January 1 - a holiday in the Philippines; revelry starts on the night of December 31. January 20 2001 - !

ice President "loria #acapagal-$rroyo replaced President Joseph %strada via a military-bac&ed people's revolt. January 23 1()) - *he +irst Philippine ,epublic -as inaugurated in #alolos. +ebruary +ebruary +ebruary +ebruary #arch #arch #arch #arch #arch $pril $pril $pril $pril $pril 11 16 23 2) 31 . 1()) - %milio $guinaldo president of the +irst Philippine ,epublic declared -ar against the /nited 0tates. 11 1(12- *hree +ilipino priests - Jose 2urgos #ariano "ome3 and Jacinto 4amora - -ere e5ecuted in 2agumbayan. 1( 1.6. - #iguel 7ope3 de 7ega3pi landed in 0amar; too& possession of the island. 22-26 1)(6 - +ilipinos launched the so-called People Po-er revolution that led to the ouster of +erdinand #arcos. 1)82 1.21 1)01 1)82 1.21 "eneral Douglas #ac$rthur fled from the Philippines; vo-ed to return. +erdinand #agellan discovered the Philippines; landed in 0amar. President %milio $guinaldo surrendered to $merican forces in Palanan 9sabela; later too& an allegiance to the $mericans. 7uis *aru& organi3ed the :u&bo ng 2ayan 7aban sa :apon ;:u&balahap< an underground guerilla movement. *he first mass -as held in 7imasa-a 9sland.

) 1)82 - 2ataan fell to Japanese forces. 11 1()) - 2y virtue of *reaty of Paris 0pain ceded the Philippines to the /0; sold for /0=20 million. 26 1()( - *he /nited 0tates and 0pain declared -ar against each other over the Philippines >uba "uam and Puerto ,ico. 21 1.21 - 2attle of #actan; #agellan -as &illed by men of 7apu-7apu. 30 1)31 - +ilipino -omen -on the right to vote during a plebiscite.

#ay 1 1)13 - *he first 7abor Day -as celebrated in the country. #ay 1 2001 - 0ome 20 000 supporters of deposed President Joseph %strada attac&ed #alacanang Palace in -hat is no- &no-n as the mob rebellion. #ay 6 1()) - *he first municipal election -as held in 2aliuag 2ulacan under $merican supervision. #ay 6 1)82 - $merican and +ilipino forces in >orregidor 9sland surrendered to Japanese forces. #ay 10 1()1 - $ndres 2onifacio -as e5ecuted at #ount 2untis in #aragondon >avite by men of %milio $guinaldo. #ay 18 1)3. - +ilipinos ratified the 1)3. >onstitution. #ay 1) 1.11 - #iguel 7ope3 de 7ega3pi defeated ,aha 0ulayman; claimed #anila for 0pain. June 10 1681 - Dutch fleet attac&ed >avite; later lost to 0paniards. June 12 1()( - %milio $guinaldo declared the Philippines' independence from 0pain its colonial master for 333 years. June 1) 1(61 - Jose ,i3al -as born in >alamba 7aguna. July 8 1)01 - ?illiam :o-ard *aft became the first $merican civil governor in the country. July 8 1)86 - *he /nited 0tates declared the independence of the Philippines. $ugust ( 1)61 - *he $ssociation of 0outheast $sian @ations ;$sean< -as established -ith the Philippines as a founding member. $ugust 21 1)11 - $ bomb e5plosion disrupted a meeting of 7iberal Party politicians at Pla3a #iranda in Auiapo #anila. $ugust 21 1)(3 - 2enigno $Buino on his return from e5ile in the /0 -as shot dead at the airport. $ugust 23 1()6 - *he Catipuneros led by $ndres 2onifacio met at Pugad 7a-in in 2alinta-a& and tore their cedulas in defiance to 0panish authority. $ugust 23 1)01 - *he /0 0hip *homas -ith 600 $merican teachers on board arrived in #anila. *hese teachers -ere later called *homasites. $ugust 2. - @ational :eroes Day $ugust 30 1).1 - *he ,P-/0 #utual Defense *reaty -as approved under the Auirino administration. 0eptember 21 1)12 - President +erdinand #arcos declared #artial 7a-; lifted it on January 11 1)(1. 0eptember 2) 1)01 - $ /0 general ordered his troops to Dshoot anything that movesD in -hat is no- &no-n as 2alangiga massacre in 0amar. Ectober 8 1162 - 2ritish forces sieged 9ntramuros; 0paniard later reclaimed the -alled city. Ectober 20 1)88 - "eneral Douglas #ac$rthur returned to the Philippines via Palo 7eyte. @ovember @ovember @ovember @ovember 1 - a holiday; $ll 0aint's Day 1 1.82 - ,uy 7ope3 de !illalobos named the archipelago +elipinas after Cing +elipe 99 of 0pain. 1 1()1 - %milio $guinaldo and his supporters established the 2ia& na 2ato ,epublic. 30 1(63 - $ndres 2onifacio -as born in #anila. 1()( - *he /0 and 0pain signed the *reaty of Paris; the former acBuired the Philippines from the latter for /0=20 million. 1)81 - Japanese forces attac&ed #anila; occupied the city on January 2 1)82. 1()1 - *he revolutionary government led by %milio $guinaldo signed a peace pact -ith the 0panish government. $guinaldo Cong. - >hristmas day 1()6 - Jose ,i3al -as e5ecuted in 2agumbayan. 1)31 - President #anuel 7. Aue3on declared *agalog as the basis of the national language.

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