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The Philippines was a former territory of New Spain until the grant of independence to Mexico in 1821 necessitated the direct government from Spain of the Philippines from that year. Early Spanish settlers to the Philippines were mostly explorers, soldiers, government officials, religious missionaries, and among others, who were born in Spain ...
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.
Philippine Spanish (Spanish: Español Filipino, Castellano Filipino) is a variant of standard Spanish spoken in the Philippines. It is a Spanish dialect of the Spanish language. Chavacano, a Spanish-based creole, is spoken in the Zamboanga Peninsula (where it is an official language), Davao, and Cotabato in Mindanao, and Cavite in Luzon.
People of the Spanish colonial period in the Philippines — within the Viceroyalty of New Spain. Subcategories This category has the following 2 subcategories, out of 2 total.
Captains general of the Philippines (1 C, 62 P) Pages in category "Spanish people in the colonial Philippines" The following 40 pages are in this category, out of 40 total.
Official copy of the "Acta de la proclamación de independencia del pueblo Filipino", the Philippine Declaration of Independence. Spanish was the sole official language of the Philippines throughout its more than three centuries of Spanish rule, from the late 16th century to 1898, then a co-official language (with English) under its American rule, a status it retained (now alongside Filipino ...
Pages in category "Filipino people of Spanish descent" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 345 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Spanish expatriates are working, living temporarily or permanently, and/or born to expatriate parents in the Philippines and then resettled Spain or left to other countries. Subcategories This category has the following 3 subcategories, out of 3 total.