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15 December 1875 – Emilio Jacinto, the "Brain of Katipunan" was born in Tondo, Manila. 22 July 1878 – Sulu recognizes Spanish sovereignty. 18–20 July 1880 – Two earthquakes rock Luzon. 3 March 1882 – Jose Rizal leaves the Philippines to continue his medicine studies in Spain at the Universidad Central de Madrid.
By June 1898, the island of Luzon, except for Manila and the port of Cavite, was under Filipino control, after General Monet's retreat to Manila with his remaining force of 600 men and 80 wounded. [ 49 ] : 445 The revolutionaries were laying siege to Manila and cutting off its food and water supply.
Filipino President Benigno Aquino III with Spanish King Felipe VI in Madrid, 2014. Filipino President Benigno Aquino III with Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy in Madrid, 2014. King Juan Carlos I and his wife, Queen Sofia , attended the 1998 centennial celebrations in Manila , commemorating 100 years of independence from Spain.
Joaquín Loriga Taboada (23 September 1895 in Lalín – 18 July 1927 in Cuatro Vientos Airport) was a Galician aviation pioneer.In 1926 as a captain, together with two pilots and three mechanical engineers, completed the first long-distance flight from Madrid to Manila of over eleven thousand miles.
The Cavite mutiny (Spanish: Motín de Cavite; Filipino: Pag-aaklas sa Kabite) was an uprising of Filipino military personnel of Fort San Felipe, the Spanish arsenal in Cavite, [2]: 107 Philippine Islands (then also known as part of the Spanish East Indies) on January 20, 1872.
The Philippines Exposition (Spanish: Exposición de las Filipinas; full name: Exposición General de las Islas Filipinas) was a colonial exhibition held in the main park in Madrid, the Parque del Buen Retiro, in 1887 in order to boost commercial and economic relations between the archipelago of the Philippines and the metropolis. [1]
The Rizal Monument is located on a 70 m 2 (750 sq ft) lot, donated by the Madrid city government, [8] at the corner of the Parque de Santander. [9] While the monument is based on the original design of the Manila monument by Swiss sculptor Richard Kissling, the monument's bronze statues were created by Filipino sculptor Florante "Boy" Caedo, with landscaping work done by Spanish architect ...
Months after painting The Parisian Life, Luna would be departing from Paris to Madrid, Spain then to Manila, Philippines in 1894 in order to rejoin Rizal and Dr. Ariston Bautista Lin, and perform his role in the Philippine Revolution and war of independence in 1896. [4]