao. Occupation debris. Amazon pottery, earliest in the Americas 3890 BC Duyung Cave, Iwahig, Palawan. probable jar burial Pilanduk Cave, Iwaig, Palawan. Edge-ground tools, flakes, jar burial Domistication of Bovines in Thailand 4095 BC 4000 BC Callao Cave, Penablanca,Cagayan. Flake tools. World Events Towns in Egypt, Memphis, Central Egypt Wheeled vehicles in Central Europe Peru grows cotton and corn Wheel and potters wheel in Sumer, Indus Valley. 3370 BC 3300 BC Cuneiform writing in Sumer 3200 BC Standing Stones in Britain and France 3190 BC 3100 BC Hieroglyphic writing in Egypt 3000 BC Olives, vines, cereals grown in the Aegean area; rye and oats grown in Europe. Pottery in Ecuador, Columbia. 2930 BC Phili ppine Events Dates Guri Cave, Lipuun Point, Palawan. Flake tools. 2880 BC Dimolit, Isabela. Flakes, jasper blades with silica gloss, pottery Evidence for reaping. 2865 BC 2700 BC Duyung Cave, Iwaig, Palawan. Flexed burial, tridacna adzes, shell lime container, shell disk ornaments, habitation. 2655-2120 BC Dimolit, Isabela. House floor. House floor, flake tools, small jasper blades, silica gloss 2650-2710 BC Talikod, Samal Is., Davao. Flake shell and stone tools, midden. 2650-2315 BC 2600-2550 BC 2500-2100 BC 2500 BC Lallo, Cagayan. Fresh water shell midden, pottery, bones, trapezoidal stone adzes 2395-1735 BC Bagumbayan, Masbate. Buff colored pottery 2310-1735 BC Edjek, Negros. Pottery, fired clay lumps 2305-1410 BC 2300 BC Binangonan, Rizal. Angono Petroglyphs Great Pyramid at Giza. Flutes, clarinets in Egypt, Bronze Age in Europe, First Minoan palaces in Crete, Stone Henge reaches final form in England. Epic of Gilgamesh. Weaving in Mexico Pottery in Mexico. 2125-1745 BC c.2000 BC Dimolit, Isabela. Flake tools, blades with silica gloss 1860 BC Rabel Cave, Penablanca, Cagayan. Flake tools, pottery. 1855 BC Lemery. Batangas. Pottery 1850 BC Arku Cave, Penablanca, Cagayan. Footed pottery,bones, shell beads, baked clay bead. Step pyramid, Sphinx in Egypt, 2610-2130 BC 2550 BC Magapit Bridge, Cagayan. Shell, polished stone tools, plain red-slipped pottery Corn grown in Argentina. 2680 BC Pintu Cave, Isabela. Core tools, flake tools, small blade-like tools. Manga Site, Andarayan, Cagayan. Rice husk embedded in pottery, polished adzes, spindle whorl. Earliest evidence for rice. Evidence for weaving. World Events Chopsticks in use in China 1814 BC First Assyrian Empire 1766 BC Shang Dynasty in Northern China 1660-890 BC 1580-1079 Shang Dynasty in China. Bronze pots Phili ppine Events Dates Rabel Cave, Penablanca, Cagayan. Flake tool, pottery. 1570 BC Banaue, Ifugao. Dates occupation in a house platform presumably. Terracing probably present/root cropping 1545-825 BC Ngipe’t Duldog Cave, Lipuun Point, Palawan. Jar burial, stepped adze, stone and shell beads. 1500-1000 BC 1470 BC Lanna, Cagayan. Stone adzes, spindle whorls. 1380 BC Manunggul Cave, Lipuun Point, Palawan. Jar burial, elaborate pottery, jade beads. 1330 BC Manunggul Cave, Lipuun Point, Palawan. Jar burial, elaborate pottery, jade beads. 1255-605 BC 1005-1250 BC Batungan Cave, Masbate. Kalanay-type pottery. Bato Caves, Sorsogon. Jar burials with shells, adzes, shell beads and bracelets. World Events Santorini destroyed in the Meditarranean David unites the Jews. Capital at Jerusalem 1445 BC Hebrew Exodus 1220 BC Destruction of Troy by the Myceneans 1165 BC 1000-225 BC 1000 BC 972-953 BC 900 BC 900-801 BC Manunggul Cave, Lipuun Pt.,Palawan. Late Neolithic burial, elaborate pottery, jade beads. “Manunggul Jar”. 