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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 .
This list of conflicts in the Philippines is a timeline of events that includes pre-colonial wars, Spanish–Moro conflict, Philippine revolts against Spain, battles, skirmishes, and other related items that have occurred in the Philippines' geographical area.
April 15 – Philippine drug war: Around 1.4 tons of shabu valued at around ₱9.68 billion are intercepted by police at a checkpoint in Alitagtag, Batangas, in the second biggest drug haul in the country's history. One suspect is arrested. [101] April 17:
This article covers the history of the current Philippine republican state following the 1986 People Power Revolution, known as the Fifth Philippine Republic.. The return of democracy and government reforms beginning in 1986 were hampered by national debt, government corruption, coup attempts, disasters, a persistent communist insurgency, [1] and a military conflict with Moro separatists. [2]
The history of the Philippines dates from the earliest hominin activity in the archipelago at least by 709,000 years ago. [1] Homo luzonensis, a species of archaic humans, was present on the island of Luzon [2] [3] at least by 134,000 years ago. [4] The earliest known anatomically modern human was from Tabon Caves in Palawan dating about 47,000 ...
June 12, 1898 – Independence is proclaimed in Kawit by the Dictatorial Government of the Philippines. [16] June 18 – Aguinaldo proclaims dictatorial government. [17] [18] June 23, 1899 – Aguinaldo issues proclamation replacing his dictatorial government with a revolutionary one. [19] [20] January 22, 1899 – Promulgation of the Malolos ...
Nina at peak intensity while approaching the Philippines. November 11 – Polytechnic University of the Philippines president Nemesio Prudente is wounded in a gun attack wherein the university attorney, Alex Marteja, is killed. Prudente would be wounded in another attack in June 1988.
May 12 – The Philippine general election will be held. Voters will elect new members of the House of Representatives as well as 12 members of the Senate. [17] [18]June – The academic year (2025–2026) is being planned by the Department of Education to begin, as part of their efforts to revert to the old school calendar.