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Received the first Castilian voyage to Ternate; was baptised as a Christian king in 1521 as Carlos, while his wife was baptised as Juana, the same names as the King and the Queen of the Spains and the Indies; received a letter from Hernan Cortes, Marquess of Oaxaca, in the name of the Kingdom of the Spains and the Indies in 1527 regarding the ...
The present name of the Philippines was bestowed by the Spanish explorer Ruy López de Villalobos [1] [2] or one of his captains Bernardo de la Torre [3] [4] in 1543, during an expedition intended to establish greater Spanish control at the western end of the division of the world established between Spain and Portugal by the treaties of Tordesillas and Zaragoza.
Died: March 15, 1945 – Santo Tomas, Batangas, Philippines; Vincentian Martyrs of the Philippines, priests and religious' of the Congregation of the Mission (Vincentians) Alfonso Sandaña Díez, priest Born: January 6, 1884 – Tardajos, Burgos, Spain; Died: September 20, 1942 – Mantalongon, Dalaguete, Cebu, Philippines
The Filipino given name Dranreb was invented by reversing the spelling of the English name Bernard, and someone calling himself Nosrac bears the legal name Carson. Joseph Ejército Estrada , the 13th president of the Philippines , began as a movie actor and received his nickname Erap as an adult; it comes from Pare spelled backwards (from ...
Apo Macarere – Famous Chieftain of the Tagbanwa warrior tribe in Corong Island (Calis). Raja Muda Sulayman – The heir apparent of the Kingdom of Luzon, was defeated by Martín de Goiti, a Spanish soldier commissioned by López de Legazpi to Manila. Rajah Tupas – King of Cebu, conquered by Miguel López de Legazpi.
Dong Abay; Ariana Grande; Marc Abaya; Abra; Aljur Abrenica; Vin Abrenica; Migo Adecer; Adie; Marcus Adoro; Carina Afable; Bayani Agbayani; Aaron Agassi; Carlos Agassi
Filipino boy names and girl names often have Spanish influence, according to baby naming consultant Taylor Humphrey of What’s In a Baby Name. "As the Philippines were a Spanish colony for 333 ...
Nicolás Zamora – founder of the first indigenous evangelical church in the Philippines, known as Iglesia Evangelica Metodista en las Islas Filipinas. [17] Zamora is also recognized as the first Filipino Protestant minister in the Philippines. [18] Dionisio Deista Alejandro – first Filipino Bishop of the Methodist Church, elected in 1944.