895-775 BC Arku Cave, Cagayan. Red-slipped pottery, ochre covered bones, bone points. 805-390 BC 801-701 BC The Rig Veda of India is written down. Astronomical laboratory, maps dictionaries in China Copper smelting in the Andes Solomon becomes King of Israel, begins to build temple. Etruscans appear in Italy Carthage is founded by the Phoenicians Iliad and Odyssey are composed. 800 BC “Age of Prophesy” among the Hebrew 770 BC Eastern Chou Dynasty in China Pintu Cave, Isabela. Pottery, glass beads, stone tools. 765 BC Batungan Cave 2, Masbate. Stone adzes Kalanay- type pottery. 756 BC 750 BC Odyssey and Iliad, poetry in Greek Phili ppine Events Dates 700 BC Bato Caves, Sorosogon. Pottery, quadrangular adzes, jar burial, shell beads and bracelets Taoism in China 587 BC Nebuchadnessar destroys Jerusalem. Israel banished to Babylon 538 BC End of Israel captivity in Babylon under Cyrus who founds first Persian Empire 528 BC Birth of Buddhism 509 BC Foundation of the Roman Empire c.500 BC-500 AD 500-300 BC Pintu Cave, Isabela. Pottery, Glass beads, stone tools 435-165 BC Rito-Fabian Cave, Lipuun Point, Palawan. jar burial, iron, copper, bronze, glass and jade ear pendants, shell, jade beads and bracelets. Binisitahan, Sorsogon. Jar burial V.Pagayona Sr. Cave, Lipuun Point, Palawan. Jar burials with trunconical covers, iron, copper, bronze, glass beads. The Hanging Gardens of Babylon 600 BC Duyung Cave, Iwaig, Palawan. Jar burial, stone adzes, bronze and iron tools, jade ornaments. Uyaw Cave, Lipuun Point, Palawan. Jar burial, bronze adz and spear, stone adz, iron (?), jade ornaments, glass beads and bracelets. Guri Cave, Lipuun Point, Palawan. Jar burial, bronze, glass and gold beads, jade ear pendants. Pyramic tombs of Nubian kings. Sheep in East Africa. Iron tools and weapons in North Africa 690-635 BC 601-501 BC Cortez Site, Cagayan. Burial site. Metal site. World Events The Persian Wars China produces cast iron. Bronze Dongson drums. First Suez Canal. Camels replace horses in the Sahara. Terra-Cotta heads of the Nok culture in Nigeria. 430 BC Attila, the Hun ravages Europe 425 BC Hindu Ramayana Epic 399 BC Trial and death of Socrates 332 BC Alexander the Great starts Greek rule from the East to India 307 BC Great Library in Alexandria 300-100 BC Taoism based on “Tao-te Ching”, attributed to Lao Tse. Yayoi Culture in Japan. 282 BC The Colossus of Rhodes 280 BC Pharos, lighthouse in Alexandria 210 BC 7000 Terra-cotta warriors guard Emperor Shih’s tomb in China 204 BC Great Wall of China completed 200-100 BC c.200 BC 200 BC-200 AD Phili ppine Events Dates 197 BC Manunggul Cave, Chamber B, Lipuun Point, Palawan. Jar burial, iron, glass and stone, glass bracelets. Earliest date for iron. Developed Metal Age culture. Maitum Cave, Sarangani. Anthropomorphic burial jars, glass beads, bracelets. Kalanay-type pottery. Rosetta Stone inscribed in Egypt 190 BC 112 BC Tadyaw Cave, Lipuun Point, Palawan. Jar burial, trunconical covers, iron, bronze, glass, gold, carnelian, glass and jade bracelets. World Events Silk Road opens between China and the West 100 BC-300 AD 79 BC Mt. Vesuvius, destruction of Pompeii 49 BC Caesar crosses the Rubicon 47 BC Great Library of Alexandria destroyed 13 BC Hebrews occupy Canaan 8-5 BC Birth of Christ 5 BC-225 AD ANNO DOMINI 11 AD Gun powder is invented in China 26-36 AD Passion of Christ (14th-15th of Nisan) 43 AD London is established by the Romans 64 AD Great Fire in Rome 70 AD Destruction of Jerusalem by the Romans c.100 AD Porcelain first made in China 105 AD Ts’ai Lun makes paper in China 150 AD Earliest Sanskrit inscription. Pyramids of the Sun and the Moon at Teotihuacan, Valley of Mexico. 