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The Battle of Manila Bay ( Filipino: Labanan sa Look ng Maynila; Spanish: Batalla de Bahía de Manila ), also known as the Battle of Cavite, took place on 1 May 1898, during the Spanish–American War. The American Asiatic Squadron under Commodore George Dewey engaged and destroyed the Spanish Pacific Squadron under Contraalmirante ( Rear ...
The Battle of Bangkusay ( Filipino: Labanan sa Ilog Bangkusay; Spanish: Batalla de Bangkusay ), on June 3, 1571, was a naval engagement that marked the last resistance by locals to the Spanish Empire 's occupation and colonization of the Pasig River delta, which had been the site of the indigenous polities of Rajahnate of Maynila and Tondo.
The 1570 Battle of Manila ( Filipino: Labanan sa Maynila; Spanish: Batalla de Manila) was fought in Manila between Luzonians, led by Prince Sulayman, and Spaniards, led by field marshal Martin de Goiti, on 24 May 1570. Goiti's forces eventually besieged the fort of Manila, destroyed Manila, and won the battle, with the site of the fort falling ...
The Battle of Manila (Filipino: Labanan sa Maynila; Spanish: Batalla de Manila), sometimes called the Mock Battle of Manila, [1] was a land engagement which took place in Manila on August 13, 1898, at the end of the Spanish–American War, three months after the decisive victory by Commodore Dewey's Asiatic Squadron at the Battle of Manila Bay.
The Battle of Alapan ( Filipino: Labanan sa Alapan, Spanish: Batalla de Alapan) was fought on May 28, 1898, and was the first military victory of the Filipino Revolutionaries led by Emilio Aguinaldo after his return to the Philippines from Hong Kong. After the American naval victory in the Battle of Manila Bay, Aguinaldo returned from exile in ...
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 ...
Artemio Ricarte y García (October 20, 1866 – July 31, 1945) was a Filipino general during the Philippine Revolution and the Philippine–American War.He is regarded as the Father of the Philippine Army, [1] and the first Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (March 22, 1897- January 22, 1899) though the present Philippine Army descended from the American-allied forces that ...
Partido Demokratiko Pilipino. The Partido Demokratiko Pilipino[ 4][ 5] ( PDP; lit. 'Philippine Democratic Party') is a syncretic political party in the Philippines founded in 1982. It was previously known as Partido Demokratiko Pilipino–Lakas ng Bayan ( PDP–Laban) from 1983 to 2024 as a result of a merger with Lakas ng Bayan (Laban). [ 6]