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  2. Lapulapu - Wikipedia

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    Lapulapu [2] [3] [4] (fl. 1521) or Lapu-Lapu, whose name was first recorded as Çilapulapu, [5] was a datu (chief) of Mactan, an island now part of the Philippines.Lapulapu is known for the 1521 Battle of Mactan, where he and his men defeated Spanish forces led by Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan and his native allies Rajah Humabon and Datu Zula.

  3. Battle of Mactan - Wikipedia

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    The Battle of Mactan (Filipino: Labanan sa Mactan; Spanish: Batalla de Mactán) was fought on a beach in Mactan Island (now part of Cebu, Philippines) between Spanish forces led by the Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan along with local allies, and Lapulapu, the chieftain of the island, on the early morning hours of April 27, 1521.

  4. Santo Niño de Cebú - Wikipedia

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    The residents led by Lapu Lapu defended Magellan's attack with force, and Magellan died on April 27, in the Battle of Mactan, about three weeks after he had arrived in Philippines. [15] After Magellan's death, his Spanish colleagues left. [16]

  5. Mactan Shrine - Wikipedia

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    Mactan Shrine, also known as Liberty Shrine or Lapulapu Monument, is a memorial park on the island of Mactan in Lapu-Lapu City, Philippines.It hosts two monuments, namely the Magellan Monument, which is dedicated to Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan and the Lapu Lapu Monument, a bronze statue which commemorates Lapu Lapu, a native leader who defeated Spanish soldiers led by Magellan in ...

  6. Ferdinand Magellan - Wikipedia

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    Mactan Shrine, the site of the Battle of Mactan, in present-day Lapu-lapu City. After several weeks in the Philippines, Magellan had converted as many as 2,200 locals to Christianity, including Rajah Humabon of Cebu and most leaders of the islands around Cebu. [42] However, Lapulapu, the leader of Mactan, [43] resisted conversion.

  7. Magellan expedition - Wikipedia

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    Magellan mustered a force of 60 armed men from his crew to oppose Lapu-Lapu's forces. Some Cebuano men followed Magellan to Mactan, but were instructed by Magellan not to join the fight, but merely to watch. [117] He first sent an envoy to Lapu-Lapu, offering him a last chance to accept the king of Spain as their ruler and avoid bloodshed. Lapu ...

  8. List of recorded monarchs in the Philippines - Wikipedia

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    The following is a listing of the sovereigns of the kingdoms in the Philippine archipelago before their dominions fell to either the Kingdom of the Spains and the Indies (mostly in the 16th or 17th century) or the United States of America (in the 20th century), and of their non-sovereign descendants that kept honorary titles.

  9. Blood compact - Wikipedia

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    El Pacto de Sangre (1886), a masterpiece painting of the Pacto de Sangre or Sandugo by Juan Luna. Blood compact (Spanish: Pacto de sangre; Tagalog: Sanduguan) was an ancient ritual in the Philippines intended to seal a friendship or treaty, or to validate an agreement.