200 AD Ramayana and Bhagavad Gita in India 202-220 AD Han Dynasty reunites China 271 AD Magnetic compass in China 279 AD Talmud is issued by Jewish scholars 285 AD Confucianism introduced in Japan 300 AD Mass production of iron in Europe 313 AD Constantine’s vision of the cross. Christianity becomes official religion of the Roman Empire Phili ppine Events Libertad, Butuan City. Large edge-pegged plank boats - Earliest dated boat. Sasak Shelter, Kalatagbak, Palawan. Pottery,iron, glass beads. Dates 320 AD 330 AD Byzantine Empire in Constantinopole 360 AD Books start to replace scrolls in Europe 400-600 AD Writing begins in Japan with Chinese ideographs 479-502 AD Chi Dynasty in China 500 AD Kulaman Plateau,Cotabato, Mindanao. Stone urn burial, pottery jar burial. Bunghalian, Ifugao. Terrace dating Lungun Cave, Kalatagbak, Palawan. Wood coffin burials, iron, pottery. World Events Decimal system devised in India 500-670 AD 535 AD Decimal system devised in India 570 AD Birth of Mohammad (-632) 593 AD Printing press is invented in China using wooden blocks 594 AD Buddhism becomes official religion of Japan 610 AD 618-960 AD Tang Dynasty with Chang-an as capital 622 AD Hegira- Flight of Mohammad to Medina 625 AD Mecca is conquered and becomes center of Islam 641 AD Persian Empire falls to the Muslims 700-900 AD Golden Age of Chinese poetry 750 AD Maori arrives in New Zealand 760 AD Arabs develop numerals system 763 AD Baghdad becomes center of Muslim culture 800 AD Charlemagne becomes first Holy Roman emperor 802 AD Angkor Kingdon in Cambodia 939 AD Vietnam becomes independent of China 960-1270 AD Sinoloan Copper plate: earliest evidence of writing in the Philippines - a legal quit-claim. c.1000 AD Laurel, Batangas. Polychrome jar with manganese glaze from Fayum, Egypt Earliest evidence of high-fired ceramics. Butuan City, Mindanao. Persian glass, shell midden, Chinese Yueh-type wares, large edge-pegged plank boat. c.1000 AD Song Dynasty in China Phili ppine Events Bubulungun Cave I-B, Lipuun Point, Palawan. Secondary jar burial, iron, Indo-Roman beads, Song dynasty trade ceramics. Dates 1000-1100 AD 500-1010 AD Magmisi Shelf, Iwaig, Palawan. Secondary burial in jars, Song Dynasty trade ceramics. Limao-Limao Cave, Ransang, Palawan. cave burial Buad Island, Samar. Small blade and flake, silica gloss Sta. Ana, Manila. Early Blue and White Chinese trade ceramics. Islamic burials ? Nabyun, Ifugao. Terrace dating. Ugpay Cave, Ransang, Palawan. Habitation 1040 AD 1115 AD 1126 AD Song Dynasty rules only in South China 1150 AD Hindu Angkor Vat in Cambodia 1156 AD Founding of Moscow 1166 AD Saladin builds Cairo in Egypt 1175 AD 1195-1380 AD 1200 AD Aztecs occupy Mexico 1206 AD Genghis Khan begins Asian conquest 1220 AD First Thai kingdom appears 1230 AD Mongols destroy Ch’in Empire 1250 AD 1251 AD 1260-1380 AD Khublai Khan governs China Mongol Genghis Khan. Yuan Dynasty in China. 