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Pre-colonial Filipinos made excellent armor for use on the battlefield, and swords were an important part of native weaponry. In some parts of the Philippines, armor was made from diverse materials such as cordage , bamboo, tree bark, sharkskin, and water buffalo hide to deflect piercing blows by cutlasses or spear points.
(part of Seven Years' War) Spanish Empire. Spanish Philippines. Spanish garrison of Manila Great Britain. British fleet; East India Company. William Draper; Spanish defeat. Manila and Cavite was occupied by the British until 1764 when a treaty concluded the war. Spanish Conquest of Mindanao The Moros on their proas. Sulu Sultanate. Maguindanao ...
At the time, Great Britain and France were at war, in what was later called the Seven Years' War. British forces occupied Manila from 1762 to 1764, however they were unable to extend their conquest outside of Manila as the Filipinos stayed loyal to the remaining Spanish community outside Manila.
Wounded Japanese troops surrender to US and Filipino soldiers in Manila, 1945. The military history of the Philippines is characterized by wars between Philippine kingdoms [1] and its neighbors in the precolonial era and then a period of struggle against colonial powers such as Spain and the United States, occupation by the Empire of Japan during World War II and participation in Asian ...
In 1646, a series of five naval actions known as the Battles of La Naval de Manila was fought between the forces of Spain and the Dutch Republic, as part of the Eighty Years' War. Although the Spanish forces consisted of just two Manila galleons and a galley with crews composed mainly of Filipino volunteers, against three separate Dutch ...
Regular soldiers of the Philippine Revolutionary Army stand attention for an inspection.. The Philippine Revolution, also called the Tagalog War by the Spaniards, [1] was a revolution and subsequent conflict fought between the Katipunan, later the Philippine Revolutionary Army, and the Spanish colonial government.
Artist's reconstruction of classic Philippine caracoa, by Raoul Castro A Spanish-owned juanga, which is what Spaniards called a large karakoa, from Historia de las islas e indios de Bisayas (1668) by Francisco Ignacio Alcina. Karakoa were large outrigger warships from the Philippines. They were used by native Filipinos, notably the Kapampangans ...
These raiders were called wokou and had been previously fought by the Chinese Jiajing Emperor. In response, the Governor-General of the Philippines Gonzalo Ronquillo commissioned Juan Pablo de Carrión, hidalgo and a captain of the Spanish navy , to deal with the piracy.