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Historically documented states/polities (north to south) Pangasinan (historical polity) Caboloan; Cainta; Tondo; Namayan; Maynila; Ibalon; Ma-i; Pulilu; Sandao; Madja-as
Gregorio Ynciong Zara (8 March 1902 – 15 October 1978) [1] was a Filipino engineer, physicist, a National Scientist, and inventor. He was known as the father of videoconferencing [ 2 ] for having invented the first two-way videophone.
This is a timeline of Philippine history, comprising important legal and territorial changes and political events in the Philippines and its predecessor states. To read about the background to these events, see history of the Philippines .
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If conflicting timelines is too much, i propose splitting History of the Philippines (1898–1946) into these: History of the Philippines (1898–1901) to cover both the First Republic and US Military Government, as well the PH-American War; History of the Philippines (1901–1935); History of the Philippines (1935–1942); and History of the ...
In 1521, explorer Ferdinand Magellan landed in the Philippines and claimed the islands for Spain [29] Miguel López de Legazpi forced the Treaty of Cebu on Rajah Tupas, which effectively gave Spain suzerainty over Cebu. [30] From Cebu, Legaspi expanded Spanish rule across the Philippines, taking possession of Manila for Spain in 1571. [31]
The history of the Philippines from 1565 to 1898 is known as the Spanish colonial period, during which the Philippine Islands were ruled as the Captaincy General of the Philippines within the Spanish East Indies, initially under the Viceroyalty of New Spain, based in Mexico City, until the independence of the Mexican Empire from Spain in 1821.
The history of the Philippines from 1898 to 1946 is known as the American colonial period, and began with the outbreak of the Spanish–American War in April 1898, when the Philippines was still a colony of the Spanish East Indies, and concluded when the United States formally recognized the independence of the Republic of the Philippines on ...