1275 AD Marco Polo reaches China 1300 AD Gunpowder produced in Europe Kuruswanan Ledge, Palawan. Primary coffin burial. Yuan Dynasty ceramics. c.1300-1400 AD Balingasay, Pangasinan. Pottery, monochome Chinese tradeware. c.1300-1500 AD Kuruswanan Ledge, Kuruswanan, Palawan. Primary burial in log coffin, Yuan Dynasty ceramics. Magnetic compass invented in China. First movable type printing in China c.1100 1234 AD Batuan City. Large edge-pegged boat. Chess is developed in India 1100-1200 AD 1050 AD Tausug moves from NE Mindanao to SW to the Sulu archipelago World Events 1300-1400 AD 1320 AD cannon first used in Europe at Metz. 1350 AD Height of Madjapahit Empire in Java Aztec capital, Tinochtitlan, founded. Phili ppine Events Dates 1368-1644 AD Introduction of Islam into the Philippines Calatagan, Batangas. Pottery, blue and white Chinese, Thai ceramics. Cotta Wayngan, Jolo. Tausug Fort. With no European ceramics. Bocos, Banaue rapid rice terraces expansion (302 yrs. From valley to mountain top) Ferdinand Magellan lands in Philippines. Lapu-Lapu resists Spanish incursion. Magellan dies in Mactan Is. Battle. Ming Dynasty in China established c.1400 AD c.1400-1500 AD Chinese encyclopedia, Yung Lo Ta Tien 1405 AD Chen Ho’s Voyages from China to Africa 1420 AD Beijing, the Forbidden City, established 1440-1660 AD 1450 AD Bungiao Cave, Zamboanga. Thai, Vietnamese Chinese tradeware. World Events Gutenberg introduces the printing press 1460-1915 AD 1486-1788 1492 AD Columbus lands at San Salvador 1493 AD Papal Bull placing the “East Indies” under Spain. 1498 AD Vasco de Gama reaches India via the Cape of Good Hope 1517 AD Martin Luther starts church reformation 1521 AD Spanish Hernan Cortes razes Aztec city, Tinochtitlan (today Mexico City) 1532 AD Francisco Pizarro arrives in Peru 1534 AD Henry VIII establishes Church of England 1543 AD Copernicus suggests earth rotates around the sun 1544 AD Council of Trent to reform Catholic Church 1545 AD Gregorian calendar is introduced Legaspi arrives in Cebu. First Philippine Spanish Treaty of Peace is drawn where Filipinos recognized Spanish sovereignty and gets protection in return. Christianity is introduced. 1565 AD Battle of Manila between Goiti / Salcedo, and Rajah Sulayman. 1570 AD Founding of the village of Cebu by Legaspi Legaspi arrives in Manila. 1571 AD City of Manila founded. 1572 AD Rajah Lakandula revolts against the Spaniards. Chinese pirate, Limahong, attacks Manila. 1574 AD Big Fire razes Manila 1583 AD The Real Audencia is organized in Manila. Sto. Domingo Church inaugurated 1584 AD Phili ppine Events Dates 1588 AD Spanish Armada is destroyed by the British. 1589 AD Shakespeare begins to write his plays Pope Gregory XIV frees all Philippine slaves. 1591 AD Manila declared capital City. 1595 AD Cagayan. Magalat Revolt. 1596 AD Naval encounter btween the Dutch and the Spaniards under Morga. 1600 AD Maguindanao. Datus Sirungan and Buisan Uprising. c.1600-1800 AD Mt.Province. Bontoc Revolt. 1601 AD Great fire in Manila. First Chinese revolt is suppressed. 1603 AD University of Sto. Tomas founded in Manila 1611 AD 1616 AD Defeat of Dutch fleet in the Manila Bay Isabela. Iraya Revolt. Bohol. Tamblot Revolt. Dutch founds Batavia (Jakarta) 1620 AD Landing of the Mayflower 1621 AD 1621-1622 AD Caraga Revolt. 1629 AD Maguindanao. Datu Dipatuan Uprising. 1633 BC 1637 AD Korea becomes Manchu vassal state 1641 AD Dutch capture Malacca from Portuguese 1643 AD 1644-1911 AD The Dutch attack Jolo. Earthquake levels Manila. 1645 AD The Dutch attack is defeated off Corregidor. 1646 AD 1648 AD 1649-1650 AD Pampanga. Francisco Maniago Revolt. 1660 AD Ilocos. Pedro Almazan Revolt. 1661 AD Panay. Tapar Revolt. 1663 AD Zambales. Francisco Maniego Revolt. Manchus invade China 1619 AD 1627 AD Samar. Sumuroy Revolt. Shakespeare’s Hamlet. 