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Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan, working for Spain, began exploration of the Philippines in hopes of expanding Spanish territory as well as Catholicism.
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Lapu-Lapu, datu of the island of Mactan, and his warriors successfully defeated Magellan and his forces, killing Magellan in the process.
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Spain claimed the islands as their territory and named them the Philippines after King Phillip II.
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The era of Spanish rule over the Philippines
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Manila fell under British rule during the Seven Years War.
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The Treaty of Paris implictly returned Manila to Spanish rule.
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Jose Rizal formed La Liga Filipina, a peaceful organization that sought reform and defense against violence and injustice.
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After Jose Rizal was arrested and exiled to Dapitan, Andres Bonifacio formed the Katipunan, a secret society that sought to revolt against Spanish rule.
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After being discovered by the Spanish government, the Katipunan declared revolution against Spain.
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Emilio Aguinaldo declared Philippine Independence from Spain.
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The 1898 Treaty of Paris ceded the Philippines to the United States by Spain.
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Hostilities between Filipino and American forces broke out, shifting the Philippines' war against Spain to a war against the US without having any recognition of independence.
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A civil administration established under the United Statues Bureau of Insular Affairs. Led by Governor-General William Howard Taft, this was one of the first steps the United States took towards giving Philippine independence.
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The US declared the war against the Philippines to be over, even though some fighting still continued thereafter.
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Jones Act Created the first fully elected Philippine legislature
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The 1935 Constitution of the Republic of the Philippines was approved by a convention with a vote of 177 to 1.
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Manuel L Quezon was elected as president of the Commonwealth of the Philippines.
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Commonwealth of the Philippines Under the newly established position of High Commissioner and the Tydings-McDuffie Act, Frank Murphy helped in the transition to independence in the establishment of the Commonwealth.
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Japanese surprise attack on Clark Air Base in Pampanga, just ten hours after the attack on Pearl Harbor
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Japanese Occupation of the Philippines During WWII, the Philippines were under Japanese occupation.
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The forcible transfer of Filipino and American troops by the Japanese after the three month Battle of Bataan.
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The formal surrender of the Japanese in WWII
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From obtaining Philippine independence after WWII to the establishment of Martial Law under President Marcos
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Ferdinand Marcos elected as President of the Philippines, defeating Diosdado Macapagal.
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Under President Marcos, martial law was established under Proclamation No. 1081.
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The era under martial law to the election of Corazon Aquino as President
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Benigno S. "Ninoy" Aquino was assassinated at the Manila International Airport after returning from self-imposed exile.
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Following the assassination of her husband and the People Power Revolution, Corazon Aquino was elected president after the snap elections of 1986.
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*Date not found. But in Oct 1996 A peace agreement was signed under the term of President Fidel V. Ramos with the Moro National Liberation Front, an Islamic grouping fighting for a separate Muslim homeland in Mindanao.
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President Joseph Estrada (term:1998-2001) was removed from office following accusations of accepting money from illegal gambling businesses.
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Son of Benigno S. Aquino, Jr. and former Preseident Corazon Aquino, Benigno "Noynoy" Aquino III was elected President of the Philippines.