1617 AD Sulu. Datu Ache Uprising. Bulacan. Malolos Revolt. World Events 1681-1683 AD Manchu Dynasty in China Taj Mahal by Shah Jehan Phili ppine Events Taal Volcano erupts. Dates 1683 AD China conquers Formosa 1720 BC Tibet becomes tributary of China. 1730 AD Height of Rococo period in art and architecture 1754 AD Bohol. Francisco Dagohoy Revolt. Successful Filpino rebellion that formed a local enclave within the Spanish colonial regime. 1744-1829 AD Taguig, Rizal. Tagalog Agrarian Revolt. Balayan, Batangas. Agrarian Rebolt. 1745-1746 AD Jolo, Sulu. Datu Salicaya Uprising. 1757 AD The British under Cornish and Draker attacks Manila. 1762 AD Pangasinan. De la Cruz, Palaris, Diego and Gabriela Silang, Andres Malong Revolts. Treaty between Spain and England returns the Philippines to Spain. 1762-1764 AD 1763 AD 1775-1783 AD Batanes. Aman Dagat Revolt. Siam gains independence from Burma 1786 AD British East Indies Company base at Penang, Malaysia 1788 AD Fleet of convicts establilshes British penal colony in Australia 1789 AD Washington, first president of US. Outbreak of the French Revolution 1791 AD 1792 AD France declared a Republic Dollar official currency of the US 1799 AD British takes control of South India 1804 AD Napoleon Bonaparte becomes emperor of France 1801 AD Del Superior Gobierno, earliest newspaper in the Philippines is published 1811 AD Galleon Trade ends. 1815 AD Nautical School in Manila is established 1820 AD Manila. Novales Mutiny 1823 AD Tayabas. Hermano Pule Uprising. American War of Independence 1776 AD The Basi Revolt. Abolition of Philippine representation in the Spanish Cortes. World Events Battle of Waterloo 1825 AD Indonesians revolt against the Dutch. 1835 AD Melbourne is founded. 1837 AD 1840-1841 AD Phili ppine Events Dates 1842 AD Seminario Filipino, weekly newspaper founded Manila. Samaniego Uprising. 1843 AD La Estrella de Manila, 2nd daily is published 1847 AD Diario de Manila, 3rd weekly is published 1848 AD El Comercio, starts publication 1852 AD World Events Opium War Britain annexes Hongkong. Communist Manifesto, Marx, Engels 1858 AD Miracle at Lourdes 1861 AD American Civil War El Catolico Filipino, is published 1862 AD Earthquake reduces Manila to rubble. Isabela. Baladon and Labutawi Revolt. 1863 AD Indochina becomes French protectorate. 1864 AD Red Cross is founded in Switzerland. Secondary education in the Philippines is organized divided into private and public. 1865 AD Revista de Administracion, is published 1866 AD Cavite Mutiny. Execution of Fathers Gomez, Burgos and Zamora. 1868 AD Meiji Restoration in Japan, modernization of Japan 1869 AD Opening of the Suez Canal 1872 AD 1874 AD Maguindanao. Datu Utto Revolt. 1876-1887 AD Diario de Filipinas, is founded. Cable communication between the Philippines and Hongkong. 1880 AD Monthly,Revista Agustiniana,is published 1881 AD Cholera epidemic ravages in Manila. 1882 AD La Oceania Espanola is published 1883 AD First weekly, La Semana Elegante, is published 1884 AD Sulu. Pangiyan Inchi Jamila Revolt. Kalayaan of Emilio Jacinto is published. Debate in the Spanish Senate on Rizal’s Noli Me Tangere. The Spanish Civil Code is introduced into the Philippines. La Solidaridad is published. Lanao. Datu Akadar (Amai Pakpak) Revolt. Impressionists first exhibition in Paris Krakatoa Volcano in Java erupts. 1884-1893 AD 1886 AD 1889 AD 1889 AD 1890-1893 AD Upper Burma is annexed by the British. Phili ppine Events Dates World Events The Trans-Siberian railway. El Filibusterismo is printed in Belgium. El Resumen of Isabelo de los Reyes published. 1891 AD Liga Filipina established by Dr. Jose Rizal The Katipunan founded by Andres Bonifacio 1892 AD Revista Farmaceutica de Filipinas is published The Maura Law for Philippine local government reform is passed. 1893 AD New Zealand gives women the right to vote - first country to do so. French protectorate over Laos. First Encounter between the Katipunan and the Spaniards in the Philippine Revolution. Katipunan Flag is unfurled in Balintawak. Ang Kalayaan, Katipunan paper is published Eight provinces revolt. Rizal is executed. 1896 AD First Modern Olympics. Execution of the 13 Martyrs of Bagumbayan. The Tejeros Convention proclaims the independence of the Philippines Trial and execution of Bonifacio. Pact of Biac na Bato stops hostilities between the Filipinos and Spaniards. 1897 AD First hoisting of the Filipino flag, and Battle of Imus beginning the successful series of battles against Spanish soverreingty. Philippine Independence is declared in Kawit. Philippine National Anthem played for the first time. Mabini issues his “True Decalogue” on man’s conduct. Batanes. Reafael Perea Uprising. La Independencia of Antonio Luna is published. 1898 AD Zamboanga. Vicente Alvarez Revolt. The Philippine Republic established, the Malolos Constitution is in effect. The Supreme Court supercedes the old Real de Audencia. Battle of Tirad Pass. Misamis. Nicolas Capistrano Revolt. Spanish-American War. Cuba gains independence. Treaty of Paris between US and Spain. 1898-1900 AD 1899 AD 1899-1900 AD Philippines declares state of war with the United States Treaty of Paris is ratified by US congress ceding the Philippines to the US by Spain. The Manila Daily Bulletin is founded. Magna Carta of the Philippines. 1900 AD Russia occupies Manchuria Boxer Rebellion in China. The Department of Public Instuction is formed. Aguinaldo surrenders to the Americans in Palanan, Isabela. 600 trained teachers arrive in US ShipThomas. The Philippine Normal College is established. 1901 AD First Nobel Prize. First labor union is organized. Philippine Assembly is established. Termination of the Philippine-American War. Iglesia Filipina Independiente is proclaimed by Isalelo delos Reyes with Gregorio Aglipay as bishop 1902 AD Sulu. Panglima Hassan Revolt. 1903-1905 AD Phili ppine Events The Philippine Postal Savings Bank is formed. Dates 1905 AD Albert Einstein’s theory of Relativity 1906 AD Mahatma Gandhi campaign of non- violences begins in Africa 1907 AD Cubist painting in Paris. Act 1870 creates the University of the Philippines. Philippines Free Press issues 1st number 1908 AD City of Baguio is founded. 1909 AD Taal Volcano erupts. Rizal monument is inaugurated. Sulu. Nakib Amil Uprising. 1910 AD Japan annexes Korea. Abstract painting in Europe 1911 AD Chinese Revolution. Manchu Dynasty overthrown. 1912 AD Kuomintang, Chinese nationalist party founded under Sun Yat Sen 1913 AD 1914-1918 AD Mayon Volcano erupts. 1914 AD Jones Law is approved which provides autonomy for Filipinos and their independence. 1916 AD First poetic debate, “Balagtasan” held in Manila between Jose Corazon de Jesus and Florentino Collantes. World Events First World War. Emperor of Japan declares war on Germany. 1917 AD Bolshevik Revolution in Russia 1919 AD Gandhi begins civil disobedience in India. 1921 AD Communist party founded in China. 1924 AD 1925 AD Chiang Kai Shek takes over Kuomintang 1926 AD Hirohito becomes emperor of Japan. 1930 AD Japan occupies Manchuria. Passage of Philippine Independence Bill by the US for independence in eight years. 1932 AD Tydings-Macduffie Law is signed by Roosevelt to give Philippine independence after 10 years. 1934 AD Long March by Chinese communists. The Philippine Constittuion is adopted. The Philippine Air Force is organized. The Sakdalista Uprising for agrarian reform. Commonwealth of the Philippines inaugurated. Manuel L. Quezon, President. 1935 AD Persia becomes Iran The Court of Appeals is created 1936 AD Filipino women vote for the first time in a plebiscite on women’s suffrage. 1937 AD War between China and Japan Phili ppine Events Dates World Events 1939 AD Second World War 1940 AD Japan occupies Indochina Battle of Britain. The National Assembly nationalizes labor in the Philippines. Japan invades the Philippines. 2nd Commonwealth inaugurated in Corregidor with Manuel L. Quezon as President. 1941 AD Japan bombs Pearl Harbor. Pacific War starts. Japanese occupy City of Manila. The Hukbalahap is established. Fall of Bataan to the Japanese forces. Surrender of Corregidor. Jose Laurel President under the Japanese regime. 1942 AD Japan occupies Singapore Battle of the Philippine Sea. US Congress authorizes US President to declare Philippine Independence on July 4,1946 McArthur and Osmena land in Leyte 1944 AD Liberation of the Philippines from Japanese forces. Pacific War ends. 1945 AD Reparations Agreement is signed between Japan and the Philippines. Manuel Roxas elected President. American proclamation of Philippines Independence. 1946 AD “Parity Rights” amendment to the constitution. Military Assistance Pact between the Philippines and the United States. 1947 AD India and Pakistan become states. 1948 AD Gandhdi assassinated. Israel becomes a state. Elpidio Quirino elected President. 1949 AD The communist Manila Politburo is smashed 1950 AD Ramon Magsaysay elected President. 1953 AD Atom bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki Constitution of the United Nations. Korean War. China invades Tibet. 1957 AD Launching of the Sputnik by Russia Malaya becomes independent. Diosdado Macapagal elected President. 1961 AD Yuri Gagarin, first man in space. President Macapagal moves Independence Day celebration from July 4 to June 12. 1962 AD Taal Volcano erupts. Ferdinand E. Marcos elected President. 1965 AD Cultural Revolution in China. 1966 AD Mao Tse Tung’s Cultural Revolution 1969 AD Man walks on the moon Declaration of Martial Law Parliamentary Government is established 1972 AD 1975 AD Ninoy Aquino is assassinated. 1983 AD Vietnam War ends. Phili ppine Events Dates World Events 1984 AD Brunei becomes independent Ferdinand E. Marcos re-elected President. 1989 AD Communist regimes fall in Eastern Europe Fall of the Berlin Wall. “People Power revolution”. Marcos is deposed. Corazon Aquino is elected President. Return to Presidential form of Government 1986 AD 1990 AD Iraq invades Kuwait. Mt. Pinatubo volcano erupts. 1991 AD Civil War in Yoguslavia. The Gulf War Fidel Ramos is elected President. National Commission for Culture and the Arts is established. Manlilikha ng Bayan Act is approved recognizing national “Living Treasures” 1992 AD Philippine Independence Centennial Celebration Joseph Ejercito Estrada elected President. 1998 AD 1999 AD War in Kosovo. Ethnic Cleansing. The Millennium Computer Bug 2000 AD The Millennium Computer Bug The New Millennium People Power II. Estrada is deposed. Arroyo ascends to presidency. 2001 AD The New Millenium Arroyo is re-elected/VP de Castro 2004 AD